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Myanmar dismisses UN 'ethnic cleansing' allegations

AP 2017-09-26 12:00:00

Myanmar's UN ambassador insisted Monday that there is no "ethnic cleansing" or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected "in the strongest terms" to countries that used those words to describ...

UN finds evidence of rape in Rohingya 'cleansing'

Reuters 2017-09-24 12:00:00

Doctors treating some of the 429,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent weeks have seen dozens of women with injuries consistent with violent sexual attacks, UN clinic...

Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

Myanmar's national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly b...