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'Don't interfere,' Myanmar's powerful army chief tells United Nations after investigators call for him and top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against Rohingya

Chrystia Freeland:Today, Canada's House of Commons unanimously adopted a motion recognizing the crimes against the Rohingya as a genocide and calling on the world to help them. We will continue to work with partners to hold those responsible to account. Canadians stand with the Rohingya.

US Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), introduce bi-partisan legislation calling for release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, arrested in Burma for their reporting.

Former columnist jailed for 7 years for "abusive" Facebook post that gave "the wrong impression" about Aung San Suu Kyi

DEIMOS2 continues monitoring Bhasan Char, the Bay of Bengal island where Bangladesh is planning to relocate 100,000 Rohingya refugees, and it captured new construction developments.

After Facebook ban, Myanmar military accounts are moving to Russian social media site VKontakte "they are spreading their hate freely on the site without any moderation"

Khamenei: [email protected]_Erdogan, I appreciate your stances on the issues regarding Myanmar. The Palestinian cause is always important, too and it should not be neglected even for a second.

Quick response to @IntlCrimCourt by Myanmar.

The Washington bureau stands in solidarity with @Reuters colleagues Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who are being wrongly punished for doing journalism. Please show your support for their courageous reporting in Myanmar.

Myanmar: judge jails Reuters reporters for 7 years for breach of state secrets act

Facebook says it is banning 20 Burmese individuals and organizations, including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-In-Chief of the armed forces

Myanmar army killed and raped Muslim Rohingya with 'genocidal intent' - U.N. human rights investigators report

UN: Myanmar Military Commander must be prosecuted for genocide

Detained @Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are arriving at the Yangon court

Thousands of Rohingya refugees demonstrating today in Kutupalong Camp. These women were demanding justice for the brutal crackdown Myanmar's Military carried out against the Rohingya in Rakhine State-which began 1 yr ago.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees stage protests for 'justice' on the first anniversary of a Myanmar military crackdown that forced them to flee to camps in Bangladesh

Myanmar leader Suu Kyi says terrorism in Rakhine state a threat to region

Khamenei: Dear Hajj pilgrims, don't forget to pray for Islamic Ummah, oppressed people in Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, Pakistan, Kashmir and Myanmar andother parts of the world, ask God to cut the hands of U.S. andother arrogant powers andtheir supporters.

Commanders and units of Burma security forces sanctioned by @USTreasury "for their involvement in ethnic cleansing" in Rakhine State "and other widespread human rights abuses" in Kachin and Shan States.

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 54km NE of Mawlaik, Burma

First local election at Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh ended with ½ chosen representatives being women.

Scores of Homes Destroyed, Damaged by Storm Surge in Pyapon

Police Investigate Shooting in Mandalay

Myanmar has scaled back plans for a Chinese-backed port on its western coast, sharply reducing the cost of the project after concerns it could leave the Southeast Asian nation heavily indebted, a top government official and an advisor told Reuters

Some 150,000 people have been forced from their homes and a dozen killed in south-eastern Myanmar, where fears grow of more flooding due to monsoon rains

Reuters reporter jailed in Myanmar denies collecting secret documents

Thousands of people have been displaced by the floods in Mon State. Journalists have arrived Bilin township, 112km away from Mawlamyine.

[email protected] cites China, Burma and Iran as places where Religious Freedom faces particular challenges.

Eight bodies recovered after landslide at defunct Myanmar jade mine

[email protected] reporter on trial in Myanmar says he was hooded, deprived of sleep and forced to kneel for hours at a secret police interrogation site