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Rohingya Muslim refugees living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: HRW
Oct 08, 2020 11:57The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced as an “open prison” the refugee camps housing tens of thousands of Rohyngia Muslims in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine and called for an immediate end to the mass detention of the ethnic minority.
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Rohingya refugees charge sexual assault on Bangladeshi island
Sep 27, 2020 10:45Rohingya refugees charge they are being held against their will in jail-like conditions and subjected to rape and sexual assault on a Bangladeshi island in the Bay of Bengal.
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Bangladesh ferry accident kills at least 11, many missing
Sep 09, 2020 09:47A ferry in Bangladesh carrying around 40 passengers capsized after colliding with a sand-laden vessel on Wednesday, leaving at least 11 people dead and many more missing, officials said.
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Bangladesh mosque gas explosion death toll rises to 24
Sep 07, 2020 04:26The death toll from a gas explosion that tore through a Bangladesh mosque has risen to 24, officials said Sunday, as rescuers described how survivors jumped into a nearby open sewer to escape the flames.
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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh mark Manmar crackdown anniv.
Aug 25, 2020 11:21Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have held a silent protest on the third anniversary of a crackdown on the Muslim minority by Myanmar that killed thousands of them.
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Rohingya Muslims voice fears over coronavirus outbreak at Myanmar's “apartheid” camps
Aug 23, 2020 16:27Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims have expressed fears of coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps in conflict-wracked Rakhine state, where they face state-sponsored violence and apartheid-like conditions.
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Floods in Delhi as South Asia monsoon toll rises to nearly 1,300
Aug 19, 2020 15:21Heavy monsoon rains lashed New Delhi Wednesday, inundating roads and piling on misery for commuters in the Indian capital, as the death toll from the annual deluge across South Asia rose to nearly 1,300.
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Nearly two dozen dead in Bangladesh ferry accident
Jun 29, 2020 13:56At least 23 ferry passengers were killed in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday when the vessel sank after a collision, officials said.
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COVID-19 cases spark concern in Rohingya refugee camps
May 27, 2020 10:36Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar's Rakhine and neighboring Chin State are considered at particularly high risk of COVID-19 for a number of reasons, including active conflict and travel restrictions. More than 8,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Chin Christians, fled fighting in recent months between the military and the Arakan Army group in the Paletwa and Matupi townships which border Rakhine.
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From Kenya to Bangladesh, mask-making has become a thriving cottage industry
May 26, 2020 08:39Regina Catrambone, Cofounder of Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), which has worked in Bangladesh since 2017 says “When we saw in other countries how fast the coronavirus pandemic was spreading, we thought about how we could use our resources to help prevent the spread in Bangladesh.