Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2019 - Myanmar News
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- EU extends arms sanctions against Myanmar over Rohingya Press TV 30 Apr 2019 -- The European Union (EU) has extended sanctions, including a weapons embargo, against Myanmar for one year over the Myanmarese military's deadly crackdown on minority Muslims in the country.
- EU Extends Myanmar Sanctions by Another Year Over Rights Violations Sputnik 29 Apr 2019 -- The Council of the European Union extended its sanctions against Myanmar on Monday for another year over continued rights violations in the country and repression against the Muslim Rohingya minority, according to an official statement published on the EU website.
- Future of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 'hangs in the balance' – UNHCR chief UN News 26 Apr 2019 -- The critical needs of 1.2 million mostly Rohingya refugees in south-eastern Bangladesh were top of the agenda for a fact-finding mission to the region by three senior United Nations officials, who called for continuing support on Friday for them from the international community.
- Russia Started Assembling Su-30SM Fighters for Naypyitaw - Myanmar Army Chief Sputnik 24 Apr 2019 -- Russia has started assembling the six Su-30SM fighters that will be delivered to Myanmar under a 2018 bilateral contract, Myanmar Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing told Sputnik.
- Xi meets with Myanmar's commander-in-chief of defense services Global Times 10 Apr 2019 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services Min Aung Hlaing at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday.
- UN Fears Dozens of Rohingya Killed in Myanmar Attack VOA 08 Apr 2019 -- The U.N. human rights office says it fears dozens of Rohingya Muslims were killed in a military helicopter attack last week, far higher than the initial death toll of seven.
- Efforts Underway to Help Rohingya in Bangladesh Weather Next Monsoon Season VOA 06 Apr 2019 -- The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and partners are scaling up emergency preparations to help hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees withstand a second monsoon season in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
- Myanmar military target civilians in deadly helicopter attack, UN rights office issues war crimes warning UN News 05 Apr 2019 -- Intensifying clashes between the Myanmar military and armed separatists that reportedly involved a deadly helicopter bombing raid on civilians earlier this week in Rakhine state, have been condemned by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.
- Thousands Displaced by Intensified Fighting in Myanmar's Rakhine State VOA 05 Apr 2019 -- The U.N. Human Rights Office says more than 20,000 civilians in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State have been forced to flee their homes in recent weeks in the face of escalating fighting between the Myanmar military and the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army.
- Five killed as Myanmar military chopper attacks Rohingya Muslims Press TV 04 Apr 2019 -- At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded after a military helicopter attacked a group of Rohingya Muslims gathering bamboo in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state.
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