The arrested embrace 14 girls and 5 youngsters residing in six districts of Uttar Pradesh state ‘after crossing the border illegally’, police mentioned.

Indian police say they’ve arrested 74 Rohingya refugees for residing “illegally” within the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in a transfer activists condemned as an arbitrary crackdown on folks fleeing violence.

The members of the mainly Muslim Rohingya neighborhood had been detained in six cities and cities within the state and 10 of the refugees had been juveniles, police mentioned on Monday.

Those arrested included 55 males, 14 girls and 5 youngsters who had been residing in six districts of Uttar Pradesh “after crossing the border illegally”, police mentioned of their assertion.

At least one of many arrested girls is pregnant, based on a report on India’s Scroll.in web site.

The Rohingya Human Rights Initiative marketing campaign group mentioned the detained folks had been living in the area for about 10 years after fleeing persecution in Myanmar.

Many had been doing handbook labour together with garbage assortment, Initiative director Sabber Kyaw Min mentioned. “They have been only demanding refuge,” he added.

“The community is requesting … an end to detentions.”

Hundreds of 1000’s of Rohingya have fled Myanmar to nations together with Bangladesh, which borders India, after Myanmar’s army killed tens of 1000’s of individuals belonging to the minority neighborhood, raped girls and burned dozens of their villages.

The United Nations mentioned the army marketing campaign in opposition to the Rohingya was carried out with “genocidal intent” and among the army generals are going through a genocide trial on the International Court of Justice.

New Delhi has not signed the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, which spells out refugee rights and states’ obligations to guard them, nor does it have its personal legal guidelines defending refugees.

Approximately 18,000 Rohingya lived in India as of early final yr, based on Rohingya Human Rights Initiative co-founder Ali Johar, with ongoing circumstances within the Supreme Court against their deportation.

Rohingya activists in India have campaigned in opposition to the arrests, urging the federal government to uphold commitments to human rights and democratic credentials.

“We need to protect the dignity of those detained. Rohingya are human beings, survivors of a genocide and deserving of basic freedom and dignity given to everyone else,” mentioned Kyaw Min.

“Those detained have sought asylum in India, not committed any crime. International laws, previous judicial judgements, and India’s constitution are obligated to protect them. Detainees include pregnant women, children and disabled persons who are suffering violence,” he added.