Gays Hide, Flee Ex-Soviet Republics As LGBT Crackdowns Turn Brutal
BAKU -- Niko, a 27-year-old gay epileptic from Baku, recalls being beaten, tortured with electric shocks, and raped by four police...
Aung San Suu Kyi reportedly refused to engage in discussion about sexual violence against Rohingya w
Aung San Suu Kyi, the state counselor of Myanmar, refused to earnestly discuss reports of Rohingya women and girls being systematically...
Genocide Watch
Dec 27, 2017
‘I’m Struggling to Survive’: For Rohingya Women, Abuse Continues in Camps
By Hannah Beech Rahima’s father never wanted her out of his sight. She and her sister were too young, too pretty, too vulnerable to be...
New York Times 1
Dec 23, 2017
Rohingya crisis: Burma's armed forces slaughtered men and children at Maung Nu massacre, say sur
Muslims who escaped mass killing by state troops recount horrifying experiences. For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to...
The Independent
Dec 23, 2017
Inside One Of The World’s Largest Refugee Camps, Rohingya Women Can’t Escape Trauma
Imagine a place where over half the population is under 18, and most of the adult population are women, many of whom have been raped at...
The Huffington Post (Huffpost)
Dec 21, 2017
Burma: 40 Rohingya Villages Burned Since October Satellite Imagery Shows New Destruction in Rakhine
(New York, December 18, 2017) – Analysis of satellite imagery reveals new destruction of Rohingya villages during October and November...
Human Rights Watch
Dec 19, 2017
Rohingya refugees tell of Burmese military targeting children and the elderly
Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Burma have told how the military targeted children and the elderly in sickening attacks. The...
Daily Mail
Dec 19, 2017
IRIN Special Report: Inside the Congolese army’s campaign of rape and looting in South Kivu
Her face was tired and bruised, her arms bone-thin, her dress torn in several places. “Look at my body,” she whispered. “Is this the body...
IRIN News
Dec 18, 2017
Yazidi women struggle to return to daily life after enduring Islamic State brutality
Yazidi women, who were sold as sex slaves by Islamic State militants, are now returning to their families from formerly ISIS-controlled...
PBS
Dec 18, 2017
As Venezuela collapses, children are dying of hunger
SAN CASIMIRO, Venezuela — Kenyerber Aquino Merchán was 17 months old when he starved to death. His father left before dawn to bring him...
New York Times 1
Dec 17, 2017
Rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar security forces ‘sweeping, methodical,’ investigation finds
This combo photo comprises of portraits of some of the Rohingya Muslim women taken during an interview with The Associated Press in...
Asia Pacific
Dec 12, 2017
Myanmar military’s rape of Rohingya sweeping, methodical
The soldiers arrived, as they often did, long after sunset. It was June, and the newlyweds were asleep in their home, surrounded by the...
The Globe and Mail
Dec 11, 2017
