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 …
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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