'Outrageous' Denial of Access to Top UN Official
Reacting to the news that the Myanmar authorities have denied access to UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee, James Gomez, Amnesty...
Amnesty International
Dec 20, 2017
Myanmar refuses access to UN Special Rapporteur
The Government of Myanmar has informed UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee that all access to the country has been denied and cooperation...
Genocide Watch
Dec 20, 2017
Myanmar bars UN probe as mass grave found in Rakhine
The UN's investigator into human rights in Myanmar has been barred from entering the country. Yanghee Lee had been due to visit in...
BBC News
Dec 20, 2017
As Signs of a Mass Grave Emerge, Myanmar Cracks Down
By Hannah Beech and Saw Nang BANGKOK — Two journalists arrested last week in Myanmar had obtained photographs from residents of a...
New York Times 1
Dec 20, 2017
UN rights expert ‘disappointed’ by Myanmar’s decision to refuse visit
The United Nations expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Wednesday expressed disappointment at the Government’s decision to...
Genocide Watch
Dec 20, 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi: Culpable of 'Genocide'?
In recent months, the United Nations has hardened its view of the Rohingya’s plight in Myanmar to be that of “textbook ethnic cleansing,”...
The Diplomat
Dec 19, 2017
Burma: 40 Rohingya Villages Burned Since October Satellite Imagery Shows New Destruction in Rakhine
(New York, December 18, 2017) – Analysis of satellite imagery reveals new destruction of Rohingya villages during October and November...
Human Rights Watch
Dec 19, 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
ANALYSIS: Could Aung San Suu Kyi face Rohingya genocide charges?
By Justin Rowlatt Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, is determined that the perpetrators of the horrors committed against the Rohingya face justice....
BBC News
Dec 18, 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
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
OPINION: A Responsibility to Prevent Genocide
Thousands of new Rohingya refugee arrivals cross the border near Anzuman Para village, Palong Khali, Bangladesh. Credit: UNHCR/Roger...
Ludwik Donimrski | Military Technologies
Dec 15, 2017
