Bangladesh

Rights groups warn against repatriation of Rohingya Muslims

Nov 15, 2018 12:01

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have called on Bangladesh and Myanmar to drop plans for the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims.
Rohingya refugees flee Bangladesh camps over repatriation fears

Nov 12, 2018 12:12

Dozens of persecuted Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar later this week have fled from camps in southeast Bangladesh.
Saudi Arabia to deport scores of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh

Nov 09, 2018 09:32

Saudi Arabia is set to send scores of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh, years after they fled persecution in their home country; but have indefinitely been held in the Kingdom’s detention centers.
Bangladesh rescues Malaysia-bound Rohingya refugees from sea

Nov 08, 2018 12:04

Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 33 persecuted Rohingya Muslims and detained six alleged human traffickers from a fishing trawler headed for Malaysia.
Bangladesh ruling party rejects opposition plea for caretaker government

Nov 07, 2018 13:55

Bangladesh's ruling party has rejected an opposition party's demand for formation of a caretaker government ahead of upcoming elections due to be held in December.
Asian MPs call for halt on repartition of Rohignya Muslims to Myanmar

Nov 02, 2018 10:27

Asian parliamentarians has called on both governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar to halt plans for repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country, where they fled a state-sponsored brutal military violence over the last year.
UN officials blast Bangladesh-Myanmar deal on Rohingya

Nov 01, 2018 10:51

United Nations officials have blasted a repatriation deal struck between the governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar over the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying that conditions in the northwestern state of Rakhine are “not yet conducive” for their returns.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh sold into forced labor: UN

Oct 17, 2018 16:12

The United Nations (UN) says mostly female Rohingya Muslim refugees are being sold into forced labor to make income for desperate families living in squalid border camps in Bangladesh.
Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya genocide: UN

Oct 09, 2018 08:30

The United Nations (UN)’s special envoy to Myanmar says the Myanmarese government is “unwilling” to investigate state-sponsored violence against the Rohingya Muslim community in the country, calling on the international community to take action before it is too late.
Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offenses in draft law

Oct 08, 2018 12:43

Bangladesh's cabinet has approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offenses, despite widespread criticism over a drugs crackdown in which police have shot dead more than 200 people since May.