Rohingya Muslims
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Mizoram urges Centre for more security along Myanmar border to stop Rohingya Muslims
India | Feb 14, 2018, 04:20 PM ISTThe CM told the home minister that the state could face serious problems if Rohingya refugees and terrorists from the Rakhine state in Myanmar enter Mizoram.
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Myanmar government denies report of Rohingya mass graves
World | Feb 03, 2018, 05:36 PM ISTThe AP reported on Thursday that the mass graves in the village of Gu Dar Pyin were confirmed through multiple interviews with more than two dozen survivors who had fled to refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh.
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Myanmar killings have hallmarks of genocide: UN official
World | Feb 01, 2018, 03:59 PM ISTAt least 688,000 Rohingyas have fled Rakhine state to neighbouring Bangladesh since the Myanmar military launched an offensive in response to rebel attacks on government outposts on August 25 last year.
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Instances of Rohingyas obtaining Aadhaar, PAN fraudulently reported: Centre
National | Jan 03, 2018, 06:27 PM ISTMinister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said there have been no specific reports that some people were providing illegal accommodation to Rohingyas.
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Rohingya refugees lose jobs after Modi government calls them 'security threat'
India | Dec 21, 2017, 04:56 PM ISTRohingyas, mostly Muslims, are an ethnic minority from Buddhist majority Myanmar, who have been denied citizenship and have been facing brutality from the Myanmar military.
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No serious moves to drive out Rohingyas right now, petitioner tells SC
India | Dec 05, 2017, 08:32 PM ISTMohammad Salimullah’s counsel Prashant Bhushan told a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud that there was no substantial change in the situation since the last hearing in the matter.
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Pope avoids reference to Rohingya in Myanmar speech
World | Nov 28, 2017, 08:37 PM ISTStanding alongside Suu Kyi, the Pope spoke mostly in general terms. His highly-anticipated remarks may draw condemnation from human rights activists who blame the Myanmar Army for driving out hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas from the country.
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Oxford City Council strips Aung San Suu Kyi of two-decade-old Freedom of the City Award
World | Nov 28, 2017, 03:08 PM ISTThe council motion was supported unanimously on Monday evening and cited Suu Kyi’s inaction as Rohingya Muslims are subjected to a crackdown being described by the UN and others as textbook ethnic cleansing.
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Myanmar, Bangladesh sign agreement on return of Rohingya refugees
World | Nov 23, 2017, 06:32 PM ISTMore than 620,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh since Aug. 25, when the army began what it called “clearance operations” following an attack on police posts by a group of Rohingya insurgents.
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US declares ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
World | Nov 23, 2017, 04:11 PM ISTRex Tillerson blamed Myanmar’s security forces and “local vigilantes” for what he called “intolerable suffering” by the Rohingya.
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Amnesty International accuses Myanmar of imposing 'apartheid' on Rohingya Muslims
World | Nov 21, 2017, 11:10 AM ISTSince late August, more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh, seeking safety from what the military described as "clearance operations."
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622,000 Rohingyas have taken refuge in Bangladesh, informs PM Sheikh Hasina
World | Nov 05, 2017, 07:30 PM ISTBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also urged Myanmar to stop the persecution of the Rohingyas.
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UP govt begins identification of illegal Rohingya, Bangladeshi immigrants; aims to evict them within 2 months
India | Nov 03, 2017, 11:10 PM ISTAs per the reports, officials will visit jhuggis across the state and check documents before drafting a final list. The process has already begun in Meerut.
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Rohingya crisis needs constructive handling: S Jaishankar
India | Oct 26, 2017, 04:48 PM ISTAccording to the latest figures issued by the UN office in Bangladesh, 604,000 refugees have entered the country since August 25 after the Myanmarese Army's crackdown on the minority Rohingya community.
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Kolkata: 17 Muslim organisations take out rally against deportation of Rohingyas
India | Oct 24, 2017, 11:29 PM ISTThe rally was organised by 17 Muslim organisations which started from Park Circus ground and culminated at the office of Myanmar’s Consulate General.
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US wants Myanmar to set conditions for return of Rohingya Muslims
World | Oct 23, 2017, 12:00 PM ISTMyanmar does not recognise Rohingya as an ethnic group and insists that they are Bangladeshi migrants living illegally in the country.
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PM Modi advised Suu Kyi not to 'destroy' her image: Sushma Swaraj
World | Oct 22, 2017, 11:47 PM ISTSwaraj referred to Modi's advice as she called on Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after joining the 4th Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission meeting with her counterpart AH Mahmood Ali.
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Rohingya crisis: 'Return of 'displaced persons' will only restore normalcy in Myanmar'
World | Oct 22, 2017, 09:54 PM ISTSushma Swaraj did not use the word Rohingya to refer to the thousands who have taken shelter in Bangladesh and instead referred to them as displaced persons from Rakhine state.
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Bangladesh allows entry to 10,000 stranded Rohingyas
World | Oct 19, 2017, 06:40 PM ISTBangladesh on Thursday allowed into the country around 10,000 Rohingyas stranded in an area between Bangladesh and Myanmar for days.
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BSF sounds alert in Tripura to check influx of Rohingyas
India | Oct 18, 2017, 04:57 PM ISTBSF has sounded an alert along the 856-km-long Indo-Bangla international border in Tripura to check the influx of Rohingyas into the country.