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Myanmar jails seven Muslims for up to 28 years for rioting
AFP 21 May 2013
YANGON – On Tuesday, Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection...
Deeply frustrated with Myanmar massacres, Egypt summons ambassador
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Nov 2012
Egypt has expressed its frustration with renewed violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, calling on...
No ethnic violence here, claims Myanmar
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Aug 2012
  The Myanmar Embassy in Cairo claims there has not been any hate-related violence perpetrated against its Muslim...
Saudi Arabia gives US$50M aid to Myanmar Muslims
Reuters 12 Aug 2012
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has ordered US$50 million in aid be sent to a Muslim minority in...
Egyptian activists to protest killing of Myanmar Muslims
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Aug 2012
Jama’a al-Islamiya’s Construction and Development Party is issuing a call to protest outside the Myanmar...
Al-Azhar calls for support to Myanmar Muslims
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Jul 2012
Al-Azhar called Tuesday on the international community to intervene to stop ethnic cleansing targeting Muslims in...
Myanmar embassy: Violence was not sectarian
Al-Masry Al-Youm 03 Jul 2012
The Myanmar Embassy in Cairo said Tuesday that the violence which flared in the Western Rakhine region in June was not...
Protest staged outside Myanmar embassy against Burma Muslim massacre
Al-Masry Al-Youm 28 Jun 2012
Political movements organized a sit-in Thursday outside the Myanmar Embassy in Cairo to denounce the massacre of...
Rakhine residents pray at Shwedagon pagoda, Myanmar
Thousands in need of food, shelter after Myanmar clashes
Reuters 14 Jun 2012
Thousands of displaced Muslim Rohingyas and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists were in need of food, water and shelter in...
Rakhine residents pray at Shwedagon pagoda, Myanmar
State of emergency declared in western Myanmar
AP 10 Jun 2012
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's president on Sunday night declared a state of emergency in a western state where...