Headlines for March 09, 2010

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Burmese Refugees in Bangladesh Face Starvation

Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are facing starvation in neighboring Bangladesh while living in refugee camps that have been described as open-air prisons. The group Physicians for Human Rights faulted Bangladesh authorities for "arbitrary arrests, illegal expulsion, and forced internment" of Burmese refugees.

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