Indian court rejects plea to stop Rohingya deportation to coup-hit Myanmar
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10/04/2021 - 12:24 Rohingya refugees carry their belongings as they leave a refugee camp in Jammu on March 7, 2021. AFP - RAKESH BAKSHI 4 min India’s top court has rejected an appeal to stop the deportation of some 150 Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, where hundreds of civilians have been killed in clashes which flared after the military seized power on 1 February. Over a million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar in successive waves of displacement since the early 1990s. Advertising Read more
The rejection of the appeal made by two Rohingyas by Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde paved the way for possible deportation, legal experts said.
Tale of three countries: Rohingya girl is stuck in Assam; her family in Bangladesh
The 15-year-old escaped the refugee camp in Bangladesh s Cox Bazaar in 2019 and was found in Silchar, Assam.
By Sruthi Vibhavari| Updated: 7th April 2021 4:52 pm IST A Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh (Representative Image)
Amid growing protests and increasing violence in Myanmar due to a military coup, Assam police last Thursday made a failed attempt to repatriate a 15-year-old Rohingya refugee into the neighbouring country.
She was taken to Moreh, a village on the Myanmar border in Manipur, to hand her over to border forces of India’s strife-torn neighbor. But, the gate that marks the border between the two countries never opened.
Rohingya teenager taken to India’s Manipur to be deported to Myanmar
Parents reported to be still in Cox’s Bazar Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
A Rohingya teenager whose parents are reportedly residing in a camp in Cox s Bazar in Bangladesh, was taken to a town in the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur bordering Myanmar on Thursday to be deported to that country, the Indian media reported today quoting police officials.
A team of Assam police took the girl, whose age is stated to be 14, to Moreh, a border town, where paperwork was finalised to send her back to Myanmar after she was sheltered in Silchar town of Assam, for one and half years while her family lived as refugees in Cox s Bazar, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
Civil Society Members Say India Should Ask Myanmar Military to Respect People s Will
A group of 30 scholars, writers, jurists and civil society members have asked external affairs minister S. Jaishankar to ensure that democracy is restored in the South Asian country.
Riot police officers fire teargas canisters during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 28, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
New Delhi: Members of civil society in India have written to the Centre, asking it to urge the Myanmar military to respect the will of the people and release arrested leaders, politicians and protesters immediately.
In a letter written to external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, 30 Indian scholars, writers, jurists and civil society members said the Mynamar junta, after seizing power from the democratically elected government, has been using disproportionate force against peaceful protesters. It noted that over 50 protesters have been killed by the security forces, with
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