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Rohingyas

Some 1,160 Rohingya refugees arrested – Attacks by security forces and citizens’ committees

12 March 2010

Source: Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV)Date: 10 Mar 2010 Some 1,160 Rohingya refugees from Burma have been arrested since January 2010 in Bangladesh and most of them deported to their homelands, states the Society for Threatened Peoples STP (Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker GfbV). There they are threatened with further persecution. “At least 366 of those [...]

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Joint Statement on the Requirements of a Regional Solution for the Rohingya

6 March 2009

We, the undersigned organizations, wish to express our support for the development of a regional solution to the plight of the Rohingya that is founded upon a respect for their rights and draws upon the support of the international community. However, we are concerned that while regional solutions have been discussed, including at the recent [...]

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Joint Statement on the Treatment of Rohingya and Bangladeshi ‘Boat People’ in Asia

6 February 2009

We, the undersigned organisations, are extremely concerned about the treatment of over a thousand Rohingyas from Burma and migrants from Bangladesh who have been forcibly expelled and abandoned in international waters by the Thai security forces since December 2008. Over the past few weeks, several boats have been rescued off the coasts of Indonesia and [...]

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