INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have welcomed the announcement by the US that it considers the violent repression of their largely Muslim
in a widespread and systematic campaign against the Rohingya, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said in a speech at the US Holocaust
against the Rohingya is not good enough
ensure the recognition of Rohingya refugees, who have long been denied citizenship in Myanmar, and the fundamental questions remained how
and when they would go back to Myanmar.He also said that harsh economic sanctions by the US against Myanmar could be the next outcome
He said it was also equally important to see whether the US would take an interest in supporting the International Court of Justice in The
a military coup ousted the democratically elected government in February 2021
Thousands of civilians throughout the country have been killed and imprisoned as part of ongoing repression of anyone opposed to the ruling
junta.Currently Bangladesh is hosting more than 1 million Rohingya refugees
More than 700,000 Rohingya have fled from Buddhist-majority Myanmar to refugee camps in Bangladesh since August 2017, when the military
said repeatedly that their repatriation to Myanmar is the solution to the crisis but Bangladesh would not force them to leave Bangladesh.
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
