Freedom, at long last, for Reuters journalists in Myanmar
Today, we at Jewish World Watch are celebrating a momentous and long-awaited human rights victory: Reuters journalists Wa Lone and…
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Category: Rohingya
The survival story of Sattar: A Rohingya boy from Myanmar
Sattar, his mother and eight of his siblings fled their homes in Myanmar after uniformed troops attacked their village. Many of…
House calls Myanmar military’s actions against Rohingya genocide
The House of Representatives declared Rohingya crisis in Burma/Myanmar a genocide. What we’ve been calling genocide for months has finally been…
Rohingya repatriation: stop everything until big changes are made
After Bangladesh and Myanmar officials met in Dhaka in late October, they announced that they had developed a concrete plan…
Why the U.S. should label Myanmar military’s actions genocide
Although a genocide designation shouldn’t matter, since a country’s responsibilities to protect innocent civilians should be triggered whenever and wherever…
U.S. Holocaust Museum, State Dept. contractor join Jewish World Watch in calling Rohingya crisis genocide
Jewish World Watch was one of the first organizations to officially call the Tatmadaw’s (Burmese military) persecution of the Rohingya…
Genocide advocacy: 6 vital steps to help the Rohingya
Last Saturday, I had the privilege of attending the Convention on Myanmar’s Ongoing Genocide, organized by Jewish World Watch’s long-time…
Genocide, jailed journalists and the ICC ruling: Time for U.S. to ramp up pressure on Myanmar
Myanmar, also known as Burma, continues to make international headlines … and not in a good way. Almost daily, there…
U.N. calls Myanmar military’s attack of Rohingya ‘genocide’
It’s been an important few days for the Rohingya Muslim minority of Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Aug. 25 marked the first…
Why the Rohingya crisis is a genocide
Aug. 25 marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the Myanmar (also known as Burma) military’s “clearance operations” against…