‘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 Survivors: Myanmar's Army Slaughtered Men, Children
For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to the crackle of gunfire and the screams of people being slaughtered outside his...
Genocide Watch
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
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
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
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
A Responsibility to Prevent Genocide
Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border near Anzuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh. Credit: UNHCR/Roger...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage | IPS News
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
Rohingya rape survivors' harrowing stories of abuse at the hands of the Myanmar military.
The UN's Human Rights Council says it is "very likely" Myanmar's Rohingya minority has faced crimes against humanity and possibly...
David Sim | IB Times
Dec 11, 2017
They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigeria’s Security Forces
By Dionne Searcey Falmata, 14, was abducted and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram fighters. Her trauma then continued in a camp for victims...
New York Times 1
Dec 8, 2017
