Topic: Bangladesh
Bangladesh: End enforced disappearances, hold Law enforcement accountable, demands rights groups
Bangladesh security forces and law-enforcement agencies continuously commit enforced disappearances with impunity, targeting journalists, activists, and government critics, 12 human rights groups said today ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
First COVID-19 case in Bangladesh Rohingya camps
The coronavirus pandemic has been detected in one of the camps in southern Bangladesh that are home to more than one million Rohingya refugees.
500 Rohingyas stranded at sea, countries say it’s not their responsibility
Some 500 Rohingya refugees stranded on board two fishing trawlers in the Bay of Bengal after being rejected by Malaysia, which has imposed restrictions on all boats in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus response flaws put older Rohingya refugees in imminent danger
Older Rohingya refugees in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh are being left behind in the humanitarian response to COVID-19, which could have devastating consequences given the high risks older people everywhere face from this deadly pandemic, Amnesty International said.
BJP government’s crackdown on 40,000 Rohingya forces them to try to cross over to Bangladesh
Following a crackdown that began in 2012, tens of thousands of Rohingya fled their villages, escaping Buddhist mobs who were often aided by the Myanmar military.
In pictures: Rohingyas in India; the neglect and the hope
An estimated 40,000 Rohingya, a stateless, mostly Muslim minority, live in India after having fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar over the years.
