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SOCIAL MEDIA-FAKE NEWS: Facebook shuts more accounts and groups in Myanmar over covert pro-military messages

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 Contributor 0 Comment Facebook, Fake News, myanmar, Rohingya

Among the content removed was 17 Facebook groups and 15 accounts on photograph-sharing network Instagram, which Facebook also owns.PHOTO: REUTERS

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POLITICS: YANGON- Myanmar activists jailed for ‘defaming’ military

December 9, 2018December 9, 2018 Contributor 0 Comment freedom of expression, Kachin, myanmar, POLITICS: YANGON- Myanmar activists jailed for 'defaming' military

Myanmar soldiers provide security in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin state. (AFP File Photo) . YANGON: A court in Myanmar’s

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POLITICS: COTTAWA- Canada MPs, in symbolic move, vote to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 Contributor 0 Comment AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Canada, in symbolic move, myanmar, POLITICS: COTTAWA- anada MPs, vote to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (above) has been stripped of her honorary citizenship.PHOTO: REUTERS . OTTAWA (REUTERS) –

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Nobel Peace Prize: STAVANGER, Norway -Aung San Suu Kyi won’t be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize, says committee

August 30, 2018 Contributor 0 Comment AUNG SAN SUU KYI, myanmar, NOBEL LAUREATES

Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after delivering an address at Yangon University, Aug 28, 2018PHOTO: AFP . STAVANGER, Norway (REUTERS)

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POLITICS-REFUGEES: ROHINGYA – Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Contributor 0 Comment Bangladesh, crimes against humanity, myanmar, POLITICS-REFUGEES: ROHINGYA - Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya, refugee, Rohingya, sinsurgents

A Rohingya refugee child, carrying another child, walks along a bridge from no-man’s land to Bangladesh, at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border

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POLITICS: YANGON – How two young reporters shook Myanmar

August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 Contributor 0 Comment ethnic cleansing, genocide, media, myanmar, press, reporters, Rohingya

A man signs a large poster in Yangon showing the jailed journalists Wa Lone (right) and Kyaw Soe Oo. (Reuters

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POLITICS-ROHINGYA: MYITKYINA, Myanmar – In Myanmar’s Kachin, jungle treks to escape war

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 Editor 0 Comment jungle treks to escape war, Kachin, myanmar, Myanmar - In Myanmar's Kachin, POLITICS-ROHINGYA: MYITKYINA, war jungle

Ethnic Kachin Hkaraw Yaw, 102, sits in his hut in compound of Trinity Baptist Church refugee camp in Myitkyina, Kachin

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POLITICS-CYBER MEDIA: Washington/Yangon – Myanmar Activists Welcome Zuckerberg’s 24-Hour Target to Block Hate Speech on Facebook

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Editor 0 Comment Facebook, myanmar, Myanmar Activists Welcome Zuckerberg's 24-Hour Target to Block Hate Speech on Facebook, POLITICS-CYBER MEDIA: Washington/Yangon - Myanmar Activists Welcome Zuckerberg's 24-Hour Target to Block Hate Speech on Facebook, Rohingya muslims

Myanmar civil society groups welcomed a commitment by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to tackle hate speech within 24 hours

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POLITICS-ROHINGYA: Dhaka/Geneva – Bangladesh, UNHCR to Ink Preliminary Plan on Rohingya Repatriation

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Editor 0 Comment Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, International, myanmar, POLITICS-ROHINGYA: Dhaka/Geneva - Bangladesh, Rohingya muslims, UNHCR to Ink Preliminary Plan on Rohingya Repatriation

The United Nations refugee agency is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh laying out a framework for

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ASEAN-ROHINGYA: MANILA – Foreign Affair Secretary Cayetano: Myanmar’s Suu Kyi acknowledged Philippines assistance in Rakhine State

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 Editor 0 Comment ALAN PETER CAYETANO, ASEAN-ROHINGYA: MANILA - Foreign Affair Secretary Cayetano: Myanmar's Suu Kyi acknowledged Philippines assistance in Rakhine State, AUNG SANG SUU KYI, DFA, myanmar, Rohingya

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi sits beside Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit

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