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Bangladesh Calls for UNHRC Meeting to Discuss Rohingya Issue

  • December, 04, 2017 - 14:07
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Bangladesh Calls for UNHRC Meeting to Discuss Rohingya Issue

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Bangladesh has called for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to discuss the human rights issue of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

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Recently, Bangladesh had sent a notice along with Saudi Arabia to the UNHRC in this regard, Dhaka Tribune has reported.

Their notice has received support of 33 of the 47 member states, and 40 other non-UNHRC nations, The Asian News International (ANI) reported.

The move comes just over a week after Sheikh Hasina-led government signed a bilateral agreement with Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation.

According to the national daily, Bangladesh also wants to discuss the human rights condition of other minorities living in Myanmar's Rakhine state with the UNHCR members.

Since the military action began in Rakhine in August, after some militants attacked security forces' post, over 6 lakh Rohingyas have fled the state to neighboring countries, especially to Bangladesh.

As of now, 6.25 lakh refugees have taken shelter in the country.

According to Myanmar's 1982 Citizenship Act, Rohingyas are not considered naturalized citizens and, repeatedly, have been at the receiving end of the ethnic clashes in the country.

 
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