{"id":4430,"date":"2017-07-09T06:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T06:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4430-un-calls-on-myanmar-to-grant-citizenship-to-rohingya\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T06:15:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T06:15:10","slug":"un-calls-on-myanmar-to-grant-citizenship-to-rohingya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4430-un-calls-on-myanmar-to-grant-citizenship-to-rohingya\/","title":{"rendered":"UN calls on Myanmar to grant citizenship to Rohingya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UN refugee agency has called on Myanmar to grant citizenship to the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The UN refugee agency has called on Myanmar to grant citizenship to the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s important to work on granting citizenship to the Muslim community, that has been deprived of citizenship for many years,&#8221; 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