22-05-2016 15:54 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Suu Kyi calls for 'space' to address Myanmar's Rohingya issue as Kerry visits

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 peace laureate to promote respect for human rights. Some 125,000 Rohingya in Myanmar are 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 su
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