Rohingya Refugee Megacamp: Need as far as the eye can see
Nothing blew me away on this trip to Bangladesh more than my visit to the largest Rohingya refugee camp in…
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With entry to Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar closed for a day, time to explore life and organizations nearby
After an auspicious first day in the camps — in the sense that we got in and moved freely without…
Finally arrived: Meeting the Rohingya in the camps for the first time
Yesterday was my first day in the camps. Haythem, from one of our partner organizations, met me and my traveling…
En route to the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar
I arrived today in Cox’s Bazar, just a 1-hr flight from Dhaka, where I spent a day in transition on…
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…
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…
The value of your gift: A Yom Kippur message from our Executive Director
The holiday of Yom Kippur offers a time for reflection, a time to see ourselves as inextricable from a larger…