Bangladeshi officers beat Rohingya over hunger strike, claims rights group

The Telegraph 

By Nicola Smith,  

Asia Correspondent  

2 October 2020 

Human Rights Watch alleges the beatings occurred on the remote island of Bhasan Char last month 

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have been displaced since 2017 Credit: Zik Maulana/AP 

 

Bangladeshi naval officers beat Rohingya refugees, including children, with sticks and tree branches after they protested against their detention on the desolate island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal, Human Rights Watch has alleged.

According to reports received by the human rights organisation, the refugees were punished for going on hunger strike last month to demand reunification with their families in the sprawling refugee camps near the Bangladeshi coastal town of Cox’s Bazar. The authorities have denied the accusations.

Saudi Arabia torturing detained Rohingya Muslims on hunger strike

ABNA
April 18, 2019

 

 Saudi Arabia is torturing hundreds of Rohingya detainees to force them to end a hunger strike they have staged to oppose their indefinite detention or potential deportation from the Persian Gulf Arab kingdom, a report says.  

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Saudi Arabia is torturing hundreds of Rohingya detainees to force them to end a hunger strike they have staged to oppose their indefinite detention or potential deportation from the Persian Gulf Arab kingdom, a report says.

Saudi Arabia accused of torturing Rohingya detainees to end hunger strike

MIDDLE EAST EYE
By Areeb Ullah

Published date: 17 April 2019

Rohingya detainees began the hunger strike to oppose their deportations and indefinite detention in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has continued to deport Rohingya detainees despite UN calls to give them refuge (Supplied)

Scores of stateless Rohingya refugees detained inside a Saudi detention centre have gone on hunger strike to demand an end to their indefinite detention in the Gulf kingdom.

'We're broken': Rohingya on hunger strike in Saudi detention

Aljazeera
by Saba Aziz

At least seven hospitalised after 650 Rohingya men refuse food at a detention centre in Jeddah, activists say.

Family members of detainees call for their release at a camp in Bangladesh [Courtesy: Ambia Perveen]

 

Scores of Rohingya detainees inside a Saudi detention centre have gone on a hunger strike for the third time in recent months, activists told Al Jazeera.