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Japan’s quiet embrace of Myanmar’s top rights abuser
Oct 31, 2019 19:39Drowned out by the noise of the Rugby World Cup and overshadowed by the deadly devastation wrought by Typhoon Hagibis was a meeting between Japan’s leaders and war criminal, which went largely unreported by the media and unnoticed by the public.
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Iran ready to help resolve Rohingya refugee crisis: President
Oct 27, 2019 03:27President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the importance of efforts to resolve problems facing the Rohingya Muslims living in Bangladesh refugee camps and said the Islamic Republic is ready to help the South Asian country in this regard.
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Rights body throws doubt on Dhaka’s plan to relocate Rohingya to remote island
Oct 25, 2019 16:26An international rights group has disputed Bangladesh’s claims that thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees have agreed to a plan by the government to relocate them to a remote island that is prone to devastating natural disasters.
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Action to end Myanmar war crimes urged
Sep 25, 2019 05:47As the Myanmar military becomes ever emboldened to act with impunity – deploying the same heinous tactics it has used against the Rohingya and other ethnic and religious minorities for decades – it is no wonder that not a single Rohingya presented himself for a recent attempted repatriation by the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh to return to Rakhine State.
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Bangladesh University suspends student after finding out she is Rohingya
Sep 09, 2019 03:20A university in Bangladesh has suspended a female student following media reports that she belongs to the persecuted Rohingya community from neighboring Myanmar.
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No way home, no way out for Rohingya refugees
Sep 01, 2019 20:37Over 3,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh were supposed to return to Myanmar on August 22, a repatriation that was supposed to mark the beginning of a process to resettle hundreds of thousands who fled Myanmar military persecution two years ago.
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Rohingya mark 2 years since Myanmar army crackdown
Aug 25, 2019 04:19Thousands of Ronhingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh have marked the second anniversary of the Myanmarese army’s deadly crackdown that displaced them.
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Bangladesh police shoot dead two Rohingya Muslims in refugee camp
Aug 24, 2019 11:53The Bangladeshi police say they have shot dead two Rohingya Muslims during a gunfight in a refugee camp, accusing the pair of killing a ruling party official.
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Rohingya ‘would rather drink poison ’ than return to Myanmar
Aug 22, 2019 06:41Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh, who have fled ethnic cleansing in neighboring Myanmar, say they fear torture and violence back home and would rather die than be repatriated.
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More than 2,000 people displaced, 19 killed in Myanmar fighting
Aug 21, 2019 10:41More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have been killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and ethnic insurgents in northern Myanmar last week, government officials said.