Two years after the Rohingya genocide, name the crime and stop suggesting sham returns
The Rohingya suffered genocide at the hands of their own homeland’s military. This Sunday, Aug. 25, marks the two-year anniversary…
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The Burma Act in the House: What it means for the Rohingya
Congress is not giving up on the Rohingya! After much anticipation, the House companion bill to the newest incarnation of…
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…
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…
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…
JWW on the Hill: New Congress, new opportunities
While in Washington, D.C. for the Lemkin Summit, I had the opportunity to meet with several members of Congress and/or…
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…
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…