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Rights group urges revision of UN-Bangladesh deal on Rohingya refugees
Oct 15, 2021 12:53A human rights group has urged the United Nations (UN) and Bangladesh to revise a recent deal over the relocation of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote, inhospitable island.
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Prominent Rohingya Muslim leader shot dead in Bangladesh refugee camp
Sep 30, 2021 09:03A prominent Rohingya Muslim leader has been fatally shot in a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh following months of deteriorating violence in the world’s largest refugee settlement.
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US judge orders Facebook to release anti-Rohingya account records for genocide case
Sep 23, 2021 09:08A judge in the United States has denounced Facebook for failing to release records of now-closed accounts that contributed to violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, according to a new report.
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Deadly gunfight erupts after Myanmar junta convoy hit by roadside bomb
Sep 19, 2021 07:18A roadside bomb attack has targeted a convoy of Myanmar’s ruling military forces near Yangon, with several people being killed in an ensuing gunfight, the military and media said.
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Heavy rains displace thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh
Jul 29, 2021 06:16Torrential monsoon rains have ruined the sprawling camps of Rohingya Muslim refugees in southern Bangladesh, turning settlements into fast-flowing rivers overnight and leaving thousands of refugees without a shelter.
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UN censures rights violations against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Jul 13, 2021 02:30The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution denouncing violations by Myanmar’s military against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.
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Mike Pompeo rejected efforts by US officials to declare 'genocide' in Myanmar
Mar 26, 2021 00:16American officials have revealed that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stopped a declaration prepared against Myanmar’s military leaders on the genocide of minority Rohingya Muslims.
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Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills several: Witnesses
Mar 23, 2021 04:59A huge fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying thousands of homes and killing several people, officials and witnesses said, in the worst blaze to hit the settlement in recent years.
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More protests held in Myanmar amid diplomacy to resolve crisis
Feb 24, 2021 08:52More protests have been held in Myanmar against the recent coup in the country, amid diplomatic efforts to resolve a deepening crisis triggered by the putsch.
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Rohingya refugees facing new onslaught in India
Feb 20, 2021 05:06Fearful of possible arrest and expulsion, scores of refugees have gone into hiding across the Indian subcontinent while others have entered Bangladesh amid a mounting hate campaign against the community in India.