Rohingya Muslims

Rohingya Muslims live in segregated conditions in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are regarded as stateless people and unwelcome migrants from Bangladesh.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson blamed Myanmar's security forces and "local vigilantes" for what he called "intolerable suffering" by the Rohingya.

Rohingya live in segregated conditions in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are regarded as stateless people and unwelcome migrants from Bangladesh.

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer has returned to Bangladesh to document the hardships faced by the refugees, 60% of whom are children.

Wang Yi's visit follows talks with Bangladesh over the refugee disaster that has displaced 600,000 Muslims.

Rohingya Muslims who were injured while fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state showed their wounds to Reuters photographer Jorge Silva at refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.

A report by the Myanmar army says it is not to blame for the Rohingya crisis as international pressure builds over what has been termed the genocide of the Muslim people.

Rohingya Muslims are so desperate to leave Myanmar they are willing to risk their lives by crossing a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) stretch of water on flimsy makeshift rafts or even swimming to Bangladesh.

Irish singer and songwriter Bob Geldof protested after having to share the Freedom of the City of Dublin honour with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Musician and activist Bob Geldof announced he would return his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest at Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is a recipient of the honour.

More than 600,000 members of the Muslim minority have fled to Bangladesh since August, and Myanmar's silence has been criticised.

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A small fishing boat carrying up to 45 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar to Bangladesh capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (31 October), leaving at least four dead.

Lau Hon Meng from Singapore and Mok Choy Lin from Malaysia were detained for importing drone and flying above government buildings without necessary permission.

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Ethnic tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have existed in Myanmar for decades. Almost one million Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh as violence erupted.

Protesters urge government not to repatriate the nearly 600,000 minority Rohingya Muslims.

Meth tablets recovered as army continues crackdown against militants in an operaiton that the UN said may amount to ethnic cleaning against Rohingya Muslims.

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One in five Rohingya children in Bangladesh's refugee camps are "acutely malnourished" and require medical attention, says Unicef report, Outcast and Desperate.

One person died in the fire which ripped through the traditional Burmese-style teak Kandawgyi Palace Hotel in Yangon before dawn.

It was the third attack by wild elephants on the refugees in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, which borders Myanmar.

Award-winning photojournalist Kevin Frayer spent two weeks in Bangladesh documenting the lives of some of the more than half a million Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar since late August.

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By day and by night they come, an endless tide of humanity streaming out of Myanmar into Bangladesh. Rohingya Muslim men, women and children hoping to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country.

More Rohingya refugees have chosen to trek for days in monsoon weather to find sanctuary in one of the poorest regions of a poor country. Yet the Myanmar government denies ethnic cleansing and says "clearance operations" have ended.

The Rohingya routinely flee to Bangladesh to escape alleged persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they live in segregated conditions and are regarded as stateless people.

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Myanmar's de facto leader criticised for her perceived lack of action to address alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims.

Shwe Eain Si had in her video accused Rohingya militants of causing the violence and "tricking" the world into believing that they were the oppressed.