Myanmar

Rohingya ‘repatriation’ efforts just a cruel charade

Aug 16, 2019 05:02

The government of Myanmar reached out late last month to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have taken refuge in the Bangladeshi city of Cox’s Bazar with a seemingly straightforward plea: “Come back home.”
UN warns foreign firms against doing business with Myanmar army

Aug 05, 2019 18:43

The United Nations' investigators have urged foreign businesses and governments to sever ties with dozens of companies owned or controlled by Myanmar's military, which has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing, murder and rape of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, noting that such firms could be complicit in international crimes.
Lost generation of Rohingya kids face a bleak future

Aug 01, 2019 21:10

The boy’s eyes lit up when he talked about his dream of becoming a doctor. Seven-year-old “Mohammad” is a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar. I met him at a learning center at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in early July 2019. After sharing his aspirations, Mohammed quickly remembered reality. “I know my dreams will never come true,” he said with a faint smile.
UN says US sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya massacre not enough

Jul 19, 2019 07:59

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar says US sanctions imposed this week on Myanmar's military leaders over Rohingya Muslims should have been tougher and applied to more generals.
Why Myanmar is losing the Rakhine war

Jul 05, 2019 23:41

The military regime in what used to be Burma has carried out a genocide of the Rohingya Muslims, who are now determined to fight and defeat the aggressors of their homeland.
UN: Army, Buddhists committing war crimes in western Myanmar

Jul 03, 2019 16:41

United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur to Myanmar says its security forces and rebels are committing human rights violations against civilians in the country’s west that may amount to new war crimes.
Apartheid in full flow in West Asia, long after its end in South Africa

Jul 01, 2019 12:40

On June 30, after decades of white supremacy the detested Apartheid system collapsed in South Africa, ushering in freedom for the long oppressed native masses, but unfortunately there are some countries, especially in West Asia where more worse forms of apartheid exists.
Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya: UN official

Jun 27, 2019 07:49

A top UN investigator says Myanmar must grant citizenship to Rohingya Muslims, who have fled genocide in the Buddhist-majority country and who are currently living squalidly in neighboring Bangladesh.
UN report condemns world body's 'systemic failure' in spotting signs of Rohingya ethnic cleansing

Jun 18, 2019 08:29

A report by the United Nations has censured the world body’s 'systemic failure' in spotting the early signs of Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Myanmar military charged with ‘war crimes’ in Rakhine

May 29, 2019 11:34

Rights group Amnesty International has charged Myanmar’s military with committing “war crimes” against an ethnic Buddhist group in Rakhine State, after worldwide condemnation of the army for committing horrific atrocities against local Muslims there.