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Dhaka, Sep 12: "About 70 Burmese prisoners in the Bandaban District jail, a
border town near Kyauk Taw Township in Western Burma, have been on a hunger
strike since September 4, as they do not want to return to Burma under a
Bangladeshi repatriation program.
The hunger strike broke out when the Bangladesh authority collected a list of
prisoners who will be sent back to Burma under a repatriation agreement
between Burma and Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher:
Narinjara News
Date of Publication:
2004-09-12
Date of entry:
2004-09-20
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English
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