Lessons for Ukraine from the Rohingya crisis: even sympathetic communities can lose their enthusiasm for hosting refugees: Countries in Europe have opened their borders and homes to Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression. Of course, Ukrainians are far from the first group of refugees to need shelter and welcome from host countries. Refugees are vulnerable people who, …
South Africa in the news: Rohingya photography competition to announce winners in online event: Held over a period of four months, the Rohingya Photography Competition will end with a Facebook live program on December 5, where winners of the competition will be announced. Organized by the …: “South Africa” – BingNews Call for sex offender …
Myanmar’s election, the Rohingya crisis and the road to democracy: Five years after they voted in their first free and fair elections for quarter of a century, the people of Myanmar will go to the polls this November. A country with a troubled and violent history, Myanmar gained independence from the British in 1948. In …
Rohingya genocide case: why it will be hard for Myanmar to comply with ICJ’s orders: Myanmar was ordered to “take all measures within its power” to prevent any further acts of violence against the Rohingya in late January by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The court is considering a case brought by the Gambia …
Why the Gambia’s plea for the Rohingya matters for international justice: A protester supports the Rohingya outside the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, on 10 December 2019. EPA-EFE/Sem van der Wal In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This …
Silent pain: Rohingya rape survivors’ babies quietly emerge: In this Tuesday, June 26, 2018, photo, “A,” a 13-year old Rohingya Muslim girl who agreed to be identified by her first initial, peers from behind a partition in her family's shelter in Jamtoli refugee camp in Bangladesh. Two months earlier, soldiers had broken into her home …
Eyewitness: the Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi’s whitewash: It was a bright autumn morning, and I had just dropped off my two children at nursery and was scrolling through Twitter, when I spotted a video of another mother’s two children. The youngest was a one-year-old boy, the same age as my own youngest; …