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WHO warns of cholera outbreak in Bangladesh camps
Sep 25, 2017 10:48The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a growing risk of a cholera epidemic at makeshift refugee camps in Bangladesh where hundreds of thousands of Myanmarese Rohingya Muslim refugees are sheltered in dire conditions.
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UN doctors in Bangladesh report symptoms of horrific sexual attacks on Rohingya women
Sep 24, 2017 09:32United Nations (UN) doctors based in makeshift clinics in Bangladesh have reported symptoms of rape and horrific sexual abuse on Rohingya Muslim women arriving from western Myanmar.
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Doctors Without Borders warns Bangladesh refugee camps on brink of 'health disaster'
Sep 22, 2017 13:22Doctors Without Borders has warned that refugee camps in Bangladesh are on the brink of a "health disaster" amid an influx of Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar.
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UN agency warns Rohingya Muslim refugees 'at mercy' of traffickers
Sep 20, 2017 12:25The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a subsidiary agency of the United Nations, has warned about the plight of Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, saying they are "at the mercy" of human traffickers in Bangladesh and other areas.
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About 20,000 rally in Bangladesh to condemn Myanmar's crackdown on Rohingya
Sep 18, 2017 13:01Thousands have staged a massive rally in Bangladesh to protest Myanmar’s violent crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim community that has forced the minority group to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Aid agencies call for harsh bans against Myanmar military
Sep 18, 2017 06:45Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for harsh international sanctions against the Myanmar military over its brutal “ethnic cleansing campaign” against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.
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Iran, Pakistan army chiefs urge Muslim world action to end Rohingya plight
Sep 17, 2017 12:54The military chiefs of Iran and Pakistan have called on the Muslim world to take more concrete actions to end the violence against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
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Rohingya refugees in UK demand end to ‘slaughter’
Sep 17, 2017 10:00Rohingya Muslims living in the UK have called on the British government to help stop Myanmar’s ongoing “ethnic cleansing” against the religious minority.
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UN says over 400,000 Rohingya have entered Bangladesh as Dhaka seeks help
Sep 16, 2017 12:35The United Nations says so far more than 400,000 desperate Rohingya Muslims have fled the violence in Myanmar and crossed into neighboring Bangladesh, as Dhaka pleads for global help to cope with the humanitarian crisis.
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Bangladesh protests Myanmar airspace violations
Sep 16, 2017 07:30Dhaka has protested the repeated violations of its airspace by Myanmar as tensions escalate between the two sides on the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, which has triggered an exodus of refugees into Bangladesh.