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…
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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…
International Women’s Day with Rohingya survivors: Sisterhood and the Power of Information
I had the privilege of meeting some extraordinary women over the course of this past week in Cox’s Bazar. There…
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…
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…