Myanmar white roses offer Eid solidarity to Muslims

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 11:57:53 +0000

Myanmar Buddhists handed out white roses to Muslims heading to pray Wednesday to mark the end of Ramadan – the culmination of a rare show of solidarity in a country where Islam is often vilified.

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Myanmar issues arrest warrant for nationalist Buddhist monk

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 12:43:09 +0000

Myanmar issues arrest warrant for nationalist Buddhist monk

A court in Myanmar has issued an arrest warrant for a Buddhist monk known for incendiary comments about the country’s Muslim minority and for criticism of the government.

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Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 09:01:22 +0000

Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre

YANGON, Myanmar – Seven soldiers jailed for killing a group of Rohingya Muslims have been freed from a Myanmar jail despite serving less time than two reporters imprisoned for exposing the massacre.

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Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 03:37:50 +0000

Myanmar court rejects appeal of jailed Reuters reporters

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar – Myanmar’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the final appeal of two Reuters journalists and upheld seven-year prison sentences for their reporting on the military’s brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.

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7 riders in Asian meet

Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 18:00:32 +0000

Carino, 21 and the Best Young Rider of the 2018 Le Tour de Filipinas from Mangaldan (Pangasinan), is competing in his first of two events – the 40-kilometer Men Under-23 individual time trial (ITT) on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. in Manila).

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Myanmar leader pardons 9,500 prisoners but not 2 reporters

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:06:15 +0000

Myanmar leader pardons 9,500 prisoners but not 2 reporters

YANGON, Myanmar  — More than 9,500 prisoners were ordered released Wednesday in Myanmar under a presidential amnesty, but they did not include two Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporters.

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