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UN Envoy Investigates Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar’s Muslim Region
Photograph: EPA/NYUNT WIN
YANGON (DPA) UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee on Saturday visited the conflict zone in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State where...
As Rohingya Muslims Are Ethnically Cleansed, Obama Quietly Lifts Sanctions on Burma
As a “campaign of rape, killings and arson” proceeds, anti-Rohingya forces hail the election of Trump
Usaid Siddiqui | AlterNet
While the world remains distracted by President Elect...
Human Rights Watch Accuses Myanmar of ‘Whitewash’ As Govt Panel Denies Rohingya Persecution
A Rohingya abandoned house is seen at U Shey Kya village outside Maungdaw, in Rakhine state, Myanmar October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
YANGON (Reuters) Human...
Now China to London Train, Covering a Distance of 12,000 Kilometers in 18 Days, Becomes a Reality
The train will travel for 18 days over more than 7,500 miles (12,000 km) to reach Britain from China, Xinhua said. It will pass...
23 Nobel Laureates, Activists Flay Suu Kyi Over Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
MAY BULMAN | The Independent
More than a dozen Nobel laureates have criticised Burma’s de facto leader and fellow peace prize winner Aung San Suu...