Myanmar forces may be guilty of genocide against Rohingya, U.N. says
Myanmar’s security forces may be guilty of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority and more of them are fleeing despite a deal...
Reuters
Dec 5, 2017
Council concludes twenty-seventh special session on the human rights situation of the Rohingya Musli
The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslims and...
Human Rights Council
Dec 5, 2017
Time for Concerted Action in DR Congo
What’s the issue? President Joseph Kabila’s apparent determination to remain in power threatens to prolong the Democratic Republic of...
Genocide Watch
Dec 4, 2017
Do the Numbers Lie? Mistrust and Military Lockdown after Honduras’ Disputed Poll
Honduras has entered a political crisis that is turning increasingly violent following the disputed results of the 26 November general...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 4, 2017
In China, Aung San Suu Kyi Finds a Warm Welcome (and No Talk of Rohingya)
By Jane Perlez Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar with President Xi Jinping of China, in Beijing last year. She arrived for another visit on...
New York Times 1
Nov 30, 2017
Japan Forces Sterilization on Transgender People
The Japanese government has taken some positive steps to improve the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. But...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 29, 2017
Violence against women in South Sudan is occurring at twice the global average rate
The country’s civil war has killed more than 50,000 people, forced more than two million to flee abroad and plunged parts of the country...
The Independent
Nov 29, 2017
Bangladesh: Mass Death Sentences Confirmed
Members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) are summoned for a hearing before a special court in Dhaka, July 12, 2010. © 2010 Reuters The...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 28, 2017
Turkish Woman In Symbol Photo: These Red Crosses Mean That Alevis To Be Killed
The anxiety of the Alevis, whose houses were marked with a red cross in Turkey's Malatya province, has come to the agenda with this...
Stockholm Center for Freedom
Nov 26, 2017
US ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Charge Won’t Help Govt Solve Rakhine Issue, President’s Office Says
The US decision to label the Myanmar Army’s counter-insurgency operation in northern Rakhine as “ethnic cleansing” is “unhelpful” for...
Irrawaddy
Nov 24, 2017
Uganda’s Slow Slide into Crisis
Executive Summary Uganda suffers from inefficient patronage politics and a downward spiral of declining governance, poor economic...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 21, 2017
Myanmar: Rohingya trapped in dehumanising apartheid regime
The Rohingya people in Myanmar are trapped in a vicious system of state-sponsored, institutionalised discrimination that amounts to...
Amnesty International
Nov 21, 2017
