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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Zaw Lin and Win Zaw Tun were found guilty of the brutal murder in 2014.
The 82 passengers and 7 crew members were declared safe.
Last month the pair was handed the prestigious Pulitzer prize for their work.
Reporters Wa Lone (32) and Kyaw Soe Oo (28) were arrested in Yangon in December 2017.
The group revoked the award in light of Suu Kyi’s “betrayal of the values she once stood for”.
Myanmar has rejected accusations that its military committed atrocities in a crackdown last year.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The two Reuters journalists were reporting on the Rohingya crisis.
The case has been criticised by some as an attempt to muzzle reporting on a crackdown by security forces on the Muslim Rohingya minority.
The statement came after a damning UN report termed the treatment of the Rohingya people as “genocide”.
On Monday the UN probe detailed evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity “perpetrated on a massive scale” against the Rohingya.
UN investigators lambasted the platform earlier this year, saying it had morphed into a “beast” in Myanmar.
The Myanmar military crackdown sparked a mass exodus of 700,000 to camps in Bangladesh.
The military and a number of rebel groups have drafted underage soldiers for years.
Andrea Radrizzani, fresh from Eleven Sport’s new TV rights deal, hopes to build a fanbase in Southeast Asia.
The Championship club’s decision to play two friendlies in the troubled Asian country has been condemned by fans, politicians and Amnesty International.
“I understood what a great honour it is but I just don’t want to be associated with those people in any way.”
The colonial-era secrecy law carries up to 14 years in jail.
More than 620,000 Rohingya people have poured into Bangladesh since August.
More than 600,000 Rohingya people have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar.
Doctors and aid workers say that they are stunned at the sheer volume of rapes, and suspect only a fraction of women have come forward.
More than 59% of the children who were killed under the age of five were reportedly shot.
Councillors voted in favour of the motion at a council meeting tonight.
“In the name of all those who have persecuted you, who have harmed you, in the face of the world’s indifference, I ask for your forgiveness.”
The 16 refugees, including two children and one woman, are among more than 600,000 who have fled an army-led crackdown in their home state
Ethnic hatred has driven huge numbers of Muslim Rohingya from the country.
He is expected to address claims of ethnic cleansing in the region.
More than 620,000 people have poured into Bangladesh since August.
A new Amnesty International report has said Rohingya treatment amounts to apartheid.
Geldof says he doesn’t want to be associated with “handmaiden to genocide” Aung San Suu Kyi.
Geldof said he’s returning the honour in protest against the Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The boat was carrying up to 100 people, many of whom are still missing.
I have travelled extensively and have spoken to many people who have suffered huge amounts, but hearing that woman’s words hit me harder than anything else I had ever heard, writes Rosamond Bennett.
Geldof said that the “old traditions have failed us” in a speech in Colombia yesterday.
Over 500,000 Rohingya have streamed into Bangladesh in just the past five weeks.
The United Kingdom occupied Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, for the best part of a century.
The 31 Rohingya refugees were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy five months ago after they were found drifting in a boat off the island’s northern coast.
An estimated 412,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh following violent attacks.
She was awarded the Freedom of Dublin in 2000, but only received it in 2012 as she was under house arrest at the time.
“The evidence is irrefutable,” Amnesty said.
The UN has described the as having all the hallmarks of “ethnic cleansing”.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
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