The Battle for Iran
Protest movements in the Middle East face enormous repressive hurdles and rarely have happy endings. Even when protesters “succeed” in...
Karim Sadjadpour | The Atlantic
Dec 31, 2017
Rohingya Muslim refugees face fresh misery as Bangladesh welcome runs out
After a year that has seen them subjected to a brutal Burmese military crackdown described as “ethnic cleansing” by the UN and US,...
The Independent
Dec 31, 2017
Authorities’ Greed of Bribe Set Sea Route Free for Human Traffickers
Burmese Authorities greed for bribe set the sea route for Human traffickers in trafficking Rohingyas to Malaysia in villages of Phauktaw...
Rohingya Vision
Dec 29, 2017
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...
Why the opposition?
The opposition to the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on Myanmar is perplexing. The proposal was put forth by the OIC...
Daily Star
Dec 27, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi ‘avoided’ discussion of Rohingya rape during UN meeting
Aung San Suu Kyi avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by Myanmar troops and police when she met a senior UN...
The Guardian
Dec 27, 2017
Myanmar Rohingya crisis: Reuters reporters stay jailed
Two Reuters journalists working on coverage of the Rohingya crisis in northern Myanmar have been remanded in custody for two more weeks....
BBC News
Dec 27, 2017
‘Jews out’ and ‘toasting the Holocaust’ daubed on Jewish buildings in Odessa, Ukraine
Anti-Semitic graffiti and slogans painted onto the city’s synagogue, Holocaust museum and community centre Unidentified individuals...
The Times of Israel
Dec 27, 2017
The National Islamic Front/National Congress Party and International Terrorism: A long, grim history
All evidence suggests that the Trump administration State Department is in the process of removing Sudan from the Department’s annual...
Sudan - Research, Analysis, and Advocacy 1
Dec 24, 2017
Parents demand Aung San Suu Kyi is cut from children’s book of role models
By Jane Merrick It is one of the most popular children’s books of 2017, a collection of stories about female role models from Amelia...
The Guardian
Dec 23, 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
Aung San Suu Kyi once called for a free press. Now, the dead are used for fake news
As the Rohingya crisis escalates, the state of Myanmar is silencing the media – and the people who dare to talk to them In December last...
The Guardian
Dec 23, 2017
