Daniel Sullivan January 2, 2019 This piece was originally published in Fair Observer. Bangladesh and the UN must continue to work together to improve the conditions for nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. The year 2018 was a dire and desperate year for the...
by Robin Lindley An interview with international criminal law attorney Regina Paulose. More than 626,000 Rohingya were driven from Myanmar (formerly Burma) by security forces of the country that “deliberately and massively targeted civilians” in a series of brutal...
Reuters Andrew R.C. Marshall and Min Zayar Oo HPAKANT, Myanmar (Reuters) – Tin Tun picked all night through teetering heaps of rubble to find the palm-sized lump of jade he now holds in his hand. He hopes it will make him a fortune. It’s happened before....
By UPI Special Reports WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (UPI) — The U.S. State Department said it was sending a law enforcement envoy to Myanmar to review national security and human rights issues with national leaders. Myanmar’s general elections in 2010 ended a long...
Report from UN High Commissioner for Refugees This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Violent clashes between displaced Muslims and security forces in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last...
