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…
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Big gains: Elie Wiesel act passes, calling out Rohingya genocide, ceasefire in Yemen
The United States Congress may be lame-duck when it comes to other issues, but a bipartisan group is aggressively pushing…
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, 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…