Rohingya: Testing democracy in Myanmar

Feb 25, 2013 | Events

Jose Ramos-Horta and Prof. Muhammad Yunus One of the fundamental challenges of a democracy is how to ensure the voice of the majority does not trample the essential rights of the minority. In the founding of the United States this was addressed by the Bill of Rights,...

A robust helping hand for displaced Rohingya, please

Feb 25, 2013 | Refugee

Although the term “Rohingya” is subject to various interpretations, it has been used in recent times primarily to cover the ethnic Muslim minority found in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Rohingya have sadly been in the news because of the violence,...

Are Rohingyas and Kamans Less (Than) Human Beings?

Feb 25, 2013 | Refugee

M.S. Anwar Special to Salem-News.comIf the vulnerable situation of Rohingyas and Kamans continue, it will not take long for the humanity to see exterminations of more ethnic communities in the modern time, why? (KUALA LAMPUR) – The world has been witnessing the...

Persecuted in Burma, Stateless Rohingya Fleeing by Boat

Feb 25, 2013 | Refugee

by Jason MotlaghA large chunk of Abdul Rahman’s home is gone, and so is his oldest son, Shakur. The ethnic Rohingya farmer tore down nearly half his home for scrap needed to secure his son’s passage on a boat bound for Malaysia. In the wake of bloody sectarian...