Iran Press/ Asia: About 270 Rohingya detainees at the center, in the Indian-administered territory of Jammu & Kashmir, have been on hunger strike since April over their detention.
The Rohingya Human Rights Initiative, which campaigns for members of Myanmar’s Muslim minority living in India, said the girl failed to receive treatment after inhaling the gas last week.
The group’s director, Sabber Kyaw Min, said Rohingya were facing increased hostility in India, where they are being subjected to hate speech and harassment by the authorities ahead of elections next year. He said another 200 Rohingya refugees were detained in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
“These people are on hunger strike,” said Sabber Kyaw Min. “They’re saying ‘We are refugees, why are you detaining us and not giving us any information [about our release]?’
“They are families in detention – they’ve done nothing wrong.”
The Rohingya at Hiranagar were detained in March 2021, despite their status being recognized by the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR.
About 40,000 Rohingya live in India, but the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has begun preparing to deport them back to Myanmar.
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