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    Year after madrassas shuttered, street prayer organisers face Ramadan in jail
    May 17, 2018in Lead Story, News, Religion361by REUTERS
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    Year after madrassas shuttered, street prayer organisers face Ramadan in jail

    The closure of the Islamic schools and subsequent imprisonment of Muslims involved in their operation has been described as “clear religious discrimination, and blatant violation of freedom of religion” by…

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    US ‘encouraged’ by NLD efforts in Arakan
    August 12, 2016in Lead Story, News, Religion879by FELIZ SOLOMON / DVB
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    US ‘encouraged’ by NLD efforts in Arakan

    A senior US official says he’s “encouraged” by the efforts of Burma’s new government to resolve religious tensions in Arakan State, but others are less impressed.

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    Religious discrimination, violence rife in govt practices, US says
    July 29, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Religion, Rohingya1003by PETER AUNG AND DENE-HERN CHEN
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    Religious discrimination, violence rife in govt practices, US says

    The US State Department reports that government practices show that there exists apparent state-sanctioned religious discrimination and violence throughout the country.

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    July 29, 2014in Lead Story, News90by DVB
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    Bullet Points: 29 July 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Helen Regan.

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    Rights group calls for religious leader's release
    March 22, 2012in News, Politics189by MIN LWIN
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    Rights group calls for religious leader's release

    While hundreds of political prisoners have been freed this year, Asian Human Rights Commission is calling for the release of the leader of a religious sect

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