Akbar's niece is among more than 40 Rohingya alleged by the UN, family and lawyers to have been forced off an Indian navy ship this month near the shores of war-torn Myanmar with only a life jacket each.
BY AFP
Conditions in Myanmar's crisis-hit northern Rakhine state are "not conducive" to bringing back Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh, a senior UN official said, despite Myanmar's insistence that it is ready for returnees.
A 25-year old translator and activist, who alleges he was assaulted by plainclothes police, believes investigations into the incident will not yield positive results.
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