PATHEIN: Cases against scores of Rohingya Muslims detained after fleeing Myanmar's restive Rakhine state have been dropped, as fears grow of a potential COVID-19 outbreak in the country's overcrowded prisons.
A military crackdown in 2017 forced about 750,000 Rohingya to escape to Bangladesh, where they languish in sprawling refugee cities.
Advertisement Advertisement Those who remain in Rakhine live under tight restrictions with little access to healthcare and education, unable to move