UN launches an enquiry into Rohingya refugees being cast into the sea by Indian naval vessels

UN launches an enquiry into Rohingya refugees being cast into the sea by Indian naval vessels

UN launches inquiry into reports of Rohingya refugees forced off Indian naval vessel, urges humane treatment and accountability.

UN expert slams India's reported expulsion of Rohingya refugees as 'outrageous'

Tom Andrews, UN special rapporteur on situation of human rights in Myanmar, calls on India to ‘repudiate unconscionable acts against Rohingya refugees’ - Anadolu Ajansı

Reports of Indian navy forcing Rohingyas into sea 'unconscionable': UN expert

The mostly Muslim Rohingya have been heavily persecuted in Myanmar for decades.

India accused of dumping Rohingya refugees into Andaman Sea, UN expert demands answers

GENEVA, May 15 — A UN expert said today he was investigating “credible reports” that Rohingya refugees were forced off an Indian navy vessel into the Andaman Sea, in what would be an “unconscionable” act. “The idea that Rohingya refugees have been cast into the sea from naval vessels is nothing short of outrageous,” said Tom Andrews, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the rights situation in Myanmar. “I am seeking further information …

The bombings in the western Burmese state have been continuing for years, the heart of tensions with the Muslim minority. The Arakan Army today administers much of the region, but the issue of the Rohingya remains unresolved, still in the sight of the three armies fighting the territory. Bangladesh, seeking the support of China, proposed the creation of an independent State, but the initiative did not follow.

According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, there are “credible” reports that Rohingya refugees were forced to leave an Indian naval vessel and throw themselves into the Andaman Sea last week. Tom Andrews said he was “deeply concerned” […]