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About 100,000 Rohyngyas refugees to move to flood-prone island in Bangladesh
Jan 17, 2020 12:32Bangladesh 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 13:38Bangladesh’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 13:32The 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 13:18Myanmar 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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Lawyers slam Suu Kyi's defense of Myanmar genocide against Rohingya
Dec 12, 2019 17:25Lawyers 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.
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Myanmar court begins trial of 95 Rohingya Muslims
Dec 11, 2019 15:59A court in Myanmar has begun the trial of about 100 Rohingya Muslims arrested for attempting to flee persecution, the defendants’ lawyers say.
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World Court launches genocide hearings against Myanmar
Dec 10, 2019 15:02The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has launched genocide hearings against Myanmar, as the first major legal attempt to bring the country to justice over horrific atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims.
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HRW: Bangladesh denying education to 400,000 Rohingya children
Dec 03, 2019 20:19Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Bangladeshi government has been depriving nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslim refugee children in the South Asian country of the right to education.
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Myanmar begins court martial over atrocities against Rohingya
Nov 27, 2019 08:05Myanmar’s military has begun a trial of soldiers for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, as the Southeast Asian country also braces for genocide charges at an international court in The Hague.
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Suu Kyi set to contest Rohingya 'genocide' case at world court
Nov 21, 2019 07:11Myanmar's de facto leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will head a delegation to the UN's top court to defend a case accusing her country of genocide against Rohingya Muslims, the government said Wednesday.