Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
November 2018 - Myanmar News
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- Myanmar seizes more Rohingya Muslims fleeing Rakhine Press TV 27 Nov 2018 -- Myanmar's authorities have intercepted a boat with 93 Rohingya Muslims who were fleeing apartheid conditions at internal displacement camps in Rakhine State and heading to Malaysia.
- Rohingya say Bangladesh, aid agencies must stop collecting information for Myanmar Press TV 26 Nov 2018 -- Rohingya refugees in southeast Bangladesh have staged a massive protest and strike, demanding that officials and aid agencies stop sharing their family information with Myanmar's government.
- Returning Refugees Face Uncertainty in Eastern Myanmar Settlement VOA 24 Nov 2018 -- Black diesel smoke belches from a rusty engine that pumps water to the relatively new eastern Myanmar town of Lay Kay Kaw, about 5 kilometers from a local reservoir. Thousands of people who fled to Thailand to escape civil war in Myanmar have come to the 2-year-old town to put down roots, but the homecoming has not been a smooth one.
- UN migration agency builds temporary safe havens to shelter Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh UN News 20 Nov 2018 -- The United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday that it has upgraded structures in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps as temporary accommodations for emergency situations.
- Rohingya Face 'Intimidation, Violence' in Bangladesh camps VOA 20 Nov 2018 -- The failed attempt to send thousands of Rohingya back to Myanmar starting this month has drawn attention to alleged violence and intimidation by security forces against members of the Muslim minority living in Bangladesh's sprawling refugee camps.
- UN calls for calm after Myanmar police shoot, wound Rohingya Muslims Press TV 19 Nov 2018 -- The United Nations has called for calm after several members of persecuted Rohingya Muslims were shot and wounded at a camp in the western state of Rakhine.
- Myanmar police shoot, injure 4 Rohingya in Rakhine state Press TV 18 Nov 2018 -- Four Rohingya Muslims have been shot and injured by police in Myanmar at a camp in the northwestern state of Rakhine.
- Bhasan Char: Bangladesh Builds New Rohingya Camp VOA 17 Nov 2018 -- The Bangladesh government wants to send about 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a muddy, uninhabited island – "formed only in the last 20 years by silt from Bangladesh's Meghna River" – in the Bay of Bengal.
- Bhasan Char: Bangladesh Builds New Rohingya Camp VOA 17 Nov 2018 -- The Bangladesh government wants to send about 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a muddy, uninhabited island – "formed only in the last 20 years by silt from Bangladesh's Meghna River" – in the Bay of Bengal.
- UNICEF welcomes Bangladesh statement that Rohingya will not be forced to leave UN News 16 Nov 2018 -- UN Children's Fund UNICEF on Friday welcomed confirmation from the Bangladesh authorities that Rohingya refugees will not be returned to Myanmar against their will, amid reported ongoing rights violations there.
- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh protest repatriation to Myanmar Press TV 15 Nov 2018 -- Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees at camps in southeast Bangladesh have protested against sending them back to Myanmar, where they fled a military crackdown.
- Rights groups warn against repatriation of Rohingya Muslims Press TV 15 Nov 2018 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International have called on Bangladesh and Myanmar to drop plans for the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims.
- Rohingya Refugees Refuse Repatriation from Bangladesh VOA 15 Nov 2018 -- None of the first Rohingya Muslims on a list to return Myanmar showed up at their departure points in Bangladesh Thursday, the first day they were scheduled to be sent back under a repatriation agreement between the two nations.
- 'Bangladesh deploys armed forces to force out Rohingya' Press TV 14 Nov 2018 -- Bangladesh is reportedly using heavy-handed tactics in an attempt to force Rohingya Muslim refugees – who have taken shelter in the country after fleeing state violence in neighboring Myanmar – back across the border.
- Rights Group Calls for Halt to Rohingya Repatriation VOA 14 Nov 2018 -- Amnesty International is calling on Myanmar and Bangladesh to end their plans to send Rohingya Muslims back to Rakhine state, where the United Nations says they are subject to extrajudicial killings and other atrocities carried out by Myanmar's military.
- ASEAN drafts statement in response to Rakhine violence, urges accountability Press TV 13 Nov 2018 -- Southeast Asian nations are set to call for those responsible for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state to be held "fully accountable."
- US Reiterates Commitment to Help Myanmar's Rohingya VOA 13 Nov 2018 -- The United States says it will continue efforts to support Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority through humanitarian aid and diplomacy.
- Rohingya refugees flee Bangladesh camps over repatriation fears Press TV 12 Nov 2018 -- Dozens of persecuted Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar later this week have fled from camps in southeast Bangladesh for fear of facing more torment at home.
- Rohingya returns only 'at their freely expressed wish' - UN refugee chief UN News 12 Nov 2018 -- Returns of Rohingya refugees, forced to flee their homes due to widespread and systematic violence in northern Myanmar, "should only take place at their freely expressed wish" the United Nations top refugee official has stressed, amid concerns that conditions at places of origin are not yet conducive to safe, dignified and sustainable returns.
- Amnesty Int'l Strips Aung San Suu Kyi of Honor Over Rohingya Abuses VOA 12 Nov 2018 -- Leading international human rights group Amnesty International said Monday it is stripping Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of its top honor over her failure to speak out or halt grave atrocities against her country's Rohingya Muslim population.
- Myanmar ready for Rohingya repatriation, officials say Press TV 11 Nov 2018 -- Myanmar´s government says it will soon start repatriating persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country, where they fled state-sponsored brutal military violence.
- Rohingya repatriation to Myanmar dangerous: Aid groups Press TV 10 Nov 2018 -- Aid groups and humanitarian agencies have warned about "dangerous" plans of repatriation of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country Myanmar, where they faced unimaginable atrocities at the hands of military.
- Rohingya Fearful of Forcible Repatriation to Myanmar VOA 08 Nov 2018 -- Rohingya Muslims who fled a brutal military campaign in Myanmar last year are living in fear after being told they are on a list of over 2,200 people due to be forcibly returned to the country this month.
- Rohingya still face 'persecution' in Myanmar: UN envoy Press TV 07 Nov 2018 -- The United Nations (UN)'s special envoy to Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to drop plans for a hasty repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their homeland, where they are still facing a "high risk of persecution."
- Halt 'rushed plans' to return Rohingyas to Myanmar, pleads UN expert fearing repeated abuses UN News 07 Nov 2018 -- A United Nations human rights expert has implored Bangladesh to shelve "rushed plans" to repatriate Rohingya refugees back across the border into Myanmar's Rakhine State for fear that without safety guarantees from the Burmese Government, persecution and horrific violence could begin all over again.
- UN Myanmar Expert Urges Bangladesh to Halt Rohingya Repatriation Plan VOA 06 Nov 2018 -- A United Nations' expert on Myanmar urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to "shelve plans" to begin repatriating Rohingya refugees to Myanmar's Rakhine state this month to avoid persecution.
- Asian MPs call for halt on repartition of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar Press TV 02 Nov 2018 -- Asian parliamentarians has called on both governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar to halt plans for repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country, where they fled a state-sponsored brutal military violence over the last year.
- UN officials blast Bangladesh-Myanmar deal on Rohingya Press TV 01 Nov 2018 -- United Nations officials have blasted a repatriation deal struck between the governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar over the return of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying that conditions in the northwestern state of Rakhine are "not yet conducive" for their returns.
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