Rohingyas news: Bangladesh is hosting more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar over decades, including some 740,000 who crossed the border in August 2017.
According to the UN, as of May 24, 2018, more than 9,00,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar's restive Rakhine State since 2017 after large-scale violence following a military crackdown. The exodus of refugees in large numbers has resulted in a major crisis in neighbouring Bangladesh
A bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, making it clear to lawyers at the outset that it will not allow urgent mentioning of matters till the framing of "parameters" on such cases, said that it would take a decision on urgent hearing in this issue after perusing the application.
The seven men, who were jailed since 2012 on charges of illegal entry into the country, were sent to Myanmar border from Assam in bus.
The reaction from the Chinese foreign ministry comes a day after the UN investigators demanded prosecution of Myanmar's top military leaders including the army chief for genocide against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
Protesters in the world's largest Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh rallied for justice and brandished a banner proclaiming: "Never Again".
Posting pictures of her humanitarian trip on Instagram, Hadid revealed that she visited the Jamtoli Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Wars, other violence and harassment drove worldwide forced displacement to a new height in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, led by the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan’s war, and the fight into Bangladesh from Myanmar of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.
Following the violence in Rakhine, thousands of Rohingyas fled to India, who are now settled in Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and Rajasthan.
Two Rohingya refugees have alleged that Border Security Force (BSF) was forcefully restraining fresh refugees, including children, disabled persons and pregnant women, from entering the Indian side.
Widespread criticism over her response to violence against the Rohingya Muslims, described by the UN as "ethnic cleansing", has triggered calls for Suu Kyi to be taken out of future editions.
"They (Pakistan) cannot stomach anything which is good for our country. Now they are hatching a conspiracy with the Rohingya terror elements", Obaidul Quader said.
"In the most conservative estimations" at least 6,700 of those deaths have been caused by violence, including at least 730 children under the age of five, MSF said in a report.
Standing alongside Suu Kyi, the Pope spoke mostly in general terms. His highly-anticipated remarks may draw condemnation from human rights activists who blame the Myanmar Army for driving out hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas from the country.
The council motion was supported unanimously on Monday evening and cited Suu Kyi’s inaction as Rohingya Muslims are subjected to a crackdown being described by the UN and others as textbook ethnic cleansing.
Rex Tillerson blamed Myanmar’s security forces and “local vigilantes” for what he called “intolerable suffering” by the Rohingya.
The UN Security Council has asked the country to end its military campaign in Rakhine state and ensure the safe return of Muslim Rohingya refugees driven from their homes.
India is in touch with Myanmar and Bangladesh on the issue of Rohingya Muslims, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar is understood to have told the members of a parliamentary panel here today.
Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Rakhine state comes as she is under intense international scrutiny for her response to the Rohingyas exodus.
Then Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited troubled Rakhine state for the first time since deadly violence broke out late August forcing over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
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