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UN demands unhindered access to Rohingya camps newly built in Myanmar
Jan 24, 2018 12:02The United Nations (UN) has called on Myanmar to grant aid agencies unhindered access to camps that have been built near the border with Bangladesh to house the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who face repatriation from Bangladesh.
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Rohingya citizenship, safety need addressing before repatriation: UN
Jan 22, 2018 16:25The UN refugee chief says more time is needed to prepare the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh to western Rakhine state in Myanmar.
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Bangladesh tells Rohingya refugees they may lose food ration if stay
Jan 21, 2018 15:12Tension mounts at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where thousands of persecuted Rohingya Muslims are expected to be repatriated to Myanmar, after Bangladesh threatened to cut their food ration if they do not leave the country.
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Myanmar troops involved in killing Rohingya Muslims, army admits
Jan 10, 2018 14:25Myanmar’s army chief has posted an announcement admitting that security forces had a hand in killing members of the Rohingya minority group and dumping their bodies in a mass grave.
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Journalists covering crimes against Rohingya charged in Myanmar
Jan 10, 2018 09:23Two Reuters journalists, who covered the ongoing state-sponsored crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, have been officially charged for breaching a colonial-era law.
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Bangladesh court upholds govt. ban on Rohingya Muslim refugees marrying citizens
Jan 08, 2018 16:42A Bangladesh court has upheld a government ruling banning marriage between its citizens and refugees from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
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About 48,000 expected births to complicate situation in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh: Aid group
Jan 05, 2018 12:24An aid agency has warned that thousands of expected new childbirths at refugee camps set up for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh could seriously complicate the situation at the already-resource-strapped sites.
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Bangladesh to repatriate 1st group of Rohingya Muslim refugees
Dec 29, 2017 14:33Bangladesh has prepared for the repatriation of 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees to Myanmar under an agreement between the two countries.
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Rohingya at risk of deadly diphtheria face shortage of medics: MSF
Dec 28, 2017 16:15An international medical charity says health workers in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are struggling with a shortage of medics to administer antitoxins to patients infected with diphtheria.
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi avoids topic of abuse against Rohingya in meeting with UN official
Dec 27, 2017 05:57Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has conspicuously avoided talking about reports of Rohingya Muslim women and girls being raped by military forces and Buddhist militia in the western Rakhine State during a recent meeting with a senior UN official.