Aug 24, 2013 | News / Article
Forum 2000 Foundation The Burmese opposition leader, member of parliament and Chairperson of the National League for Democracy Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting the Czech Republic for the first time in history. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who spent almost 15 years...
Aug 24, 2013 | News / Article
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was in Myanmar last week on a 10-day fact finding trip. It was his eighth official visit to the country that took him to Rakhine State, Chin...
Aug 24, 2013 | Rohingya Articles
Dr. Habib Siddiqui has a long history as a peaceful activist in an effort towards improving human rights and creating a just and equitable world. He has written extensively in the arena of humanity, global politics, social conscience and human rights since 1980, many...
Aug 24, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
UN News Centre A United Nations independent expert today urged greater inclusion of women and other minority voices in the peace efforts in Myanmar and called on the Government to fulfil its obligations in stemming the spread of incitement of religious hatred directed...
Aug 22, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Human Rights Watch Media Release UPDATING All Day, Every Day ABOUT 80 of 137 Rohingya men being held in the Immigration centre at Sadao in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province escaped about 3am today, according to aid sources. Original Report PHUKET:...