Second Myanmar official dies after arrest, junta steps up media crackdown

REUTERS

By Reuters Staff
MARCH 8, 2021

(Reuters) - An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) died in custody after he was arrested early on Tuesday, the second party figure to die in detention in two days, as security forces broke up street protests against the military junta.

Police also cracked down on independent media, raiding the offices of two news outlets and detaining two journalists.

Myanmar has been in crisis since the army ousted Suu Kyi’s elected government in a coup on Feb. 1, detained her and other NLD officials, and set up a ruling junta of generals.

Myanmar delegation holds repatriation talks with Rohingya in Bangladesh

Saudi Gazette
July 27, 2019

Members of the Myanmar delegation team arrive at the airport in Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh on Saturday, ahead of expected meetings with Rohingya leaders to inform them of measures they have taken for their return to Rakhine. Security at Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh was tightened for the visit of a high-level Myanmar delegation this weekend for repatriation talks, officials said. — AFP

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — A top-level Myanmar government delegation began repatriation talks with Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp on Saturday, an official said, with many of the Muslim minority fearing for their safety if they return home.

Myanmar officials hold repatriation talks with Rohingya leaders

Al Jazeera
27 July 2019

High-level delegation from Myanmar is in Cox's Bazar to convince Rohingya refugees to return to Rakhine state.

The Rohingya want guarantees of safety and official recognition of their minority status before they return to Myanmar [File: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images] 

A high-level delegation from Myanmar is in Bangladesh's southern Cox's Bazar district to hold repatriation talks with Rohingya refugees.

The purpose of Saturday's visit was "to talk with Rohingya refugees in order to convince them to return to their home country", said Md Delwar Hossain, director general at Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry.

Myanmar Officials to Visit Rohingya Camps in Bangladesh

Radio Free Asia
2019-07-26

A Bangladeshi security official blocks Rohingya refugees from demonstrating against the visit of Myanmar Social Welfare Minister Win Myat Aye to the Kutupalong camp, April 11, 2018.

  BenarNews

A high-level Myanmar government delegation will visit refugee camps in Bangladesh amid tight security this coming weekend to try and persuade Rohingya Muslims and Christian to return home, officials said Thursday.

Myint Thu, Myanmar’s foreign affairs permanent secretary, will meet 250 Christian refugees for the first time since 2017, said Mohammad Abul Kalam, Bangladesh’s refugee relief and repatriation commissioner.