Asia
Rohingya Crisis: Red Cross Faced With ‘Real Challenge’
“The specificity of the situation is that only the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement is allowed to work in Rakhine State as humanitarian...
‘Say the Word’: What the Rohingya Struggle is Really About
By stripping the Rohingya from any name affiliation that makes them a unique collective, it becomes possible, then, to deny them their rights, to...
Pope’s Rohingya Embrace Sparks Angry Backlash on Social Media in Myanmar
As Pope Francis arrived back at the Vatican, the pontiff said he had taken up the Rohingya cause in private in Myanmar, also describing...
Pope in Myanmar Preaches Forgiveness to A Nation Accused of Ethnic Cleansing
Some Rohingya expressed disappointment that Pope Francis did not draw direct attention to their suffering, being in Myanmar, as he had done in several appeals...
No Religious Discrimination Against Rohingya, Myanmar Army Chief Tells Pope
YANGON (Reuters) — Pope Francis held talks on Monday with Myanmar’s military chief at the start of a delicate visit to a majority-Buddhist country...