Myanmar Seeks Return of 8 Policemen Who Sought Refuge in India
A senior official of the state home department stated that at least 11 police personnel and five other civilians have crossed the border and have taken refuge in Mizo villages.
A man rides his motorised two-wheeler across the Indo-Myanmar border bridge at the border town of Moreh, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Photo: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
New Delhi: Myanmar has sought the return of eight policemen who crossed into Indian territory, even as the north-eastern state braced for more refugees with the Myanmarese military junta intensifying its security crackdown on pro-democracy protestors.
Nearly 150 Rohingya Detained in Jammu, Raising Spectre of Deportation
Union minister Jitendra Singh had said two months ago that Rohingya Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir wouldn t be able to secure citizenship by any means .
A Rohingya Muslim man prepares to walk through a full-body sanitization tunnel installed at COVID-19 dedicated Government Medical College hospital, in Jammu, Sunday, April 19, 2020. Photo: PTI
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Nearly 150 immigrant Rohingya Muslims who escaped persecution in Myanmar and were living in Jammu have been detained and sent to a ‘holding centre’.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday began collecting biometric and other details of Rohingyas residing in Jammu, officials said.
The new junta s security forces have killed several agitators, jailed journalists or anyone capable of voicing an opinion and has limited legal protections
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 5:05 pm
The Myanmar military junta must immediately end its
deadly nationwide attack against nonviolent protesters and
return power to the elected government, Fortify Rights said
today. The junta’s forces killed at least 61 people in at
least seven regions and states throughout the country since
a February 1 coup d’état, according to various sources.
Yesterday alone, soldiers and police reportedly killed at
least 38 people.
On Friday, the U.N. Security Council
will convene in New York City to discuss the situation in
Myanmar.
“Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
and his murderous junta are systematically terrorizing the
people of Myanmar,” said Ismail Wolff, Regional Director