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December 22, 2022

Up to 20 People Have Died on Rohingya Refugee Ship That Has Been Adrift for Weeks
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Up to 20 Rohingya refugees, including children, may have died on a boat
carrying at least 160 people that's now stranded near India's Andaman
Islands. It's believed the boat was headed to Malaysia from Bangladesh
and has been adrift since late November. Aid groups warn survivors face
imminent risk from starvation, thirst and sickness.

This comes as the U.N. Security Council adopted its first resolution on
Burma in three-quarters of a century Wednesday to call for an end to
violence and the release of all political prisoners, including Aung San
Suu Kyi, who was ousted and detained by the military junta in February
2021. Since the coup, the military has waged a brutal crackdown on
protests and dissent. India, China and Russia abstained from the
Security Council vote.


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