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    MJN office to close down following anti-Wirathu gathering
    February 26, 2018in Lead Story, News, Religion37by YE MON
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    MJN office to close down following anti-Wirathu gathering

    Myanmar Journalist Network is to be evicted from its Yangon office — news that comes just a day after they had scheduled to host a press conference called by a…

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    Prominent Buddhist monk sentenced to 3 months for ‘inciting public unrest’
    February 21, 2018in Lead Story, News, Protest, Rohingya1730by KYAW ZAYAR WIN / DVB
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    Prominent Buddhist monk sentenced to 3 months for ‘inciting public unrest’

    Ultra-nationalist monk Parmaukkha was jailed for his role in leading an ant-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in April 2016.

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    Mrauk-U crackdown – 8 injured protesters reportedly arrested in hospital
    January 23, 2018in Lead Story, News, Protest, Rakhine1650by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    Mrauk-U crackdown – 8 injured protesters reportedly arrested in hospital

    “About 10 police officers came in and handcuffed [the patients] … Then, they locked them in two detention cells within the hospital – four in each cell.”

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    Hardline Buddhist monk sentenced under Article 19
    November 21, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rohingya623by DVB
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    Hardline Buddhist monk sentenced under Article 19

    Further charges – under Section 505 (b) of the penal code – for “inciting unrest” at the demonstration remain to be heard at a later date.

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    Ultra-nationalist monk denied bail
    November 14, 2017in Lead Story, News, Rohingya166by YE MON
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    Ultra-nationalist monk denied bail

    Parmaukkha was denied bail today on charges of inciting unrest during an anti-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in Yangon last year.

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    Suu Kyi under pressure as Rohingya exodus passes 123,000
    September 5, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya20by REUTERS
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    Suu Kyi under pressure as Rohingya exodus passes 123,000

    Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to stop violence against Rohingya Muslims.

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