Myanmar

Is access to Facebook a pillar of free speech if the platform can be harnessed for the purpose of eliminating an entire population?

Bangladesh

Rohingya Refugees Pushed to a Frontline of Climate Change

TeleSur

“At Cox’s Bazar, five thousand acres of forest have already been destroyed.”

Myanmar

Myanmar: Nobelist Suu Kyi silent as Rohingya Crisis Rolls On; let’s at Least help the Refugees

Reese Erlich

I sneaked into Myanmar on a tourist visa because the military junta running the country made it almost impossible to travel as a journalist. So I thought I was the only foreign reporter in the capital of Yangon in July of 1995. I was relaxing one morning when BBC TV ran a bulletin that famous […]

Buddhism

Army of Buddhist Burma made ‘Systematic’ Crackdown Plan for Muslim Rohingyas

AFP

‘Fortify Rights’ conducted months of study in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Myanmar

Burma General on Hot Seat over charges Army Raped Rohingya Muslim Women

AFP

The UN has accused Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of numerous crimes

Buddhism

Buddhist Burma Bulldozing Muslim Rohingya Villages: Satellite Photos

contributors

TeleSur | – – Human rights groups that fear the Burmese government is destroying crime scenes before any credible investigation takes place. Satellite imagery shows at least 28 Rohingya villages have been leveled between December and February. However, reports produced by some human rights groups place the figure at 55. Myanmar’s military, aided by Buddhist […]

Islamophobia

Ignoring Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing is Creating another Palestine

contributors

Middle East Monitor | – – The international community must act swiftly on the Rohingya crisis or the world will create another Palestine. That was the stark warning issued by a delegation from the Middle East in a meeting with the Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament on Tuesday. The members of the delegation included representatives […]

Buddhism

Over 700 Rohingya Children Killed by Myanmar Military

Juan Cole

TeleSur | – – An estimate from Doctors Without Borders shows that at least 6,700 refugees have been killed during the first month of militarized persecution. At least 730 Rohingya children under the age of five have been mercilessly slaughtered by Myanmar police forces in an almost six-month crusade against the Muslim community, Doctors Without […]

Islamophobia

Ethnically Cleansed Burmese Rohingya reach 600,000 in Bangladesh Camps

contributors

By Naimul Haq | (Inter Press Service) | – – IPS Correspondent Naimul Haq interviews WILLIAM LACY SWING, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 5 2017 (IPS) – In less than four months, over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled brutal persecution in Myanmar to seek safety across the border […]