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Myanmar and Bangladesh have striked a shameful deal on Rohingya refugees

Bangladesh has not acceded to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol

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Rosa Freedman | The Conversation

Many Rohingya people who have fled the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar are now living as refugees in Bangladesh. And now, the two countries have reportedly struck a deal to return them home. Returning Rohingya people to the hands of their persecutors not only violates international law, but raises fundamental questions about how the world protects those fleeing the most heinous crimes and abuses.

This deal comes just days after Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the Srebrenica massacre, which took place in Bosnia even as news cameras broadcast footage around