Call Myanmar’s crimes against Rohingya by their rightful name: Genocide
Nearly three years after unconscionable atrocities were unleashed upon the Rohingya of Myanmar by their country’s military and security forces,…
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Our fears realized: COVID-19 reaches Rohingya refugee camps
A Rohingya man tested positive for coronavirus inside the overcrowded refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where nearly 1 million Rohingya…
Jewish World Watch announces COVID-19 emergency grants
Jewish World Watch (JWW) is proud to announce the disbursement of multiple critical grants to our on-the-ground partner organizations working…
The Rohingya are living in a COVID-19 tinderbox
Imagine if you had no access to Internet or cell service right now. In the middle of a pandemic. Now,…
Expanded travel ban foments hate, harms civilians fleeing atrocities
On January 31, the Trump Administration added six countries to its three-year-old travel ban. Once colloquially known as the “Muslim…
Historic day for Rohingya: World Court orders Myanmar to take immediate action to prevent genocide
Today, January 23, marks a momentous day in the Rohingya cause, as the International Court of Justice in The Hague…
A big week for Rohingya justice: major strides toward achieving accountability
The wheels of justice are finally turning for the Rohingya ethnic minority of Myanmar — survivors of the world’s most…
Stop the forced relocation of the Rohingya
Some 3,000 Rohingya people are scheduled to be moved from the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to an uninhabitable…
House to vote on Rohingya genocide: the time to act is now!
(Sept. 24 at 5:15 p.m.) GOOD NEWS — the BURMA Act was just approved in the House of Representatives (394…
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…