10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018
It’s not all about Donald Trump. That’s a statement more easily written than believed, given the U.S. president’s erratic comportment on...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 2, 2018
Rohingya crisis: A postscript
THE year 2017 will be remembered for many reasons but the most significant of these is perhaps the Rohingya crisis. Because of its...
Daily Star
Jan 1, 2018
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
Rohingya face uncertain future in Bangladesh
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar for camps in Bangladesh. AP Photo/Dar Yasin After facing international outrage and...
The National
Dec 24, 2017
No sign Rohingya will be allowed to return home
By Ester Htusan and Robin McDowell In this Sept. 14, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslim man Naseer Ud Din holds his infant son Abdul...
ABC 1
Dec 23, 2017
Pressed by lawmakers, US mulls more sanctions on Myanmar
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Friday the U.S. is considering further actions against those responsible for “ethnic cleansing” of...
Washington Post
Dec 22, 2017
Why Is Sri Lanka Defying the United Nations? Sri Lanka’s strategy of defiance, denial, and delay mig
Lately, Colombo has intensified its defiance of UN resolutions calling for investigations into war crimes committed during the latter...
The Diplomat
Dec 22, 2017
God’s Oppressed Children
Sujatha Gidla, far left, with her family, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1966. Her mother, Manjula, is at right. Many Indian houses still have a...
The New York Review of Books
Dec 21, 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
MSF estimates more than 6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar
At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August, Med The Myanmar military blames the...
BBC News
Dec 14, 2017
U.S. Bombing of Afghan Drug Labs Won't Crush the Taliban
On 21 November, the U.S. military began major airstrikes against what it described as Taliban drug labs in the north of Helmand province...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 11, 2017
“Ending the genocide is not profitable”
What made you take up the role of an activist on the Rohingya issue? Personally, there are layers of connections with this issue. First,...
Daily Star
Dec 6, 2017
