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2019-03-17 10:07
Rohingya oppose relocation to an island
TEHRAN - The issue over the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has become more complicated with Rohingya protesting the Bangladeshi government’s move to relocate them to a remote island.
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2019-03-06 22:07
ICC team in Bangladesh to meet Rohingyas
TEHRAN - A delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to arrive in Bangladesh on Wednesday to gather information on atrocities committed against Rohingya refugees by the Myanmar military.
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2019-02-17 11:08
UN calls for $920m aid for Rohingya refugees
TEHRAN - United Nations has called for $920 million in aid for around a million Rohingya refugees currently putting up in refugee camps of Bangladesh.
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2019-02-07 01:32
Bangladesh seeks India’s help to resolve Rohingya crisis
TEHRAN _ Bangladesh will seek more Indian support to resolve the Rohingya crisis as foreign minister AK Abdul Momen visits New Delhi on Wednesday in his maiden overseas tour since his party retained power in the controversial elections late last year.
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2019-01-12 22:09
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Level of mass-rigging in Bangladesh polls unprecedented in history of the country’
TEHRAN - Last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging.
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2019-01-10 11:59
Myanmar wants to 'work closely' with Bangladesh
TEHRAN - Myanmar President Win Myint has expressed his interest in working closely with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address the common challenges of both countries.
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2018-12-31 21:46
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
YEAR IN REVIEW – SOUTH ASIA:
TEHRAN - The year gone by was shaped by many significant events in South Asia. There was drama, there was intrigue, there was betrayal, there was brutality, and there was a healing touch too.
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2018-11-27 10:18
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
From Palestine to Rohingya – talking points at Islamic unity conference
TEHRAN _ During the three-day International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran this week, many brainstorming discussions were held as part of various commissions on some of the most pressing and significant issues facing the Muslim world today.
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2018-11-19 22:30
Rohingya repatriation plan shelved
TEHRAN - The plan to expatriate Rohingya refugees from the crowded camps in Cox’s Bazar has been temporarily abandoned with Bangladesh now set to go to the polls on December 30, according to reports.
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2018-11-15 10:57
Despite global outcry, Rohingya repatriation from Bangladesh to begin this week
TEHRAN _ With the long-planned repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh set to begin this week, international aid groups have warned that deportation, given current conditions in Myanmar, cannot possibly be voluntary, safe and dignified.
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2018-11-11 10:12
‘Time not ripe for Rohingya repatriation’
TEHRAN _ Bangladesh and Myanmar should shelve plans of repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Rakhine State as they face a “high risk of persecution”, a top United Nations' human rights investigator has warned.
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2018/10/10
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Global media and Muslims: Selective coverage, selective outrage
TEHRAN -“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? William Shakespeare’s lines in The Merchant of Venice hold true today.
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2018-10-07 08:28
India’s decision to deport Rohingya men slammed by rights groups
TEHRAN - Indian government’s controversial decision to deport seven Rohingya men, backed by the country’s apex court, has drawn sharp and widespread criticism from rights groups and activists.
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2018-10-03 18:07
UN chief urges India to put pressure on Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis
TEHRAN - Voicing serious concern over the plight of Rohingya refugees living in the ramshackle camps in Bangladesh under appalling conditions, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has urged India to put pressure on Myanmar and support Bangladesh.
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2018-09-23 09:57
ICC probe into Rohingya issue in progress
TEHRAN - The probe into the atrocities unleashed on Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar state, including killings, sexual violence and forced deportations, is currently being probed by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been tasked with investigating crimes against humanity.
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2018-09-04 10:46
Bangladesh PM blasts Myanmar military for anti-Rohingya propaganda
TEHRAN - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has blasted the Myanmar regime for spreading disinformation about Rohingya Muslims presently stationed in Bangladesh’s refugee camps.
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2018-09-02 10:35
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘It’s been a horrendous year for Rohingya refugees, met with international inaction’
TEHRAN - It has been one year since Rohingya Muslims were forced to leave Myanmar following brutal crackdown by Myanmar military with tacit support from the government. As per conservative estimates, there are around 905,000 Rohingya refugees presently in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, although some human rights bodies have put the figure higher.
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2018-08-16 13:20
No progress in repatriation of Rohingya refugees
TEHRAN - The Bangladesh government officials who were in Myanmar to resolve the crisis related to Rohingya refugees have returned without making any significant progress, according to media reports.
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2018-08-05 10:51
Bangladesh FM to visit Myanmar for repatriation of Rohingyas
TEHRAN - Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is scheduled to visit Myanmar on August 9 to oversee preparations being made for the safe repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
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2018-07-26 10:27
UNSC urges Myanmar to create conditions for repatriation of Rohingya refugees
TEHRAN - United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has urged Myanmar government to step up efforts to create feasible conditions for the safe and early repatriation of Rohingya refugees back to their country.
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2018-07-20 13:24
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
“Rohingyas lived in open-air prison in Myanmar and now live in impoverished conditions in Bangladesh”
Nay San Lwin is the media coordinator for Free Rohingya Coalition, the global network of Rohingya activists. In an interview with Tehran Times, he talks about the challenges facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and possibilities of their repatriation.
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2018-07-17 11:00
India to step up assistance to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and aid in their repatriation
TEHRAN - India has pledged to provide relief supplies to Rohingya refugees currently languishing in impoverished conditions in the crammed refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and to aid in their repatriation process from Bangladesh to Rakhine state in Myanmar.
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2018-07-08 11:52
Syed Zafar Mehdi
Global response to Rohingya crisis astonishingly slow
In the crammed and dingy refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, where almost a million Rohingya refugees are currently languishing in impoverished conditions, women who were gang-raped by Burmese security forces nearly 10 months ago are now giving birth to babies.
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2018-07-05 13:17
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
“Countries pretending to be ‘helping’ Rohingya refugees have diplomatic ties with Myanmar”
Nur Mohammed is a Bangladeshi political analyst, human rights activist, associated with International Council for Diplomacy and Justice (ICDJ).He actively campaigns for Rohingya refugees.
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2018-07-03 09:49
UN chief applauds Bangladesh for ‘opening borders’ to Rohingya refugees
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, who visited Bangladesh on Sunday, applauded the country for giving refuge to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from their homes in Myanmar through ‘systematic and widespread violence’, said a statement issued by the UN.
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2018/06/24
International assistance urgently needed for Rohingya refugees, says Amnesty
Amnesty International, the global rights watchdog body, has called on the international community to urgently step up assistance for more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district in the wake of severe monsoon season.
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2017-10-22 21:01
Iranian jurists urge UN action on Rohingya sufferings
A number of Iranian jurists and lawyers called on the United Nations secretary general to push for an end to the ongoing military crackdown and ethnic violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
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2017-10-01 20:19
No justification to shun international demands, Iran tells Myanmar
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday that it is “unacceptable” that the Myanmar government ignore demands by the international community on the sufferings of the Rohingya.
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2017-09-16 02:04
By Tej Parikh
The Rohingya don't want our anger -- they want our help
The international community is in an understandable frenzy over the growing Rohingya refugee crisis, which is driving the Muslim minority out of Myanmar in droves.
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2017-09-09 12:30
Deadly exodus: 150,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar in two weeks
Aid agencies warn of a growing humanitarian crisis as persecution of the Muslim ethnic minority pushes around 15,000 people into Bangladesh each day, with border relief camps already at capacity. The United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, has appealed to Myanmar to end the violence.