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Bangladesh fishermen in Burmese jails face tough life
Dhaka, February 2, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
The Bangladeshi fishermen who are in the jails of Arakan State of Burma
are facing hardship and difficulties and an appeal has been made to the
Bangladesh government to work for their immediate release, according to
the sources from the Taknaf Fishermen Association. There are nearly 200
Bangladeshi fishermen at present being imprisoned in Sittwe and Maung
Daw prisons of Arakan State and the fishermen are reportedly not given
enough food and medicine by the Burmese authorities.
According to some officials of the Association, who want to remain
anonymous, more than 100 Bangladeshi fishermen were arrested in last two
months alone while catching fish near Shin Ma Phyu Island and Sein Mar
Tin Island in the Bay of Bengal, reportedly inside the Bangladesh water
territory.
Mizzima News Group has learnt that the Taknaf Fishermen Association,
which is based in the Bangladesh border with Burma, appealed to the
Bangladesh government last month to work for the immediate release of
these fishermen in Burmese jails.
The Bangladesh fishermen accuse the Burmese border security force,
Nasaka, having often intruded into the Bangladesh water territory and
arrested them in the Bay of Bengal.
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<p>Dhaka, February 2, 2001
<br>Mizzima News Group (<a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>www.mizzima.com</a>)
<p>The Bangladeshi fishermen who are in the jails of Arakan State of Burma
are facing hardship and difficulties and an appeal has been made to the
Bangladesh government to work for their immediate release, according to
the sources from the Taknaf Fishermen Association. There are nearly 200
Bangladeshi fishermen at present being imprisoned in Sittwe and Maung Daw
prisons of Arakan State and the fishermen are reportedly not given enough
food and medicine by the Burmese authorities.
<p>According to some officials of the Association, who want to remain anonymous,
more than 100 Bangladeshi fishermen were arrested in last two months alone
while catching fish near Shin Ma Phyu Island and Sein Mar Tin Island in
the Bay of Bengal, reportedly inside the Bangladesh water territory.
<p>Mizzima News Group has learnt that the Taknaf Fishermen Association,
which is based in the Bangladesh border with Burma, appealed to the Bangladesh
government last month to work for the immediate release of these fishermen
in Burmese jails.
<p>The Bangladesh fishermen accuse the Burmese border security force, Nasaka,
having often intruded into the Bangladesh water territory and arrested
them in the Bay of Bengal.
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