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No, Bangladesh, The Truth is Not a ‘Smear Campaign’
ExpandRelatives hold portraits of disappeared family members at an event calling for the end of enforced disappearances, killings, and abductions, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 30, 2014. © 2014 Zakir...
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Government Corruption Exacerbating Bangladesh’s Environmental Catastrophes
ExpandThis general view shows dwellings under mud after a landslide in Rangamati on June 13, 2017. © 2017 AFPI knew visiting Dhaka in monsoon season was a bit of a gamble, a worry confirmed when I...
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India Is an Overwhelming Presence in South Asia, and Must Do More to Build Trust
ExpandIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the opening session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu, November 26, 2014.© 2014 ReutersIn the old...
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India: Don’t Forcibly Return Rohingya Refugees
ExpandA Rohingya boy from Burma carries his brother as he leaves after offering the afternoon prayer during the holy month of Ramadan, at a camp in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2015. © 2015 Adnan Abidi /...
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Burma: Ensure Aid Reaches Rohingya
ExpandRohingya refugees go about their day outside their temporary shelters along a road in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, September 9, 2017. © 2017 Danish Siddiqui/Reuters (New York) – The United Nations,...
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1971 All Over Again
ExpandRohingya refugees wait for food to be distributed by local organisations in Teknaf, Bangladesh on September 13, 2017. © 2017 Danish Siddiqui/ReutersWhile in Bangladesh to monitor the seemingly...
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Bangladesh Textile Mill Burns, Yet Again
ExpandIn September 2016, another factory burned in the same district. Here, firefighters stand at the site of a fire at a packaging factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.© 2016 ReutersA...
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Thailand Needs to Stop Inhumane Navy 'Push-Backs'
ExpandSmoke is seen on Myanmar's side of border as an old Rohingya refugee woman is carried after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip,...
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‘Safe Zones’ for Rohingya Refugees in Burma Could Be Dangerous
When Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, spoke at the United Nations General Assembly this week, she focused on the humanitarian challenges of hosting 400,000 Rohingya Muslims from northern...
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Burma: Military Commits Crimes Against Humanity
ExpandRohingya refugees shortly after arrival in Bangladesh. © 2017 Human Rights Watch(New York) – Burmese security forces are committing crimes against humanity against the Rohingya population in...
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The Burmese Military is Committing Crimes Against Humanity
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – In Bangladesh’s overflowing and squalid camps for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing the Burmese army’s campaign of ethnic cleansing, I met three remarkable women...
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End Child Marriage In Florida
Florida. A hotspot for child marriage?Did you know children can legally marry in Florida? A bill was just introduced in state legislature which would end child marriage. Please email Florida lawmakers...
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Free Speech Under Fire in Bangladesh
ExpandStatue of "Lady Justice" outside Bangladesh's Supreme Court building. © PublicDuring a recent visit to Bangladesh to revisit my years there as a student, a colleague suggested I meet Sultana...
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India’s Response to the Rohingya Crisis Is Timid
ExpandA group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.© 2017 Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersThe BJP-led government...
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Ten Principles for Protecting Refugees and Internally Displaced People...
ExpandRohingya refugees walk after crossing the Naf River at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Palong Khali, near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh November 1, 2017.© 2017 Reuters1. Members of the Rohingya...
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Rohingya Crisis: 10 Principles for Protecting Refugees
ExpandA group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.© 2017 Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters (New York) – The...
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Burma: Widespread Rape of Rohingya Women, Girls
Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State. (New York) – Burmese security...
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Going home is their right
ExpandShamsun Nahar (L), 60, a Rohingya widow who fled from Kha Maung Seik village of Myanmar to Bangladesh alone, whose 30-year-old son is missing, tells her story at Kutupalang Makeshift Camp in...
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Bangladesh: Mass Death Sentences Confirmed
ExpandMembers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) are summoned for a hearing before a special court in Dhaka, July 12, 2010. © 2010 Reuters(New York) – The Bangladesh government should agree to new trials...
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Burma: Rohingya Return Deal Bad for Refugees
ExpandMembers of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stand guard on the bank of Naf River near the Bangladesh-Burma border to prevent Rohingya refugees from border crossing near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,...
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