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Myanmar to Repatriate Rohingya Boat People, Return 12 to Bangladesh0
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- June 13, 2018
By Anonymous on Jun 13, 2018 Authorities in Myanmar have verified that nearly all of the more than 100 refugees who washed ashore in Rakhine state earlier this week after bad weather wrecked their boat are Rohingya from Myanmar, except for 12 who are Bangladeshi citizens and will be returned to their country, two government
US Concerned as Body Count Mounts in Bangladesh’s Anti-Drug War0
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- June 13, 2018
By Kamran Reza Chowdhury on Jun 13, 2018 The United States urged Bangladesh on Wednesday to meet its human rights obligations while expressing concerns over reports that security forces had killed at least 147 people and arrested 21,000 since mid-May in a nationwide anti-narcotics campaign. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government launched the anti-drug campaign on
Myanmar’s Ethnic Armed Conflict: Emerging Trends In Violence0
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- June 13, 2018
June 13, 2018 IPCS By Angshuman Choudhury 2018 has been a violent year in Myanmar. Besides the crisis in the northern Rakhine State concerning the Rohingyas, the country has been engulfed by incessant fighting between the Tatmadaw (the military) and various Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) from almost all sides. The third iteration of Myanmar’s flagship biennial
India and Saudi Arabia: United against global terrorism0
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- June 13, 2018
India has time and again lauded efforts by the kingdom in fighting terrorism such as the royal decree on counter-terrorism issued by King Abdullah. The kingdom is also a member of the 68-nation strong Global Coalition Against Daesh and one of the founding countries of the Islamic Military Alliance against ISIS in Syria and Iraq,
Kashmir: walking the line0
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- June 13, 2018
BY Stuti Bhatnagar* 7 June 2018 Perhaps the biggest casualty of the current state of India–Pakistan relations has been Kashmir, where issues regarding territory, autonomy, and cross-border confrontations have been a long-standing flashpoint between the two countries. Recent times have seen total disregard for the 2003 ceasefire at points known as the Line of Control, which
Gunfights” in Bangladesh0
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- June 13, 2018
Gunfights” in Bangladesh Members of Rapid Action Battalion, RAB, in Dhaka, Bangladesh BY Syed Badrul Ahsan* 13 June 2018 In the past three weeks, no fewer than 130 people have died in what Bangladesh’s security forces have described as “gunfights”. The police and other forces, such as the Rapid Action Battalion, used this term to
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