22-05-2016 11:30 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Suu Kyi calls for 'space' as Kerry presses her on Myanmar's Rohingya

By Lesley Wroughton NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi asked to be given "enough space" to address the plight of her country's Rohingya Muslim population, as visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed the Nobel laureate to promote respect for human rights. Some 125,000 Rohingya in Myanmar remain displaced and face severe travel restrictions in camps since fighting erupted in Rakhine State between the country's Buddhists and Muslims in 2012. The United States has long suppo
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