By Danny Gold Last month, United Nations human rights worker Tomas Quintana was set upon by a mob as he tried to visit a camp for Muslim refugees in the central Burmese city of Meiktila. “My car was descended upon by a crowd of around 200 people, who proceeded to...
KPN Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar: A delegation of high-level UNHCR officers visited the Burmese Rohingya refugee camp – Nayapara – on September 3, said refugee committee Chairman Islam from Nayapara camp. “The delegation included— Stina E Ljungdel, newly appointed country...
Daisuke Tomita Since the beginning of Myanmar’s democratization in 2011, the nation has attracted investment from all over the world and has been dubbed “the last Asian frontier.” In April, Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the nation’s largest...
By Akib Khan This summer WUNC has been working with six youth reporters as part of the Summer Youth Radio Institute in our American Graduate Project. Akib Khan moved with his family to the U.S. from Dhaka, Bangladesh when he was nine years old. He reports on the...
BY JUDY WOODRUFF: Next to Southeast Asia. The nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is home to one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, that according to the U.N.They are Muslims known as the Rohingya.And human rights groups say they have been recent...
Ben DohertySouth Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media When their country is not running them out of town, Rohingya live like prisoners in their own homes. Kutupalong New Camp, Bangladesh-Myanmar border: Mohammed Rahim* has walked an hour to talk to us, from the green...
