Feb 18, 2013 | Refugee
The UN says rights abuses are still going on in Burma despite government reforms. Human rights abuses are still going on in Burma, according to the United Nations, despite reforms made by the military-backed government. The UN has singled out the arbitrary arrest and...
Feb 15, 2013 | Refugee
UNICEF began this week delivering footballs and other play and recreation supplies to eight Ministry of Social Development and Human Security shelters caring for Rohingya children in southern Thailand. Some 270 Rohingya children, many who were separated from their...
Feb 14, 2013 | Refugee
Activists say that up to 19,000 people – mostly Rohingya Muslims – have set sail from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state to Thailand to escape violence and deteriorating living conditions. There are around 800,000 Rohingyas living in Myanmar, also known...
Feb 14, 2013 | Refugee
Rohingya illegal immigrants in temporary shelters face a rough time in the near future, forced to deal with psychological and physical challenges as isolated women and teenagers receive little or no information about their husbands and sons. Communications is the most...
Feb 14, 2013 | Articles
By Benjamin J. HayfordObtaining support from Myanmar’s Buddhist monks is key to gaining popular support for the recognition of the persecuted ethnic minorityThe move towards greater freedom and representative government in Myanmar over the last few years is a welcome...
