The United Nations has known as for an investigation into “credible reviews” that Indian authorities rounded up Rohingya refugees and expelled them, in some instances by placing them into the Andaman Sea off the shore of the identical nation they’d escaped from, fearing persecution and loss of life.
The episode seemed to be a part of a broader recent crackdown, as officers of India’s authorities used a second of battle with its neighbor Pakistan to increase a campaign of oppression in opposition to minority Muslims.
“The concept that Rohingya refugees have been forged into the ocean from naval vessels is nothing wanting outrageous,” said Tom Andrews, the U.N. particular rapporteur on the scenario of human rights in Myanmar. “I’m looking for additional info and testimony concerning these developments and implore the Indian authorities to supply a full accounting of what occurred.”
He urged the Indian authorities to chorus from “inhumane and life-threatening remedy of Rohingya refugees, together with their repatriation into perilous situations in Myanmar.”
The Indian authorities didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
As tensions escalated with Pakistan after India accused it of getting a supporting hand in a terror assault that killed over two dozen Indians final month, the Indian authorities introduced punitive measures, together with expelling Pakistani residents.
Officers of right-wing governments throughout a number of Indian states rounded up 1000’s of Muslims, purportedly Rohingya or Bangladeshi folks residing illegally in India. Such labels, together with “Pakistani,” are sometimes used to focus on Muslim migrants from different components of India. Probably the most sweeping actions had been in Gujarat, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s house state, and in Rajasthan.
