Rohingyas
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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 2357 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: 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 -
Protests in Washington D.C. against Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingyas
Back-to-back protest demonstrations outside Myanmar’s embassy in Washington D.C. this week urged the United States to stop massacre of the Rohingya community, which the UN and human rights bodies say face state persecution. On Friday, Americans...September 8, 2017 1616 0