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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, meets Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Singapore, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Pence is Singapore to attend the 33rd ASEAN summit. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, Pool)

Mike Pence says Myanmar’s handling of Rohingya ‘without excuse’

By Bernat Armangue - Associated Press

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers the keynote speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2018, a parallel summit in the ongoing ASEAN Summit 2018 in Singapore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Twenty heads of states are gathering in Singapore for the Summit. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

UN refugee agency warns against returning Rohingya refugees

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers the keynote speech at the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2018, a parallel summit in the ongoing ASEAN Summit 2018 in Singapore, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. Twenty heads of states are gathering in Singapore for the Summit. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Amnesty International strips Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of award

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Myanmar: Bangladesh set to start repatriating Rohingya

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Nonprofit says Rohingya men also victims of sexual violence

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UN rights resolution would condemn abuses against Rohingyas

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows a Facebook app icon on a smartphone in New York. Facebook is admitting that it didn’t do enough to prevent its platform from being used to incite violence and spread hate in Myanmar. A Facebook executive said in a blog post late Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, that the company “can and should do more.” (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Facebook admits not doing enough to prevent Myanmar violence

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

UN expert warns of ‘rushed plans’ to repatriate Rohingya

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In this combination image made from two photos, Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo, left, and Wa Lone, are handcuffed as they are escorted by police out of the court Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. Lawyers for the two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar have appealed the verdict that sent them to prison for seven years for illegal possession of official documents. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Appeals filed for 2 Myanmar journalists in secrets case

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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslim girls carry water pots in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

UN investigator: Genocide still taking place in Myanmar

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

3 Myanmar journalists in court over story gov’t calls false

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Buddhist monk and anti-Muslim community leader Wirathu speaks during a pro-military rally Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, in front of city hall in Yangon, Myanmar. Several thousand pro-military and nationalist demonstrators marched through Yangon on Sunday voicing their support for Myanmar's armed forces and government while condemning foreign involvement in the country's affairs. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar demonstrators condemn foreign intervention

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In this Aug. 27, 2018, photo, Rahima Akter walks through Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. Rahima is a 19-year-old refugee who dreams of becoming the most educated Rohingya woman in the world. She recently finished high school and hopes to study human rights in college. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rohingya teen dreams of higher ed from squalid refugee camp

By RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers her speech during the joint press remarks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following their bilateral meeting at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. (Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan urges Myanmar to conduct credible Rohingya probe

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Smokes and flames billow from burning elephant ivory during a destruction ceremony of confiscated elephant ivory and wildlife parts in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Myanmar destroyed confiscated elephant ivories and various of other wildlife parts in the capital Naypyitaw for public awareness of law enforcement on illegal trade of wild fauna and flora, and their derivatives and promoting international cooperation by delivering Myanmar's great suppression on illegal wildlife crimes. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar burns ivory, skins to fight illegal wildlife trade

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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2017 file photo, Indian lawyer and social activist Prashant Bhushan speaks to the journalists about the petition filed by two Rohingya Muslim refugees against their deportation to Myanmar, outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India. India's top court has allowed the federal government to send seven Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar in the first deportation of members of the Myanmar minority group since it last year ordered their identification. The Supreme Court on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 rejected a plea by Bhushan, a defense attorney, to let them live in India as they feared reprisal in Myanmar. They were arrested in 2012 for entering India illegally and have been held in a prison. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)

India deports Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar

By WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press

International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney answers a question during a conference called &quot;Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy,&quot; at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Left is Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and right center is Steven J. Adler, President and Editor-in-Chief of Reuters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Amal Clooney: Pardon Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar

By FOSTER KLUG - Associated Press

South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Latest: Myanmar defends itself against UN report

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US urges Myanmar to prosecute abusers of Muslim minority

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, Rohingya refugees walk at Balukhali Refugee Camp in Bangladesh. The U.N.'s top human rights body, the Human Rights Council, agreed Thursday Sept. 27, 2018, to set up a team to collect evidence of alleged crimes committed in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims and others since 2011, information that one day could be used to prosecute suspected perpetrators. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, FILE)

UN human rights body creates team to document Myanmar abuses

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press