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
Orphaned Rohingya children forced to grow up too fast
In Bangladesh, thousands of teenaged refugees are now caring for their younger siblings and relatives after losing their families in...
UN
Dec 22, 2017
Pressed by lawmakers, US mulls more sanctions on Myanmar
The State Department said Friday the U.S. is considering further actions against those responsible for “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya...
Washington Post
Dec 22, 2017
Rohingya crisis brings Turkey and Bangladesh closer
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have sought refuge in Bangladesh [Abir Abdullah/EPA] To most Rohingyataking shelter in makeshift...
Al Jazeera
Dec 22, 2017
Myanmar's 'drastic' arrest of journalists causes concern
By Jonathan Head Long before the crisis in Rakhine state hit the world's headlines, some of the best, ground-breaking reporting was...
BBC News
Dec 22, 2017
Myanmar Bans U.N. Official Investigating Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Yanghee Lee has been the United Nations' special rapporteur on Myanmar for more than three years. She's documented...
NPR 1
Dec 22, 2017
Accounts of violence against Rohingya Muslims must be documented: Bob Rae
"Chilling and graphic" eyewitness accounts of violence against hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees must be documented so...
Michelle Zillio | The Globe and Mail
Dec 21, 2017
Myanmar Blacklists a U.N. Rights Investigator as Genocide Accusations Intensify
Myanmar has barred an independent U.N. rights investigator and withdrawn any government cooperation for the rest of her tenure, prompting...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Dec 21, 2017
Myanmar: UN experts urge greater press freedom after detention of Reuters journalists
Myanmar must ensure that journalists can operate freely and safely, UN human rights specialists* have urged, after two Reuters...
Genocide Watch
Dec 21, 2017
Rohingyas describe bloody massacre at hands of Myanmar troops
For six hours Bodru Duza hid in an upstairs room, listening to the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home. The...
CBS News
Dec 21, 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
Burma Bars UN Rights Expert
The Burmese government plans to permanently bar entry to Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma....
Human Rights Watch
Dec 21, 2017
