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Saudi Arabia to deport scores of Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh
Nov 09, 2018 13:02Saudi 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.
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Bangladesh rescues Malaysia-bound Rohingya refugees from sea
Nov 08, 2018 15:34Bangladesh's coast guard has rescued 33 persecuted Rohingya Muslims and detained six alleged human traffickers from a fishing trawler headed for Malaysia.
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Rohingya still face ‘persecution’ in Myanmar: UN envoy
Nov 07, 2018 15:18The United Nations (UN)’s special envoy to Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to drop plans for a hasty repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their homeland, where they are still facing a “high risk of persecution.”
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Asian MPs call for halt on repartition of Rohignya Muslims to Myanmar
Nov 02, 2018 13:57Asian 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.
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UN officials blast Bangladesh-Myanmar deal on Rohingya
Nov 01, 2018 14:21United 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.
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Australia slaps sanctions on Myanmar officers over Rohingya
Oct 23, 2018 11:53The Australian government has announced sanctions against five military officers in Myanmar who are accused of leading brutal atrocities against minority Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh sold into forced labor: UN
Oct 17, 2018 19:42The 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.
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Myanmar Buddhists rally to support military in crimes against Rohingya
Oct 15, 2018 08:18Myanmar’s extremist Buddhists rally in Yangon to voice support for the military’s state-sponsored crackdown campaign against Rohingya Muslims, vowing to “fight back” any international attempt to bring their top generals to justice for the crimes they perpetrate against the country’s unwanted minority community.
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Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya genocide: UN
Oct 09, 2018 12:00The 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.
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ASEAN urges accountability for Myanmar atrocities
Oct 02, 2018 12:45The foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations have called on Myanmar to probe state-sponsored atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.