Topic: Rohingya refugees
Amnesty urges India to stop unlawful deportations of Rohingya refugees
The Indian government must immediately halt all deportations of Rohingya men, women and children, recognize them as refugees and treat them with the dignity and protection they deserve under international human rights law, Amnesty International said ahead of World Refugee Day.
427 Rohingya refugees feared drowned in shipwrecks off Myanmar coast: UNHCR
At least 427 Rohingya, members of Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority, are feared drowned in two separate shipwrecks off the Myanmar coast on May 9...
Rohingya refugees’ inhuman deportations violate Article 21 of India’s constitution: Lawyers, activists demand justice
On May 19 at Delhi’s Press Club of India, a panel of senior lawyers, journalists, and human rights activists held a press conference on the deportation of Rohingya refugees, organized under the banner of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
“When India is going through a difficult time…,” SC refuses stay on deportation, questions claim that Rohingyas were thrown into sea
The Supreme Court on Friday questioned and expressed disbelief at a writ petition which alleged that 43 Rohingyas, including children, women and elderly, and individuals with serious health conditions such as cancer, were forcibly deported by the Indian Government to Myanmar after throwing them into international waters, Live Law reported.
“Credible reports” of India forcing Rohingyas into sea are “unconscionable, unacceptable,” says United Nations expert
A United Nations expert has begun an inquiry into the “unconscionable, unacceptable acts” in which Rohingya refugees were forced off an Indian Navy vessel and into the Andaman Sea last week, after being alarmed by credible reports, said a release by United Nations Human Rights.
PUCL says Rohingya refugees tortured, ‘abandoned to die’ at sea by Indian authorities; demands independent probe
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has issued a scathing condemnation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Government, alleging a covert and brutal...
