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š’ˆ”  Why do critics hold Israel to a higher standard ā€” and ignore these other ź¦Æconflicts?

 Thāœ…e Jewish State's critics make demands of it they'd never dream of makišŸ’žng on another nation.

Myanmar resistance steadfast against army rule 2 yearsą¶£ later

On Wednesday, legions of opponents of military rule heeded a call by protest ą²Œorganizers to stay home.

Religious group brings sex dolls to holy site for 'enchantment rituals'

According to local media groups, the group of eight attempted to enter the ShwedagonšŸ¬ Pagoda after leaving the dolls outside but were detained by the temple's security guards.

Myanmar junta condšŸ ešŸ­mned for execution of 4 democracy activists

 Myanmar's ruling military has executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts", it said on MšŸ°onday.

 ā€˜Kill šŸ’ƒmoreā€™: Facź¦›ebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

šŸ”Æ A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence againsā™št Myanmarā€™s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have...

 Myź§’anmar villagers say army troops burned hundreds of houses

Reā™sidents of two villages iź¦‡n northwestern Myanmar said government soldiers burned down hundreds of houses this week, apparently while searching for members of an armed militia opposed to military rule.

Myanmar military arreš’Ŗsts more journalists in media crackdown

Myanmar's military has arrested three people working for the independent news portal Dawei Watch, an editor at the publication said on Thursday, the latš’ŠŽest detentions under a media cršŸ¤Ŗackdown that...

MyanmašŸ…·r military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings šŸ”“

ThešŸ’ carnage at Done Taw is šŸŒƒjust one of the most recent signs that the Myanmar military is reverting to a strategy of massacres as a weapon of war, according...

Myanmar army kills more than 30 on Christmas Eve 'massacre'

International human rights group Save the Children accused the Myanmar military of killing at least ā™Š38 people išŸ€…n Eastern Myanmar on Friday.

Three bodies found, but scores bź¦›uried by landslide at Myanmar jade mine

Rescuers found two more bodies at a Myanmar jade mine after an official conšŸŒƒceded there was little hope of finding survivors among są²žcores of people buried by an avalanche of...

Natią²žonwide ā€˜silent strikeā€™ in Myanmar protests militaryź¦… rule 

On Tuesday, there was a widely reported massacre in the countryā€™s northwestern Sagaing region in whicšŸ h soldiers were accused of rounding up and killing 11 civilians whose charred bodies were...

Meta culpa: Rohingya refugeešŸŽs sue Facebook for allegedly stoking Myanmar genocide

The class actionšŸŽƒ complaint, filed in California on Monday, accused Facebook of failing to police against hateful, anti-Rohingya content.

Myanmar court sentencesšŸŒ± ousted leader to 4 yź§ƒears

A special couā™›rt in Myanmarā€™š“”s capital sentenced the countryā€™s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday.

Five dead after Myanmar security forcešŸøs ram car into Yangon protest - media

Five people were killedā˜‚ and at least 15 arrested after Myanmar security forces in a car rammed into an anti-coup protest on Sunday morning in Yangon, local news portal Myanmar... šŸ 

Hate speech in Myanmar continues to thrivšŸ”Æe on FaceboošŸ’¦k

 Scrolling through Facebook today, itā€™s not hard to find posts threatening murdš“”er and rape in Myanmar. šŸŒŒ

'Long time coming': US journalist freed from Myanmar prison arrives at JFK

American journalist Danny Fenster is back on home soil after six months behind barsšŸŒ± in a Myanmar prison.

US journalist sentenced to 11 years freed from Myanmar jail with ex-diplomat's aid

American journalist Danny Fenster, sentenced only days ago to 11 years hard labor in Myanmar, has been freed and is on his way home, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.... ā™š

šŸ½Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday sentenced detainedā™Š U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to šŸ…°11 years in prison after finding him guilty on several charges.

 Inside thšŸ¦©e brutal MyanmaršŸø military jails where prisoners are beaten and tortured

ź¦— The dąµ©isturbing reality of life behind bars exposes the insatiable nature of the military's thirst for blood - forcing them to convert community halls and a royal palace into interrogation... 

 Myanmar shadow government calls for revolt agaišŸ„ƒnst military rule

Myanmar's shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, calledā™› for a nationwide uprising against the junta on TušŸŒ±esday.