Asia
UN Security Council Deadlocked on Myanmar
Inability to reach consensus on joint statement comes as envoy warns hopes ‘waning’ for council action
Michael Gabriel Hernandez Â
WASHINGTON — The UN Security Council was...
China Counters Uighur Criticism with Explicit Attacks on Women Who Made Claims of Abuse
CHINA, under growing global pressure over its treatment of a Muslim minority in its far west, is mounting an unprecedented and aggressive campaign to...
UN Claims 18 Deaths in Myanmar’s Weekend Crackdown
This surely would be the highest single-day death toll of protesters since the military seized power on February 1.
KOLKATA — The UN Human Rights Office...
Myanmar: Exploiting Lessons Learnt in the Middle East
Burmese who in recent years used Twitter to attack and threaten Rohingya activists living in exile have apologised since the February coup, recognising that...
India Urged to Do More as Its Coast Guards Feed Stranded Rohingyas on High Seas
Full-fledged rescue operation should start sooner than later, or else many of them will die, says Bangkok-based Arakan Project
Subir Bhaumik
KOLKATA — Indian Coast Guards...