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From PoK is ours to 'pada-likha bhashan' dig at Rahul Gandhi: Amit Shah's top quotes
1 year ago

From PoK is ours to 'pada-likha bhashan' dig at Rahul Gandhi: Amit Shah's top quotes

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha saying some people just read a 'padda likha bhashan' in the House adding for the past 29 years, he had remained in various Assemblies but never read a handed over documents as all his speeches are based on facts and figures. One …

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More support for Rohingya on Bangladesh island: UN refugee chief
2 years, 6 months ago

More support for Rohingya on Bangladesh island: UN refugee chief

Al Jazeera  

The UN refugee agency chief has agreed to boost support to Rohingya refugees relocated to a remote and flood-prone island in Bangladesh, despite concerns people were moved there against their will. Bangladesh aims to eventually relocate around 100,000 Rohingya refugees to the previously uninhabited Bhashan Char to ease overcrowding in the sprawling network of refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar. “I …

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Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya to remote island amid criticism
3 years ago

Bangladesh begins moving Rohingya to remote island amid criticism

Al Jazeera  

More than 2,000 Rohingya are set to be transferred to Bhashan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, amid claims of forced relocations. Bangladesh has resumed moving Rohingya refugees to a remote and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, despite criticism from human rights and aid groups who claim some have been relocated against their will. Deputy refugee commissioner …

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Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal: officials
3 years, 2 months ago

Bangladesh plans to move 81,000 Rohingya to island after UN deal: officials

The Hindu  

Bangladesh wants to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide help, officials said on Friday. Some 19,000 of the Muslim refugees from Myanmar have been already relocated from crowded camps on the mainland to Bhashan Char island, despite doubts raised by aid …

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Four years on, Rohingya stuck in Bangladesh camps yearn for home
3 years, 3 months ago

Four years on, Rohingya stuck in Bangladesh camps yearn for home

Al Jazeera  

Four years after 750,000 Rohingya fled brutal Myanmar military offensive, many see no hope of returning to their homeland. Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera that the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char is evidence that the Bangladesh government recognises that the “conditions for safe repatriation simply don’t exist currently”. “If the government …

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Diarrhoea kills at least 4 Rohingya on remote Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Diarrhoea kills at least 4 Rohingya on remote Bangladesh island

Al Jazeera  

Officials claim to have contained outbreak which infected 1,500 refugees – nearly 10 percent of those shifted to Bhashan Char. Bangladesh officials say they have contained a diarrhoea outbreak that has killed four Rohingya refugees and infected 1,500 others, alarming rights groups and the United Nations about conditions on the island camp. “We have also imparted quick health education to …

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Amid hunger and poor sanitation, fear of cyclones exacerbate plight of Rohingya refugees on Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Amid hunger and poor sanitation, fear of cyclones exacerbate plight of Rohingya refugees on Bangladesh island

Firstpost  

The island is between Sandwip and Hatia islands, close to the small town of Bhola – all infamous names in the history of cyclones. By Saleh Noman Around 18,500 Rohingya refugees on Bhashan Char heaved a sigh of relief as Cyclone Yaas veered in the Bay of Bengal and hit the Odisha-West Bengal coast on 26 May. The Bangladeshi government …

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Rohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons: HRW
3 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya on Bangladesh island feel trapped, fear monsoons: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch interviews 167 refugees and says they were moved ‘without full, informed consent’ and prevented from returning to the mainland. Rohingya refugees moved to a Bangladesh island fear they will be exposed to terrible conditions during the upcoming monsoon season, and are struggling with “inadequate” health and education facilities, a Human Rights Watch report said. “They are not …

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Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh island
3 years, 6 months ago

Rohingya protest against living conditions on Bangladesh island

Al Jazeera  

Police say 4,000 refugees demonstrated when senior UN officials arrived on remote Bhasan Char island to visit the settlement. Several thousand Rohingya refugees have staged “unruly” protests against living conditions on a cyclone-prone island off Bangladesh where they were moved from vast camps on the mainland, police said. Since December, Bangladesh has shifted 18,000 out of a planned 100,000 refugees …

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Photos: A day on Bhasan Char, Bangladesh’s remote island for Rohingya
3 years, 11 months ago

Photos: A day on Bhasan Char, Bangladesh’s remote island for Rohingya

Hindustan Times  

Photos: A day on Bhasan Char, Bangladesh’s remote island for Rohingya Carrying poultry and sacks of belongings, a second group of about 1,800 Rohingya refugees were transported by Bangladesh from cramped refugee camps on the mainland to the low-lying Bhasan Char island despite opposition from rights groups. Bangladesh says it has spent more than $350 million of its own money …

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Bangladesh govt 'dismayed' by Bhasan Char 'misinformation'
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh govt 'dismayed' by Bhasan Char 'misinformation'

India Today  

The Bangladesh government has called on the international community, including the United Nations, to take steps to repatriate Rohingyas to Myanmar without opposing the relocation process to Bhasan Char. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the numerous challenges associated with the temporary hosting of persecuted Rohingyas from Myanmar has compelled the Bangladesh government to plan the relocation …

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Bangladesh moves nearly 2,000 Rohingya refugees to remote island
3 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh moves nearly 2,000 Rohingya refugees to remote island

Al Jazeera  

Second group of 1,800 Rohingya refugees sent to Bhasan Char island amid concerns many of them have been coerced. Four Bangladesh navy ships carrying at least 1,800 Rohingya refugees on Tuesday left the Chattogram port for Bhashan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, amid concerns many of the persecuted refugees were coerced into relocating to the flood-prone island. To …

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Watch | To where is Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?
4 years ago

Watch | To where is Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?

The Hindu  

In early December this year, Bangladesh transported more than 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island called Bhashan Char. A United Nations human rights investigator had requested Bangladesh to allow a safety assessment of Bhashan Char. Bangladesh argues that the Bhashan Char islet will provide a safer place for the Rohingya refugees. Amnesty International said Bangladesh must “drop” its plans …

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The Hindu Explains | Why are human rights agencies concerned about Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?
4 years ago

The Hindu Explains | Why are human rights agencies concerned about Bangladesh relocating Rohingya refugees?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On December 10, agencies reported that a United Nations human rights investigator had requested Bangladesh to allow a safety assessment of the remote islet of Bhashan Char, where the government had shipped 1,600-odd Rohingya refugees. The Bangladesh government has earmarked around 1,350 acres for the Rohingya refugees, of which 432 acres is dedicated to their rehabilitation …

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Rohingya accuse Bangladesh officers of abuse over hunger strike
4 years, 2 months ago

Rohingya accuse Bangladesh officers of abuse over hunger strike

Al Jazeera  

The Rohingya say they were beaten for holding a hunger strike to demand better living conditions on Bhashan Char island. Several Rohingya, who did not want to be named, told Al Jazeera that men, women and even children were “beaten with sticks” by Bangladeshi naval officers after they went on a four-day hunger strike last month. by A Rohingya man …

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