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Myanmar has barred an independent U.N. rights investigator and withdrawn any government cooperation for the rest of her tenure, prompting...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
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
U.N. Human Rights Chief to Leave, Citing ‘Appalling’ Climate for Advocacy
Zeid Ra’ad Hussein worries the global retreat from human rights makes his job untenable. The United Nations’ top human rights advocate...
Foreign Policy
Dec 21, 2017
'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
Can Peacekeepers Break the Deadlock in Ukraine?
What’s the issue? In September 2017, Moscow proposed the deployment of UN peacekeepers along the line dividing Ukrainian from separatist...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 15, 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
Myanmar’s Rohingya Actions May Be Genocide, U.N. Official Says
Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh in September. CreditAdam Dean for The New York Times Myanmar came under renewed international...
Nick Cumming-Bruce | The New York Times
Dec 5, 2017
Time for Concerted Action in DR Congo
What’s the issue? President Joseph Kabila’s apparent determination to remain in power threatens to prolong the Democratic Republic of...
Genocide Watch
Dec 4, 2017
U.N. seeks report from Myanmar on rapes, deaths of Rohingya women
A United Nations women's rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to report within six months on rapes and sexual violence against...
Reuters
Nov 28, 2017
