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"Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya.UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local): 9 p.m. Myanmar is defending itself against a United Nations report released in August which accused the Southeast Asian country of committing genocide against the Rohingya. In a speech at the U.N. General Assembly Friday, Kyaw Tint Swe, the country?s union minister for the state counsellor, said the report was "based on narratives and not hard evidence."
The official accused Bangladesh, which is hosting over a million Rohingya refugees, of failing to repatriate them to Myanmar based on three agreements the countries have signed..."
Source/publisher:
U.S News
Date of Publication:
2018-09-28
Date of entry:
2018-09-30
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
