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UN warns of humanitarian ‘nightmare’ in camps hosting Rohingya refugees
Sep 30, 2017 12:05The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian “nightmare” in the refugee camps on the Bangladeshi border, which are sheltering over half-a-million Rohingya Muslims fleeing horrifying state-backed violence at home in Myanmar.
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60 Rohingya presumed dead as boat capsizes off Bangladesh
Sep 29, 2017 10:39At least 60 people, among them women and children, are likely to have lost their lives following an incident in which a boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in rough waters off Bangladesh.
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15 people, including 10 children, drown as Rohingya boat capsizes off Bangladesh
Sep 28, 2017 17:24At least 15 people, including 10 children, have drowned when a boat carrying persecuted Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state capsized in rough seas off Bangladesh.
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Iran to airlift new aid supplies for Myanmar Muslims
Sep 28, 2017 11:12Iran’s Red Crescent Society is going to deliver the third consignment of humanitarian aid to the Muslim people of Myanmar who have taken refuge in neighboring Bangladesh from a military crackdown.
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UN: Longer-term plans needed to manage Rohingya influx into Bangladesh
Sep 27, 2017 14:30The United Nations says longer-term plans are needed to manage the influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled from Myanmar's Rakhine state to neighboring Bangladesh.
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HRW sees ‘crimes against humanity’ in Myanmar treatment of Rohingya
Sep 26, 2017 08:34Human Rights Watch has accused Myanmar of committing “crimes against humanity” in Rakhine State, calling on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to act on the issue by imposing sanctions and an arms embargo against the government.
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Erdogan slams Myanmar for Buddhist-led ‘genocide’ against Muslims
Sep 25, 2017 12:59Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted Myanmar for launching a Buddhist-led terror campaign against the Rohingya Muslims in the west of the country, while slamming the international community for failing to act against the ongoing “genocide” in the region.
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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 official says Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh need 'massive assistance'
Sep 24, 2017 14:32The head of the UN refugee agency says Bangladesh needs "massive international assistance" to feed and shelter over 430,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar in recent weeks.
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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.