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Rohingya still face 'persecution' in Myanmar : UN Envoy

United Nations, Nov 7 (UNI) The United Nations (UN)’s special envoy to Myanmar has urged Bangladesh to drop plans for a hasty repatriation of hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled after ethnic violence in Myanmar for Bangladesh.
UN's Special Rapporteur,Yanghee Lee said "the government in Naypyidaw had “failed to provide guarantees they (the Rohingya) would not suffer the same persecution and horrific violence all over again.”
Lee also said that according to credible information from the refugees in Bangladesh, the Muslims “are in deep fear of their names being on the list to be repatriated, causing distress and anguish, Press TV reported.
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