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    Arakan Army offers to return captured Burmese soldiers
    May 25, 2018in Conflict, Lead Story, News, Rakhine740by DVB
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    Arakan Army offers to return captured Burmese soldiers

    “We have in the past returned prisoners of war via the ICRC, and we would like to do the same for these three soldiers if the ICRC is willing.”

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    Bomb explodes at Buthidaung mosque
    September 22, 2017in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya37by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Bomb explodes at Buthidaung mosque

    A police officer at the local Taung Bazar police station said the blast occurred inside a building that served both as a mosque and madrassa.

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    UN, WHO given access to IDPs in Buthidaung
    November 24, 2016in Aid, Arakan, Lead Story, News254by KO AUNG / DVB
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    UN, WHO given access to IDPs in Buthidaung

    Foreign aid groups had previously been denied access to shelters amid ongoing clashes between government security forces and armed mobs.

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    Buddhist villagers return amid tight security in northern Arakan
    November 1, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya136by DVB
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    Buddhist villagers return amid tight security in northern Arakan

    As the army continues its lockdown of Rohingya villages in northern Arakan State, local Buddhists are returning to their homes despite fears of further violence.

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    Calls grow for access to northern Arakan amid lockdown
    October 21, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya327by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Calls grow for access to northern Arakan amid lockdown

    Rights and aid groups are urging Burma’s government to allow access to displaced populations in northern Arakan State amid tightened security following a series of attacks on border police nearly…

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    UN calls for restraint, more gunfire reported in Maungdaw
    October 12, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, News, Rohingya2by DVB
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    UN calls for restraint, more gunfire reported in Maungdaw

    UN Special Adviser calls on the civilian population of the area “to exercise maximum restraint and not be provoked into any kind of response by targeting other communities or religious…

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