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‘Abandoned to their fate’: five years of agony for the 700,000 Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh

Myanmar’s crackdown in 2017 forced a vast wave of refugees across the border into already crowded and unsafe camps – the result of decades of international political paralysis In the 31 years since Anuara Begum’s family moved into their bamboo shelter …

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Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed

UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority groupThe United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s…

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Myanmar junta takes place of Aung San Suu Kyi at Rohingya hearing

Military, which seized power in February 2021, seeks to throw out UN case alleging it committed genocideMyanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court, where it sought to throw out a case alleging …

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Woodside Petroleum to pull out of Myanmar one year on from military coup

Australian fossil fuel giant follows Chevron and Total in exiting the country as military junta’s human rights abuses continueGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesAustralia’s Woo…

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