MALAYSIA COURT TO HEAR BID TO OVERTURN CANING OF ROHINGYA MEN
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22.07.2020


Al Jazeera (21 July 2020)

 

A Malaysian court will hear a bid to set aside caning sentences handed down to 27 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, lawyers said, a punishment that rights groups have decried as vicious and tantamount to torture.

Muslim-majority Malaysia has long been a common destination for Rohingya seeking a better life after escaping a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar and, more recently, refugee camps in Bangladesh.

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