Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Continues -- News Updates September 7, 2017

The Guardian: Aung San Suu Kyi defends her handling of Myanmar violence

De facto leader says country is facing its biggest challenge as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims flee

Aung San Suu Kyi has defended her handling of renewed violence in western Myanmar, where a crackdown has displaced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims.

In her first spoken remarks since the crisis started in Rakhine state last month, the de facto Myanmar leader said her government, the first to be civilian-led in decades, was facing its “biggest challenge”.

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Myanmar's Rohingya Crisis Continues -- News Updates September 7, 2017

More than 250,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh: UN -- AFP
UN expects 300,000 Rohingya to flee Burma violence for Bangladesh -- The Independent
Violence could lead to exodus of 300,000 Rohingya: UN -- Al Jazeera
Children, teenagers among wounded Rohingya in crammed Bangladesh hospital -- Reuters
New fires in empty Rohingya village challenge Myanmar claims -- AP
Suu Kyi says Myanmar trying to protect all citizens in strife-torn state -- Reuters
Bangladesh Protests Landmines on

Myanmar Border as 146000 Refugees Flood In -- TIME
Bangladesh Struggles with Growing Numbers of Rohingya Refugees -- Voice of America
Rohingya Muslim refugee crisis provokes anger, denials -- ABC News
Rohingya Say Their Village Is Lost to Myanmar's Spiraling Conflict -- U.S. News & World Report
BBC reporter in Rakhine: 'A Muslim village was burning' -- BBC News
New Fires in an Empty Rohingya Village Raise Questions About Myanmar's Official Response -- TIME
Rohingya endure fresh hardship as camps hit breaking point -- AFP
Rohingya Muslims: Tales of horror from Myanmar -- BBC
Massacre at Tula Toli: Rohingya recall horror of Myanmar army attack -- The Guardian
Myanmar's Rohingya: stateless, persecuted and fleeing -- AFP
Myanmar plays diplomatic card with 'friend' China to avert UN censure over Rohingya crisis -- South China Morning Post
Petition seeks to revoke Suu Kyi's Nobel over Rohingya crisis -- AFP
Burma’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung Suu Kyi Winks at Rohingya Massacres -- Lennox Samuels, Daily Beast
Global rep in shreds, but Suu Kyi still the star in Myanmar -- AFP