Rohingya
latest news & developments
G20, endorse a tax on the world’s ultra-rich to feed the world’s starving
A 0.3% tax would generate enough to secure life’s necessities for many tens of millions of the world’s most vulnerable
O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide
Why the Gambia’s plea for the Rohingya matters for international justice
In early December, the International Court of Justice heard arguments filed by the Gambia against Myanmar for violations of the Genocide Convention. This included a request for…
Myanmar grants jailed Reuters journalists amnesty
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were mobbed by media as they stepped out of Yangon’s notorious Insein prison after their lengthy detention
Messages of support for Myanmar Reuters reporters as they mark year in jail
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested in Yangon on December 12 and handed seven-year jail sentences under a state secrets law
Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour
The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009
Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal
Lawyers for two Myanmar Reuters journalists have filed an appeal against their seven-year jail sentence
In the name of Mandela, ‘we cannot accept injustice’
Amnesty International calls on leaders to deal with the human rights crises around the world
The Myanmar generals accused of ‘genocide’
A UN probe is calling for six members of Myanmar’s military to be investigated for ‘genocide’ against the Rohingya
Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reporters
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were each imprisoned for seven years last week for breaching the country’s hardline Official Secrets Act
Myanmar rejects ICC ruling to probe Rohingya deportations
Following the International Criminal Court’s unprecedented ruling, Myanmar says it has no obligation to respect it
Reuters reporters jailed for seven years in Myanmar ‘state secrets’ case
The case has sparked an outcry among the international community as an attempt to muzzle reporting on the crackdown by Myanmar’s security forces
White people must own their complicity
‘Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa dwell in my mind as I try to understand our histories, our now and our possible futures’
Catalogue of abuse: Seeking justice for the Rohingya
Different teams of investigators in the world’s biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh have been quietly documenting the events of 2017
Reuters reporters to face Myanmar trial for ‘breaking’ secrecy law
Two Reuters reporters accused of breaking Myanmar’s draconian secrecy law during reporting of a Rohingya massacre must face trial, a judge said Monday