United Nations passes resolution condemning Myanmar's Rohingya abuse
The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution with 134 yeas to 9 nays and 28 abstentions to demand an end to the Myanmar government's abusive treatment of its Rohingya minority, which has created more than 700,000 refugees that have fled to neighboring country Bangladesh. Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu-kyi, a Nobel Peace prize winner, has denied her government's alleged genocidal intentions against the Rohingya.
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