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Over two dozen Rohingya found starved to death on boat stranded for weeks
Apr 16, 2020 06:52Coastguard officials in Bangladesh say they have rescued nearly 400 members of the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority group aboard a ship that had been marooned at sea for weeks, adding that more than two dozen of them have lost their lives as a result of starvation.
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Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Rakhine state face charges for 'illegal travel'
Feb 22, 2020 06:57Rohingya Muslims arrested by Myanmar forces have appeared in court in the nation’s capital of Yangon over criminal charges for attempting to flee apartheid-like conditions in Rakhine state.
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About 14 Rohingya die, dozens unaccounted for as boat sinks off Bangladesh
Feb 11, 2020 09:47At least 14 people drowned and dozens more were unaccounted for after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh early Tuesday, officials say.
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About 100,000 Rohyngyas refugees to move to flood-prone island in Bangladesh
Jan 17, 2020 09:02Bangladesh has controversial plans to forcefully accommodate 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees on a flood-prone island, while more than 750,000 people are currently living in irregular, unsanitary, and crowded camps.
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Bangladesh assisting Rohingya refugees: Diplomat
Jan 02, 2020 10:08Bangladesh’s ambassador to Iran says his country is providing the Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar with basic needs and other types of assistance.
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UN condemns human rights abuses against Myanmar's Rohingya
Dec 28, 2019 10:02The UN General Assembly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemning human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities, including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.
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Rohingya people, kids stand trial for ‘illegal travel’ while fleeing persecution
Dec 20, 2019 09:48Myanmar authorities have taken to court a group of Rohinyga Muslims, including children, on allegations of illegally travelling without proper documents, as they were trying to flee persecution in the remote western Rakhine State.
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What is genocide?
Dec 15, 2019 17:22What constitutes 'genocide'? And what persons or groups can be considered victims of it? Recently Gambia has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging Myanmar with committing genocide against its Rohingya minority.
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‘The Lady’ is a liar: Suu Kyi’s genocide whitewash
Dec 14, 2019 10:22“Rohingya civilians.” That’s the phrase conspicuously absent from Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s 3,500-word statement to the International Court of Justice recently.
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Lawyers slam Suu Kyi's defense of Myanmar genocide against Rohingya
Dec 12, 2019 13:55Lawyers seeking to halt an ongoing genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have strongly denounced Aung San Suu Kyi’s defense of her country’s armed forces, saying the fallen pro-democracy icon chose to ignore “unspeakable” acts committed against civilians.