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UN special envoy visits Rohingya camp in B'desh
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Jan. 21 (ANI): The United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, visited a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's coastal town of Cox's Bazar on Saturday.
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B'desh, Myanmar aim to resettle Rohingyas in 2 years
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 16 (ANI): Bangladesh and Myanmar on Tuesday have finalised an agreement, which will facilitate the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh.
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EU urges Myanmar to allow UN probe into Rohingya assaults
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jan 12 (ANI): The European Union (EU) urged Myanmar to allow the United Nations (UN) to access the country for conducting the probe into the Rohingya assaults reported so far.
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Myanmar Army's admission is 'tip of the iceberg'
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan 11 (ANI): In response to the Myanmar's military's admission of killing Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International said that the confession is just the tip of the ice berg.
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Myanmar military admits killing 10 Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Jan 11 (ANI): In a rare acknowledgement, the Myanmar military has admitted that the members of its security forces were involved in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims, whose bodies were found in a mass grave in December in the restive Rakhine region.
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Rohingyas' access to balanced diet a major concern: UN study
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan 6 (ANI): According to a new United Nations study, most Rohingyas have a limited access to getting a nutritious and balanced diet, despite the fact that more than 90 per cent of them have received emergency food assistance.
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Rohingyas attack Myanmar Army truck, injure 5 soldiers
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Jan 6 (ANI): Rohingya insurgents on Saturday launched an assault on the Myanmar Army, attacking its truck in the restive state of Rakhine, and injured five soldiers in the process.
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Rohingya crisis: Myanmar Court extends detention of two journalists
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Hong Kong], Dec 28 (ANI): A Myanmar Court extended the detention of two journalists for another 14 days, who are accused of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act, despite being condemned by the international community as an attack on press freedom.
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Rohingya repatriation: First list will contain 1 lakh names
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 27 (ANI): The first list for repatriation of Rohingya refugees, who entered into Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State, will contain 1,00,000 names.
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Bangladesh, Myanmar form joint panel for Rohingya repatriation
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 19 (ANI): Myanmar and Bangladesh on Tuesday formed Joint Working Group (JWG) to handle the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
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Myanmar team to visit Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya issue
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec.18 (ANI): A six-member Myanmar delegation is arriving here on Monday for a meeting to set up the joint working group (JWG) to facilitate the repatriation of Rohingyas who fled violence in northern Rakhine State between August 25 and now.
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40 Rohingya villages burnt in October and November, says HRW
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.18 (ANI): Satellite imagery over Myanmar has revealed that at least 40 new Rohingya villages were burnt down in the months of October and November in the country's northern Rakhine State.
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