Rohingya Still Face Atrocities in Myanmar
By Emily Thompson Myanmar’s Rohingya continue to be caught in severe danger as the escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000…
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Emergency Response Needed to Save Rohingya Lives
By Emily Thompson Rohingya Muslims are attempting to flee persecution in Myanmar as security forces have been accused of mass rape, killings and the burning…
Myanmar’s Citizens Hope for Freedom
By Emily Thompson Since the coup in Myanmar, the situation for the population has grown increasingly dire, with approximately one million people displaced within the…
Myanmar’s Persecuted Rohingya Minority Deserve Justice
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson For years, Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority suffered attacks from successive Myanmar governments, the country’s military and other authorities. In 2016, they…
$150B Lawsuit Filed Against Facebook for “its alleged role in the ethnic cleansing currently underway in Myanmar”
By B.N. Frank Facebook (now Meta), its owners, and its employees have been accused of all kinds of terrible things. Sadly, it’s not the first…
Myanmar, Libya, and Syria: Dangerous Parallels
By Brian Berletic When protesters in the streets of Myanmar began waving signs around in English demanding “R2P” or the “responsibility to protect,” the initial…
Myanmar Crisis Explained…
By Brian Berletic Myanmar’s military has seized power, detained Aung San Suu Kyi and has begun rounding up members of her National League for Democracy…
Myanmar Activist Poet Convicted for Protesting Against Internet Shutdown
By Mong Palatino A local Myanmar court has convicted poet and activist Maung Saungkha for violating the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law. Maung Saungkha,…
Longest Internet Disruption in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Sets Dangerous Precedent
By Mong Palatino On 21 June 2019, Myanmar authorities ordered the blocking of the internet in nine townships of Rakhine and Chin States in northern…