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Rohingya Muslims use their cellphones as they sit on a hillock overlooking Balukhali refugee camp, in Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Bangladesh authorities said they are ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year, but refugees scheduled to leave said they would refuse to go because of fears for their safety. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The Latest: Bangladesh scraps Rohingya repatriation plan

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Rohingya Muslims use their cellphones as they sit on a hillock overlooking Balukhali refugee camp, in Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Bangladesh authorities said they are ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year, but refugees scheduled to leave said they would refuse to go because of fears for their safety. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Bangladesh scraps Rohingya return, says no one wants to go

By JULHAS ALAM and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, meets Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Singapore, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Pence is Singapore to attend the 33rd ASEAN summit. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, Pool)

Mike Pence says Myanmar’s handling of Rohingya ‘without excuse’

By Bernat Armangue - Associated Press

Rohingya Muslims Nurul Amin, 35, left, and Mohammed Selim, 23, whose names are on the first list to be repatriated back to Myanmar, talk to the Associated Press outside Jamtoli refugee camp, in Bangladesh, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. Bangladesh authorities said they are ready to begin repatriating some of the more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled from army-led violence in Myanmar since last year, but refugees scheduled to leave said they would refuse to go because of fears for their safety. &quot;I will not go. My wife and other family members have gone elsewhere, they do not want to go,&quot; Amin told The Associated Press. Selim said his wife and seven other family members went into hiding after finding out that they would be sent back Thursday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Bangladesh ready to return Rohingya, who say they’ll refuse

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladesh delays national elections by a week to Dec. 30

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Myanmar: Bangladesh set to start repatriating Rohingya

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslim girls carry water pots in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

UN investigator: Genocide still taking place in Myanmar

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

New opposition alliance emerges in Bangladesh ahead of polls

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladesh on alert over cyclone in Bay of Bengal

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this May 26, 2018 file photo, Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) soldiers stand guard during a raid on suspected drug dealers at Mohammadpur Geneva Camp in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh's Cabinet has on Monday, Oct. 8, approved a draft law proposing the death penalty for drug offenses months into an anti-drug crackdown in which hundreds have been fatally shot by police. (AP Photo/ Mehedi Hasan, File)

Bangladesh Cabinet approves death sentence for drug crimes

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Bangladesh’s ex-PM transferred from prison to hospital

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Bangladesh bill critics worry will stifle speech becomes law

Associated Press

FILE- In this May 3, 2016 file photo, Bangladeshi journalists cover proceedings outside a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journalists and human rights groups are demanding major amendments to a new law passed in Bangladesh Parliament in September, 2018, saying the law will choke constitutional rights of freedom of speech and expression. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Journalists slam pending Bangladesh digital security law

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Latest: Myanmar defends itself against UN report

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UN chief urges accountability for Myanmar crimes on Rohingya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett during a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Myanmar, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Cate Blanchett: Nothing prepared me for Rohingya suffering

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Rohingya children stand next to a bamboo fence overlooking an expanse of makeshift bamboo and tarp shelters at Kutupalong refugee camp, where they have been living amid uncertainty over their future after they fled Myanmar to escape violence a year ago, in Bangladesh, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

UN team: Myanmar military chiefs should face ‘genocide’ case

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 photo, Bangladesh military personnel check vehicles for Rohingya refugees on the road that connects refugee camps to the nearby tourist town of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled waves of attacks by Myanmar security forces and crossed the border into Bangladesh nearly a year ago. Despite months of discussions among Myanmar, Bangladesh, the United Nations and a string of aid agences, there are few signs that the Rohingya can go home anytime soon. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

A year after fleeing Myanmar, Rohingya demand justice

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 photo, 15-year-old Rohingya refugee Abdullah Razzaq, speak on the phone to his mother who still lives in Myanmar, as his elder brother Abdur, 17, sits beside him at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. &quot;Mummy! Mummy!&quot; Razzaq shouted to his mother earlier this week in their once-a-week call, nearly a year after he and his brother, along with more than 700,000 other Rohingya Muslims, fled waves of attacks by Myanmar security forces and crossed the border into Bangladesh. &quot;Why don't you guys come here?&quot; (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Myanmar crackdown splits Rohingya with little hope of return

By JULHAS ALAM and RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Rohingya refugees perform ablution before offering Eid al Adha prayers at Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in sprawling Bangladeshi camps are celebrating Eid al-Adha Wednesday amid festivity and confusion over whether they would ever be able to go back to Myanmar they fled amid violence and a massive crackdown. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Rohingya refugees celebrate holiday amid memories of home

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press