Rights Group Calls for Halt to Rohingya Repatriation

Amnesty International is calling on Myanmar and Bangladesh to end their plans to send Rohingya Muslims back to Rakhine state, where the United Nations says they are subject to extrajudicial killings and other atrocities carried out by Myanmar's military. Amnesty says the organized return of the Rohingya, slated to start as soon as November 15, is a "reckless move, which puts lives at risk." Amnesty's East and Southeast Asia Director Nicholas Bequelin said, "These...

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