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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.
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Myanmar’s military launches campaign of arrests to stymie paralyzing strikes
Feb 18, 2021 08:31Myanmar’s military has issued arrest warrants for six celebrities, including film directors, actors, and a singer, for encouraging strikes that have paralyzed government offices, as mass protests continue over the recent coup d'état in the country.
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Myanmar military denies coup, files extra charge against Suu Kyi
Feb 16, 2021 13:37Myanmar’s military has denied that its ouster of the government and arrest of political leaders constituted a coup d'état, justifying that assertion by claiming that it plans to hold a new election and hand power to a civil government.
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Rohingya refugees suffering mental distress
Feb 04, 2021 16:09The recent coup in Myanmar compounds the nationwide instability and stress that fuel the mental-health crisis festering among Rohingya survivors and places real solutions further out of reach.
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Would the cruel woman’s ouster end cruelties for Rohingya Muslims?
Feb 03, 2021 18:41Irrespective of whether or not they keep their word, the UN and the West, if they are really sincere in their lip service for the world’s most persecuted people, should seriously engage the military rulers to redress the plight of the Rohingya, instead of shedding tears for Aung San Suu Kyi, and her so-called civilian colleagues, who had rigged the recent elections to secure 322 seats required to form the government.
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Bangladesh sends another group of Rohingya Muslims to a remote island
Jan 29, 2021 09:28Bangladesh has sent a third group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a controversial facility at a remote island that was surfaced only 20 years ago, in the Bay of Bengal.
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Hundreds of Rohingya go missing from Indonesian refugee camp
Jan 28, 2021 08:30Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees have gone missing from a makeshift camp in Indonesia’s Aceh Province, raising fears that they may have been smuggled to neighboring Malaysia.
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Huge fire guts Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroys belongings
Jan 15, 2021 02:35Thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been left without shelter after a huge fire swept through an overcrowded camp in southeast Bangladesh.