5 things to know for June 9: White House, Covid-19, Congress, Myanmar, Uyghurs

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The United Nations estimates 100,000 people in Myanmar’s borderlands have been displaced by fighting that includes attacks by security forces in civilian areas. The country has been in a state of unrest since a military coup in February, with daily protests and fighting between the military and ethnic minority militias. People who have fled Kayah state, which borders Thailand, urgently need shelter, food, water and health care, according to the UN, and the organization urged security forces to let aid workers and supplies through. Thailand, which fears a flood of refugees, is concerned about the fighting and is urging the military government to restore democracy, as per a plan agreed upon by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic group from northwest China, are allegedly being detained and deported at China’s request in three major Arab countries: Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Rights groups have documented several cases of Uyghur disappearances in the last few years, and families of those deported fear their loved ones have ended up among the estimated 2 million Uyghurs who have been sent to internment camps. Even as Western nations condemn China’s treatment of Uyghurs, activists fear that countries in the Middle East and beyond will be willing to acquiesce to Beijing’s crackdown on members of the ethnic group.

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