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Facebook bans Myanmar military chief, others to stop hate

By VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Rohingya children stand next to a bamboo fence overlooking an expanse of makeshift bamboo and tarp shelters at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

UN team: Myanmar military chiefs should face ‘genocide’ case

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Two Reuters journalists Wa Lone, center, and Kyaw Soe Oo, center back, gestures while being escorted by police upon arrival at a court Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. The Myanmar court delayed the verdict against two Reuters journalists on the charge of possessing official documents illegally in a case that has drawn attention to the faltering state of press freedom in the troubled Southeast Asian nation. The verdict that was to be delivered Monday was postponed to Sept. 3. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar postpones verdict for jailed Reuters reporters

By VICTORIA MILKO and AUNG NAING SOE - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 photo, Bangladesh military personnel check vehicles for Rohingya refugees on the road that connects refugee camps to the nearby tourist town of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled waves of attacks by Myanmar security forces and crossed the border into Bangladesh nearly a year ago. Despite months of discussions among Myanmar, Bangladesh, the United Nations and a string of aid agences, there are few signs that the Rohingya can go home anytime soon. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A year after fleeing Myanmar, Rohingya demand justice

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 photo, 15-year-old Rohingya refugee Abdullah Razzaq, speak on the phone to his mother who still lives in Myanmar, as his elder brother Abdur, 17, sits beside him at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. &quot;Mummy! Mummy!&quot; Razzaq shouted to his mother earlier this week in their once-a-week call, nearly a year after he and his brother, along with more than 700,000 other Rohingya Muslims, fled waves of attacks by Myanmar security forces and crossed the border into Bangladesh. &quot;Why don't you guys come here?&quot; (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Myanmar crackdown splits Rohingya with little hope of return

By JULHAS ALAM and RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Rohingya refugees perform ablution before offering Eid al Adha prayers at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in sprawling Bangladeshi camps are celebrating Eid al-Adha Wednesday amid festivity and confusion over whether they would ever be able to go back to Myanmar they fled amid violence and a massive crackdown. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rohingya refugees celebrate holiday amid memories of home

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Aung San Suu Kyi defends policies toward Rohingya Muslims

By DEREK CAI - Associated Press

Reuters journalist Wa Lone gives a &quot;thumbs up&quot; as he is escorted by police upon arrival to his trial Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Yangon, Myanmar. The two reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are accused of illegally possessing official information. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Verdict scheduled for next week in Myanmar reporters’ trial

By AUNG NAING SOE - Associated Press

US intensifies sanctions on Myanmar forces for rights abuses

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Philippine diplomat Rosario Manalo talks during a press briefing at a hotel in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. Government-appointed Rakhine panel tasked to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in Rakhine State has been set up in response to demands from the international community for a proper investigation into last year’s events that saw 700,000 Rohingya Muslims flee Rakhine state for Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar panel probing Rohingya crisis pledges independence

By MIN KYI THEIN and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wade past a waterlogged path leading to the Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. Myanmar on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country's culpability for activities that caused about 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety. The office of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's leader, said in a statement posted online that the court in the Netherlands has no jurisdiction over Myanmar because it is not a member state. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

EDITORIAL: U.S. must call out generals for crimes in Myanmar

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, wade past a waterlogged path leading to the Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. Myanmar on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country's culpability for activities that caused about 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety. The office of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's leader, said in a statement posted online that the court in the Netherlands has no jurisdiction over Myanmar because it is not a member state. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Myanmar snubs Hague court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis

Associated Press

In this release by Chiang Rai Public Relations Office, Mongkol Boonpiam, left, receives an identity card denoting Thai citizenship from Somsak Kunkam Sheriff of Mae Sai during a ceremony in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018. Mongkol Boonpiam, Adul Samon, and Pornchai Khamluang, three of the young soccer players players who had been trapped for almost three weeks in a cave in northern Thailand —— and 25-year-old assistant coach Ekapol Chanthawon, who had been with them, had been stateless, their lack of citizenship not only restricting their upward mobility, but even their right to travel outside of Chiang Rai, the northern province where they live. A fifth boy on their Wild Boars soccer team who was not in the cave but had applied for citizenship was also granted it. (Chiang Rai Public Relations Office via AP)

Boys rescued from cave, once stateless, get Thai citizenship

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

UN asks Myanmar to work harder on Rohingya repatriation deal

Associated Press

FILE- In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, a Rohingya Muslim child who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, plays in front of her makeshift tent at Jamtoli refugee camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh. The human rights group Human Rights Watch is calling on Bangladesh's government to abandon controversial plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island said to be at severe risk of serious flooding. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh says Myanmar isn’t tackling Rohingya concerns

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2018, file photo, Rohingya Muslim women with their children stand in a queue outside a food distribution center at Balukhali refugee camp 50 kilometers (32 miles) from, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The human rights group Human Rights Watch is calling on Bangladesh's government to abandon controversial plans to relocate Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island said to be at severe risk of serious flooding. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Human rights group opposes moving Rohingya to island camp

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2018, photo, a life sizes mural is seen on the wall of a makeshift school for Rohingya refugee children at Kutupalong Refugee Camp near Cox's bazar, Bangladesh. The mural is created by a public art organization called Artolution, who collaborate with refugees to create large pieces of art and use art as therapy in conflict zones around the world. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

UN council to commemorate Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN urges Myanmar to create conditions for Rohingya return

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Myanmar opens peace conference with ethnic rebels

By MIN KYI THEIN and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

Rohingya refugees shower outside their tents on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Amnesty Intl urges trials for Myanmar military over Rohingya

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press