{"id":3461,"date":"2016-11-26T19:29:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T19:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/3461-un-official-burma-is-pursuing-ethnic-cleansing-of-rohingya-muslims\/"},"modified":"2016-11-26T19:29:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T19:29:57","slug":"un-official-burma-is-pursuing-ethnic-cleansing-of-rohingya-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/3461-un-official-burma-is-pursuing-ethnic-cleansing-of-rohingya-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Official: Burma is pursuing \u2018Ethnic Cleansing\u2019 of Rohingya Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0 Thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims are trying to reach Bangladesh amid reports of abuse by the Burmese army.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims are trying to reach Bangladesh amid reports of abuse by the Burmese army.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Burmese authorities are carrying out a campaign of \u2018ethnic cleansing\u2019 against the Rohingya Muslim minority in the country\u2019s western Arakan state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">A senior U.N. official said, as the military continues to sweep the area for what it has labeled Islamic militants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">Thousands of Rohingya have already sought refuge in Bangladesh, the BBC cited the country\u2019s Foreign Ministry as saying.<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims are trying to reach Bangladesh amid reports of abuse by the Burmese army. \u00a0 \u00a0 Thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims are trying to reach Bangladesh amid reports of abuse by the Burmese army. 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