Dozens of Muslim-majority countries are asking the UN’s International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute a 2017 massacre in Myanmar that killed an estimated 10,000 Rohingya Muslims.
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A case brought by the Gambia claims that Myanmar’s military committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
Equipped with rights, knowledge and skills, the global Rohingya diaspora is poised to be influential against the genocidal regime that seeks to erase their people.
The influential military is still in a position to veto reforms, making the repeal of repressive laws difficult.
Facing increasing international pressure, Myanmar’s one-time star leader is running out of time to show leadership on human rights and the Rohingya crisis.
From press freedom to ethnic cleansing, Myanmar seems to be slipping backwards faster than ever.
A new report recommends the UN Security Council refer members of the Myanmar military – and potentially some Rohingya forces – to the International Criminal Court.
When Aung San Suu Kyi led her party to victory in 2015, many hoped Myanmar’s worst days were behind them. But the government’s complicity in the Rohingya crisis has tarnished her reputation.
The way Bangladesh has taken in Rohingyas stands in stark contrast to Europe, which faced an influx of Syrian refugees in similar numbers. I saw how refugee camps were being run in an efficient manner.
China’s attitude towards Myanmar reflects a bigger strategy: to bolster its presence in Asia at the expense of the established American-led order.
There is a battle of Buddhisms taking place on the streets of Myanmar.
Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu embraces everything noble in Aristotelian virtue ethics and African philosophical systems alike.
All the signs were there when I was living in Myanmar at the rosiest moment in the transition to democracy.
A scholar analyzes the history of the Nobel Peace Prize to ask: What difference has it made?
A preoccupied US combined with India, China and Russia protecting their own interests created the perfect conditions for Myanmar to settle its Rohingya issue
The persecution of the Rohingya goes back to 1948, the year when Myanmar achieved independence from the British.
Once a beacon of democratic hope, Myanmar’s ‘civilian’ government is showing its true nature.
The campaign against Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya is so extreme and violent with the intent of eliminating them from the country that it meets the criteria for genocide.
Long regarded as something approaching a saint, Myanmar’s de facto head of state appears to be running out of moral capital.
From stubborn military rule to religious ‘mobocracy’, five young democracies show signs of slipping backwards.
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