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Rights bodies appeal to Indonesia not to push back Rohingya   Sat, Jun 05 2021 11:29:10 AM By Anwesha Bhaumik Kolkata, Jun 5 (IANS): Human rights groups have appealed to Indonesia not to push back the 81 Rohingya refugees who landed on the country's Aceh coast in a ramshackle boat. "The 81 refugees have landed on Idaman Island in Aceh. We are told they are okay," said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, that has researched the Rohingya issue for decades. But speaking to IANS, Lewa said: "I am keeping my fingers crossed and just hope Indonesia will not push them back or hand them ove...

Article content DHAKA — A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees that set sail in February but had been adrift in the Andaman Sea with engine failure has landed on an Indonesian island after a voyage of more than 100 days, a human rights official said on Friday. The vessel sailed on Feb. 11 from Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh carrying 90 Rohingya refugees, most of them women and children, with the hope of reaching Malaysia. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113 day voyage Back to video But the bo...

Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after 113-day voyage

A boat carrying dozens of Rohingya refugees that set sail in February but had been adrift in the Andaman Sea with engine failure has landed on an Indo..|News Track

Global civil society statement on Myanmar Format We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds of people, including dozens of children, merely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Since the February 1, 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military junta has responded with increasing brutality to na...