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UN officials blast Bangladesh-Myanmar deal on Rohingya
Nov 01, 2018 10:51United 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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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh sold into forced labor: UN
Oct 17, 2018 16:12The 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 ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya genocide: UN
Oct 09, 2018 08:30The 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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Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offenses in draft law
Oct 08, 2018 12:43Bangladesh's cabinet has approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offenses, despite widespread criticism over a drugs crackdown in which police have shot dead more than 200 people since May.
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Relocate Rohingya refugees to safer grounds: HRW to Bangladesh
Aug 06, 2018 07:39Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned against the threat of natural disasters facing the Rohingya Muslim refugees living in an overcrowded mega camp in Bangladesh’s border region near Myanmar, calling on Dhaka to relocate the hapless refugees to safer places.
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Over 110 student protesters wounded in clashes with police in Bangladesh
Aug 05, 2018 02:25More than 100 people, mainly students, have been wounded in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka after police fired rubber bullets at thousands of student demonstrators protesting against the death of two fellow students mowed down by a speeding bus in the city.
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Myanmar’s army planned out Rohingya genocide: Rights group
Jul 19, 2018 07:39A human rights group says Myanmar’s army had made “systematic preparations” for “genocide” against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western state of Rakhine, before Myanmar’s security posts came under alleged militant attacks in August 2017.
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Landslide kills Rohingya child as monsoon hits refugee camps in Bangladesh
Jun 11, 2018 12:29A landslide triggered by heavy rain has claimed the life of a three-year-old Rohingya boy in an overcrowded and squalid refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh defends drug war as family contests suspect's death
Jun 07, 2018 13:23Bangladesh says Akramul Haque was a meth kingpin who died after opening fire at police, one of 130 accused dealers killed in murky late-night shootouts in an increasingly bloody war on drugs.
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Bangladesh kills 86, arrests 7,000 in anti-drug crackdown
May 28, 2018 11:34Bangladesh police have killed at least 86 people and arrested about 7,000 since launching a crackdown on drug trafficking this month, officials say, raising fears from rights activists of a Philippines-style war on drugs.