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Bangladesh continues relocation of Rohingya refugees to island
Dec 29, 2020 12:08Bangladesh has started relocating a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh to send hundreds more Rohingya to remote island
Dec 27, 2020 09:18Bangladesh is set to send hundreds more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island in the Bay of Bengal, weeks after it started their force removal from border with Myanmar.
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Bangladesh starts 'coercive' relocation of Rohingya refugees to remote island
Dec 04, 2020 13:13Bangladesh has started forced removal of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Rohingya refugees coerced into going to remote Bay of Bengal island: Aid workers
Dec 04, 2020 08:48Rights groups and humanitarian workers say some of the thousands of Rohingya refugees being shipped to a Bangladeshi island have been coerced into going to the remote, flood-prone place.
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Rights groups urge Bangladesh to halt relocation of Rohingya
Dec 03, 2020 12:26Human rights groups have urged Bangladesh to immediately stop its plan to relocate thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees to a remote, flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal.
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An outpour of anger: Bangladeshis rally against France's Macron
Nov 02, 2020 13:46Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Bangladesh against French President Emmanuel Macron, who sparked outrage among the world's Muslim population with his recent Islamophobic rhetoric.
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Rohingya Muslim refugees living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: HRW
Oct 08, 2020 11:57The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced as an “open prison” the refugee camps housing tens of thousands of Rohyngia Muslims in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and called for an immediate end to the mass detention of the ethnic minority.
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Bangladesh ferry accident kills at least 11, many missing
Sep 09, 2020 09:47A ferry in Bangladesh carrying around 40 passengers capsized after colliding with a sand-laden vessel on Wednesday, leaving at least 11 people dead and many more missing, officials said.
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Bangladesh mosque gas explosion death toll rises to 24
Sep 07, 2020 04:26The death toll from a gas explosion that tore through a Bangladesh mosque has risen to 24, officials said Sunday, as rescuers described how survivors jumped into a nearby open sewer to escape the flames.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark Manmar crackdown anniv.
Aug 25, 2020 11:21Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have held a silent protest on the third anniversary of a crackdown on the Muslim minority by Myanmar that killed thousands of them.