Myanmar Military Used Facebook to Incite Violence Against the Rohingya

Ilana Novick Oct 15, 2018 Ethnic cleansing against a minority group was helped by social media. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N. Report: Myanmar Generals Should Be Prosecuted for Genocide

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Aug 27, 2018 A fact-finding mission cites "human rights violations" that amount to "the gravest crimes under international law." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Six Dictators Who Divided Children From Parents

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 18, 2018 This monstrous practice has been characteristic of the biggest tyrants of the modern era. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Homeless Bangladeshis Brace for Floods

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Jun 13, 2018 As the monsoon season begins, the country is already experiencing some of the fastest-recorded sea level rises in the world, according to a report by the U.K.'s Environmental Justice Foundation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Human Rights Champion’ John McCain Silent on Efforts to End War Crimes in Yemen

Adam H. Johnson / Truthdig Mar 14, 2018 When will the senator acknowledge Saudi Arabia's abuses in the poorest country in the Arab world and act? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rohingya Genocide

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Politics

High-Profile Member Quits Panel on Rohingya Refugee Crisis

FOSTER KLUG / The Associated Press Jan 24, 2018 An upset Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico, calls the advisory body a “whitewash and a cheerleading operation” for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rohingya Who Fled Myanmar Facing Crisis in Asia

Vijay Prashad / AlterNet Jan 17, 2018 Some are languishing in overcrowded refugee camps, while others have been sold into slavery, according to U.N. officials. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Pope Meets Refugees and Says a Taboo Word: ‘Rohingya’

Nicole Winfield and Julhas Alam / The Associated Press Dec 1, 2017 In a Bangladesh meeting, Francis asks for forgiveness from a people being persecuted in Myanmar. In doing so he speaks the group's name, which he had been advised to avoid. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Myanmar Refugee Exodus Tops 500,000 as More Rohingya Flee

By Todd Pitman / AP Sep 29, 2017 Refugees have reported killings, rapes and indiscriminate attacks by security forces and Buddhist mobs, including monks. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Spain’s Suppression of the Catalonia Independence Movement Is Backfiring

Staff and Larry Gross / Truthdig Sep 24, 2017 The government's crackdown on secessionists in the coastal Spanish region is inspiring mass protests. This discovery and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Amnesty International: Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar ‘Irrefutable’

Emily Wells / Truthdig Sep 20, 2017 The campaign to push the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority, out of the country continues despite international condemnation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )