Search
331 to 340 out of 449
Results
Thousands of Rohingya were shot, burned alive or beaten to death in the first month of a Myanmar military crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state, Doctors Without Borders said.
On Saturday the cleric posted a three-minute video in which he discussed the mocking of people on Facebook and issued a fatwa, an Islamic edict, explaining how it is "totally haram (forbidden)" for Muslims.
TikTok, a social media app popular with teenagers, has removed 10 accounts for posting Islamic State propaganda.
Pope Francis called for respect for rights and justice in a keenly-watched address in Myanmar on Tuesday, but refrained from any mention of the Rohingya or allegations of ethnic cleansing.
Pope Francis met Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday for keenly-awaited talks in a tour aimed at alleviating religious and ethnic hatred against of Muslim Rohingya.
In a 37-page report titled, "All of my body was pain", HRW documents the use of mass rape by Myanmar's security forces in what amounts to "crimes against humanity".
A six-page resolution seeking to end the persecution of Rohingya Muslims is set to be put before the UN Security Council, pressuring Myanmar to address the violence in Rakhine State.
Malaysia's prime minister says Indian leader Narendra Modi made no request to extradite preacher Zakir Naik when the pair met in Russia earlier this month.
India is building at least ten mass detention camps in Assam after up to two million people were effectively stripped of their citizenship.
Human Rights Watch said the Myanmar military's atrocities against Rohingya Muslims have the hallmarks of 'ethnic cleansing', while calling on the UN Security Council to take urgent action.