Bridging Pakistan’s Gender Divide
“Our people won’t let a girl study beyond the third grade (eight or nine years old). But this girl here cries and says: ‘I want to...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 7, 2017
Rohingya refugees still fleeing to Bangladesh with crisis in third month
Rohingya families arrive at a UNHCR transit centre near the village of Anjuman Para, Cox’s Bazar, south-east Bangladesh after spending...
Genocide Watch
Nov 3, 2017
Bangladesh is now home to almost 1 million Rohingya refugees
Wednesday marks the two-month anniversary of attacks in Burma, carried out by a small band of Rohingya militants, that triggered a...
Washington Post
Oct 25, 2017
Assessing U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Geopolitical, Economic, and Humanitarian Considerations
Chairman Corker, Ranking Member Cardin, distinguished Members of the Committee, we appreciate the invitation to appear before you today...
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Oct 12, 2017
In Bangladesh, an unfolding humanitarian crisis
Rohingya crowd the side of the road waiting for food distribution outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on September 10, 2017. Photo by:...
Poppy McPherson | Devex
Oct 9, 2017
Land of the Free, But Only for a Few
Refugees and asylum seekers protest against Australia’s offshore processing policy at a detention center on Manus Island, Papua New...
Al Jazeera
Oct 5, 2017
Refugees, they are
More than half a million Rohingyas have been expelled from their homeland and are seeking refuge in Bangladesh, joining almost an equal...
Daily Star
Oct 3, 2017
First global pledge to end cholera by 2030
Health officials from around the world are meeting in France to commit to preventing 90% of cholera deaths by 2030. The disease, which...
BBC News
Oct 3, 2017
Death threats against journalists by Hindu nationalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Indian authorities to identify and prosecute those responsible for the many death threats...
Reporters without Borders 1
Oct 3, 2017
Tracking Conflict Worldwide - September 2017
Trends and Outlook In Asia, the continuing security crackdown in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State prompted over half a million Rohingya...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 30, 2017
Foreign Secretary Shahidul: The Rohingya are forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, not refugees
'Rohingya people have taken shelter in Bangladesh in terror of their lives. But, we do not want to call them refugees. We have a strong...
Bilkis Irani
Sep 29, 2017
The Burmese Military is Committing Crimes Against Humanity
In Bangladesh’s overflowing and squalid camps for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing the Burmese army’s campaign of ethnic...
Washington Post
Sep 27, 2017
