Rohingya crisis: Myanmar’s Aung Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly meet
World | Sep 13, 2017, 03:40 PM ISTSuu Kyi was missing the assembly, which opened Tuesday and runs through September 25, in order to address domestic security issues.
Suu Kyi was missing the assembly, which opened Tuesday and runs through September 25, in order to address domestic security issues.
At least 3,13,000 Rohingya have arrived since August 25, when Rohingya insurgents attacked police posts, prompting Myanmar’s military to retaliate with what it called ‘clearance operations’ to root out the rebels.
According to UN estimates, over 1,000 people may have been killed in the crackdown launched by Myanmar army in Rakhine state.
Suu Kyi received the award for "her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights" while standing up against military rulers.
According to the United Nations, around 2,70,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar in the last two weeks.
India today refused to be a part of a declaration adopted against Myanmar over Rohingya violence at an international conference in Bali
India has committed development aid to Rakhine state in Myanmar
PM Modi on Wednesday addressed the Indian diaspora at Yangon's Thuwanna Indoor Stadium in Myanmar
This is PM Narendra Modi's first bilateral visit to Myanmar. He had visited the country in 2014 to attend the ASEAN-India Summit.
Suu Kyi has a strong connection with India. She studied political science from the Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi and graduated in 1964.
More than 123,000 Rohingyas have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in two weeks.
The Archaeological Survey of India is involved in restoration work of Ananda Temple and some other historic structures in Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan.
Suu Kyi is under mounting international pressure to stop the alleged human rights violations against the Rohingyas, who are denied citizenship in Myanmar.
An unknown number of people are believed to be drowned when a trawler carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal.
India and Myanmar on Wednesday signed 11 agreements in a range of sectors, including one on maritime security cooperation, to further strengthen their multifaceted partnership
UN refugee agency has said that 123,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar
PM Modi described his meeting with Myanmar President Htin Kyaw as "wonderful"
More than 30,000 Rohingyas are still trapped in hilly terrain of Myanmar’s northern state of Rakhine without basic supplies of food, water or medicine.
PM Modi met Myanmar’s President U Htin Kyaw and presented him with a reproduction of a 1841 map of a stretch of the River Salween
Malala Yousafzai has called on her fellow Nobel laureate Aug San Suu Kyi to condemn the "shameful" violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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