Myanmar
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Will US, UN hold Myanmar accountable for Rohingya ethnic cleansing?
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Ukhiya area right after crossing the border/UNHCR/Vivian Tan Myanmar is facing intense international pressure after the U.S. declaration that the country’s killing of Rohingya Muslims is ethnic cleansing. But will the US...November 24, 2017 1041 0 -
U.S. considers sanctions against Myanmar military for violence against Rohingya
New arrivals in Bangladesh’s Ukhiya area right after crossing the border with Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state. Photo: UNHCR/Vivian The United States, facing criticism over its response to Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingya minority, is considering accountability mechanisms...October 24, 2017 1340 0 -
The world must wake up to the gravity of Rohingya crisis- Khalilah Ali
Khalilah Ali, activist and author, has stepped up her latest humanitarian effort- to raise awareness about the plight of Rohingya refugees and the need for U.S support for the persecuted community. The former wife of legendary...October 7, 2017 2358 0 -
UN: Rohingya refugees now number half a million in the face of ‘unacceptable’ crisis
The United Nations is reporting “bone chilling” accounts of violence expreience by Rohingya refugees whose number has now swelled to half a million as they escape Myanmar’s state persecution and flee into neighboring Bangladesh. The humanitarian...September 29, 2017 1209 0 -
UN General Assembly opens debate amid growing threats to world peace goals
More than one hundred leaders will take part in the debate on some of the key regional and global issues at 72nd session of the UN General Assembly as sluggish economic growth, ongoing Middle Eastern conflicts,...September 17, 2017 1270 0 -
A Rohingya scholar recalls Jinnah’s affinity for the community
The Rohingya cause is lost, lamented Dr. Wakar Uddin’s father on learning of Mr. Jinnah’s death in 1948. Along with a Rohingya delegation, he had met Mr. Jinnah, the Quaid-i-Azam, twice in Dacca before independence. They...September 16, 2017 1861 0 -
UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting amid Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingyas
Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar persecution pour into Bangldesh Photo: Saikat Biswas/UN Migration Agency Britain and Sweden have requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council against the backdrop of a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar,...September 12, 2017 1124 0 -
UN: Myanmar’s cruelty against Rohingyas is ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’
A group of Rohingya people Photo: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Wikimedia Commons The United Nations has condemned the ongoing security operation targeting the Rohingya minority population in Myanmar as “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. The High...September 11, 2017 1411 0 -
Malala asks Suu Kyi why is she silent over Rohingya massacres
Two men sit under the the remnants of their homes in Sittwe, the provincial capital of Myanmar’s western Rakhine State. Photo Credit IRIN/Khine Thurein/UN Condemning Myanmar’s ongoing genocide of Rohingya Muslims as “shameful,” Malala Yousafzai, the...September 4, 2017 1522 0 -
UN to investigate crimes against Rohingya in Myanmar
Displaced Rohyngia people Photo British Foreign and Commonwealth Office via Wikimedia Commons Responding to international concern over deteriorating human rights conditions in Myanmar, the United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Friday to send an international...March 24, 2017 1110 0
