U.S. Government Puts Pakistan on Religious Freedom Watch List
In a press statement released last week, the State Department announced it has re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea,...
21st Century Wilberforce Initiative 11
Jan 9, 2018
ICC Jurisdiction and the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar
Over the past four months, Myanmar’s armed forces, officially known as the Tatmadaw, have driven over 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into...
Geoff Curfman | Just Security
Jan 9, 2018
Rohingyas need protection, not relocation to Bashan Char
My recent op-eds in The Daily Star on Rohingya repatriation and resettlement sparked many responses from readers in Bangladesh as well as...
Daily Star
Jan 7, 2018
Three years after Charlie tragedy, death still threatens “blaspheming” journalists
On the eve of the third anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the fact that dozens of...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jan 5, 2018
Disease Outbreaks Plague Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
At Balukhali refugee camp in Bangladesh, unclean water, cramped living quarters and squalid conditions create a prime environment for...
VOA (Voice of America)
Jan 3, 2018
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2018
It’s not all about Donald Trump. That’s a statement more easily written than believed, given the U.S. president’s erratic comportment on...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 2, 2018
Rohingya crisis: A postscript
THE year 2017 will be remembered for many reasons but the most significant of these is perhaps the Rohingya crisis. Because of its...
Daily Star
Jan 1, 2018
Rohingya Muslim refugees face fresh misery as Bangladesh welcome runs out
After a year that has seen them subjected to a brutal Burmese military crackdown described as “ethnic cleansing” by the UN and US,...
The Independent
Dec 31, 2017
Rohingya face uncertain future in Bangladesh
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar for camps in Bangladesh. AP Photo/Dar Yasin After facing international outrage and...
The National
Dec 24, 2017
No sign Rohingya will be allowed to return home
By Ester Htusan and Robin McDowell In this Sept. 14, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslim man Naseer Ud Din holds his infant son Abdul...
ABC 1
Dec 23, 2017
Pressed by lawmakers, US mulls more sanctions on Myanmar
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Friday the U.S. is considering further actions against those responsible for “ethnic cleansing” of...
Washington Post
Dec 22, 2017
Why Is Sri Lanka Defying the United Nations? Sri Lanka’s strategy of defiance, denial, and delay mig
Lately, Colombo has intensified its defiance of UN resolutions calling for investigations into war crimes committed during the latter...
The Diplomat
Dec 22, 2017
