Myanmar Bans U.N. Official Investigating Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Yanghee Lee has been the United Nations' special rapporteur on Myanmar for more than three years. She's documented...
NPR 1
Dec 22, 2017
Myanmar Blacklists a U.N. Rights Investigator as Genocide Accusations Intensify
Myanmar has barred an independent U.N. rights investigator and withdrawn any government cooperation for the rest of her tenure, prompting...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Dec 21, 2017
Myanmar: UN experts urge greater press freedom after detention of Reuters journalists
Myanmar must ensure that journalists can operate freely and safely, UN human rights specialists* have urged, after two Reuters...
Genocide Watch
Dec 21, 2017
Burma Bars UN Rights Expert
The Burmese government plans to permanently bar entry to Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma....
Human Rights Watch
Dec 21, 2017
U.N. Human Rights Chief to Leave, Citing ‘Appalling’ Climate for Advocacy
Zeid Ra’ad Hussein worries the global retreat from human rights makes his job untenable. The United Nations’ top human rights advocate...
Foreign Policy
Dec 21, 2017
Myanmar’s Crackdown On Human Rights Continues As It Denies Entry To UN Investigator
Myanmar’s government rescinded access by a United Nations official who has been investigating human rights in the country, including the...
The Huffington Post (Huffpost)
Dec 20, 2017
Myanmar refuses access to UN Special Rapporteur
The Government of Myanmar has informed UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee that all access to the country has been denied and cooperation...
Genocide Watch
Dec 20, 2017
New Report: El Salvador's Politics of Perpetual Violence
El Salvador, a small country in the isthmus of Central America, is wracked by an implacable strain of gang warfare. Exceptionally intense...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 19, 2017
Opinion: In 2017, the world let another 'genocide' unfold
By Ishaan Tharoor The volume of utterly horrifying stories emerging from Myanmar can feel overwhelming. Since late August, more than...
Washington Post
Dec 18, 2017
NICHOLAS KRISTOF: Is This Genocide?
By Nicholas Kristof “Ethnic cleansing” and even “genocide” are antiseptic and abstract terms. What they mean in the flesh is a soldier...
New York Times 1
Dec 15, 2017
OPINION: A Responsibility to Prevent Genocide
Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border near Anzuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh. Credit: UNHCR/Roger...
Ludwik Donimrski | Military Technologies
Dec 15, 2017
Sexual Violence Marred Elections
Widespread sexual violence marred Kenya’s 2017 elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Kenyan government...
Human Rights Watch
Dec 14, 2017
