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UN rights chief calls for probe into killing of Rohingya activist
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizterland], October 2 (ANI): Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for a thorough probe into the killing of a Rohingya activist at a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
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Rohingya group's leader killed in Bangladesh
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 30 (ANI): Chair of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) Md Mohibullah, 46, died after being shot by unidentified gunmen in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, a media report said.
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US announces USD 180 million humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): The United States has earmarked an additional USD 180 million to aid more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
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UK Foreign Secy Raab announces new sanctions on Myanmar targeting key busi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 3 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday announced new Myanmar sanctions, saying these sanctions target a key business associate of the military junta for providing financial support and arms to the military.
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UN refugee agency welcomes start of COVID-19 vaccination drive for Rohingy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 15 (ANI): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has welcomed the start of the vaccination drive for Rohingyas refugees living in camps in Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh initiates vaccination of Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar refuge
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] August 10 (ANI): Bangladesh government on Tuesday started vaccinating Rohingyas refugees living in camps in Cox's Bazar area as a part of the country's mass vaccination process.
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Foreign nationals entering country without valid travel documents treated
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lower House of the Parliament that those foreign nationals who entered the country without valid travel documents in a surreptitious manner are treated as illegal migrants an
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Illegal Rohingya migrants pose threat to national security: MHA tells Lok
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Illegal Rohingya migrants pose a threat to national security and there are reports that some of them have indulged in illegal activities in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Myanmar: Timely support, action by Security Council 'really paramount', sa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 19 (ANI): UN Special Envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener on Friday said timely support and action by UN Security Council (UNSC) is paramount in the ongoing crisis in the Southeast Asian country stemming from the military coup in February.
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US announces nearly USD 155 million in new aid for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 18 (ANI): The United States has announced nearly USD 155 million in assistance to help meet the immediate needs of 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.
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SC to hear plea seeking release, protection of Rohingya refugees in J-K to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court will pass its order on a petition seeking release and protection of over 150 Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Bangladesh envoy calls on international community to help in providing dig
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The international community must strive towards achieving the safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homelands, said Bangladesh High Commissioner Muhammad Imran on Wednesday.
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