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Rights group skeptical that Myanmar’s military seeks justice

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In this photo taken on March 31, 2019, Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi, center, a prominent Myanmar filmmaker, is seen during a public rally to support an amendment of the 2008 Constitution in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. On Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, a court in Myanmar has found a prominent filmmaker guilty of defaming the military with his postings on Facebook and sentenced him to a year in prison. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks

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Myanmar nationals Wai Phyo, second left, and Zaw Lin, second right, are escorted by police officers at Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. The court has upheld the 2015 conviction of the two Myanmar migrants sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island in 2014. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai Court upholds death for 2 Burmese in British murders

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Rohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh. Sexual violence carried out by Myanmar's security forces against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates intent to commit genocide as well as warrants prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a U.N. report released Thursday Aug. 22, 2019. The Rohingya refugees still live in squalid camps in Bangladesh, and a planned effort Thursday to repatriate an initial large group to Myanmar collapsed when none showed up to be taken back. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, FILE)

Rohingya refugees rally to mark 2nd anniversary of exodus

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

UN expert: No peace in Myanmar if no military prosecutions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, Rohingya refugees shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh. Sexual violence carried out by Myanmar's security forces against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates intent to commit genocide as well as warrants prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a U.N. report released Thursday Aug. 22, 2019. The Rohingya refugees still live in squalid camps in Bangladesh, and a planned effort Thursday to repatriate an initial large group to Myanmar collapsed when none showed up to be taken back. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, FILE)

UN report condemns sexual violence by Myanmar military

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

A Rohingya refugee displays to journalists a demand letter about Rohingya repatriation at Nayapara camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug.22, 2019. Bangladesh's refugee commissioner said Thursday that no Rohingya Muslims turned up to return to Myanmar from camps in the South Asian nation. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Rohingya shun repatriation to Myanmar, want safety guarantee

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Rohingya children and refugees raise their hands and shout that they won't go back to Myanmar during a demonstration at Kutupalong near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Officials from the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh's government say few Muslim Rohingya refugees have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did say they don't want to go back. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Rohingya still fear safety in Myanmar, repatriation unlikely

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2017, file photo, a Rohingya Muslim woman, Rukaya Begum, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, holds her son Mahbubur Rehman, left and her daughter Rehana Bibi, after the government moved them to newly allocated refugee camp areas, near Kutupalong, Bangladesh. Officials from the U.N. refugee agency and Bangladesh's government say few Muslim Rohingya refugees have responded to plans for their repatriation to Myanmar, and all who did say they don't want to go back. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

Rohingya Muslims say they don’t want to return to Myanmar

By TOFAYEL AHMAD and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2018, file photo, Rohingya refugees shout slogans against repatriation at Unchiprang camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh. Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

Myanmar, Bangladesh schedule Rohingya repatriation

By JERRY HARMER and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Soldiers walk over Gote Twin bridge damaged by explosion Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Gote Twin, Naung Cho township, northern Shan State, Myanmar. Members of an ethnic rebel alliance in Myanmar staged coordinated attacks in five locations Thursday in Mandalay Region and in northern Shan State, where 14 people were reported killed. The group said the attacks were a response to government military operations in territory where the Kokang, Ta-ang and Rakhine minorities live. (AP Photo/Pyae Sone Aung)

Myanmar ethnic rebel alliance makes coordinated attacks

By PYAE SONE WIN - Associated Press

Members of a Myanmar rescue team carry a body at a landslide-hit area in Paung township, Mon State, Myanmar Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019. A landslide has buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar. (AP Photo)

Death toll in Myanmar landslide climbs to 56

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In this Aug. 9, 2019, photo, members of a Myanmar rescue team gather at the landslide-hit area at a village in Paung township, Mon State, Myanmar. A landslide has buried more than a dozen village houses in southeastern Myanmar. (AP Photo)

Landslide in southeast Myanmar kills at least 34 people

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FILE - In this June 30, 2011, file photo, Australian journalist Ross Dunkley leaves a court after hearing a verdict on his charges in Yangon, Myanmar. A court in Myanmar on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, sentenced Dunkley who was a pioneering publisher in Southeast Asia to 13 years in prison for possession of illegal drugs. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)

Australian ex-publisher gets 13 years on Myanmar drug charge

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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait in queues to receive aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. Malaysia's foreign ministry says Myanmar's government must be accountable for alleged human rights abuse against the Muslim Rohingya minority so that the hundreds of thousands who fled a brutal military crackdown can return safely to the country. The call comes ahead of a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Bangkok this week. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Correction: Myanmar-ASEAN story

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Myanmar's permanent foreign secretary, U Myint Thu, speaks during a meeting with representatives of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sunday, July 28, 2019. Thu, led a 10-member delegation for the weekend talks in refugee camps to discuss creating conditions for the safe repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Suzauddin Rubel)

Myanmar holds repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees

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U.N. Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar, Lee Yanghee, smiles during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur, Thursday, July 18, 2019. U.N. envoy Lee said the U.S. didn't &quot;go far enough&quot; in sanctions against four top Myanmar generals over the mass killings of Rohingya Muslims. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

UN envoy says US sanctions on Myanmar generals inadequate

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US sanctions Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya

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FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wait in queues to receive aid at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. The International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Thursday July 4, 2019, that she has filed a request with judges to open a formal investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed against Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, FILE)

Prosecutor seeks probe of crimes against Rohingya Muslims

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press