In mid-May, the world watched in horror as Indian authorities detained around 40 Rohingya refugees across the country: in shackles, blindfolded, and according to some reports, subjected to beatings and sexual harassment. Indian naval officers then threw them into the sea off the coast of Myanmar with nothing but life jackets.
Among those forced into the waters were children, women, the elderly and even a cancer patient. These refugees were compelled to swim back to a country that had carried out one of the worst genocides against their community in the 21st century — a country they had fled nearly a decade ago in search of safety, only to face renewed persecution in India.
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