Myanmar
UN Rights Chief condemns wholesale repression of human rights in Myanmar
January 29, 2023
UN Rights Chief condemns wholesale repression of human rights in Myanmar
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is condemning the increasing brutality and wholesale repression of Myanmar’s military leaders to maintain their iron grip on power. United Nations rights chief Volker Türk says Myanmar has plunged ever deeper…
Human rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military over war crimes
January 25, 2023
Human rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military over war crimes
A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were committed in that country after their 2021 government…
Rohingya Refugees Are Departing for Southeast Asia in Increasing Numbers
January 6, 2023
Rohingya Refugees Are Departing for Southeast Asia in Increasing Numbers
Rohingya refugees are increasingly embarking upon hazardous journeys to Southeast Asia to escape the dangers of an uncertain life in the refugee camps of eastern Bangladesh, according to reports. In early December, around 150 such refugees were stranded at sea…
Dozens of Rohingya land in Indonesia after a month adrift at sea
December 26, 2022
Dozens of Rohingya land in Indonesia after a month adrift at sea
Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya refugees were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea, officials said on Sunday. The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh…