, Aug. 30 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged that Indian authorities have expelled scores of ethnic Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh and Myanmar without rights protections since May 2025.

Authorities have arbitrarily detained several hundred more, mistreating some of them, said the New York-based rights body on August 29.

In May, states in India governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) initiated a campaign to expel Rohingya and Bengali-speaking Muslims for being "illegal immigrants."

Those expelled to Bangladesh included at least 192 Rohingya refugees to Bangladesh despite being registered with the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), said HRW.

UN member states urged to pursue accountability for Rohingya genocide

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