Monthly Archives: July 2017
End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yangon, 21 July 2017 Thank you for the opportunity to address you again this evening. I would like to start by expressing my sympathies to Myanmar at the damage recently
Myanmar Muslim victims’ request Permanent People’s Tribunal to investigate the charges of Myanmar’s international crimes
7 July 2017 To, Dr Gianni Tognoni General Secretary Secretariat of the Permanent People’s Tribunal Rome, Italy Subject: Myanmar Muslim victims’ request for PPT to investigate the charges of Myanmar international crimes Dear Sir, Our group of Myanmar Muslim Human Rights Activists and our fellow
Myanmar’s Persecution of Rohingyas as a group is BOTH ethnic cleansing and a genocide. Here is why, and how
Why Myanmar’s persecution is BOTH ETHNIC CLEANSING AND AN ACT/PROCESS OF GENOCIDE By Dr Maung Zarni July 9, 2017 What we have been witnessing in Myanmar’s nearly 40-years of mistreatment – an understatement – parallels more with the Bosnian case (Srebrenica is only the
Widespread Hunger Amongst Rohingya Children Amidst Crackdown: WFP
By Simon Lewis Published by Reuters on July 6, 2017 The World Food Programme claims that more than 80,000 children might need malnutrition treatment where the Myanmar army cracked down on stateless Rohingyas. Yangon: More than 80,000 young children may need treatment for malnutrition in
Girl, 4, becomes face of suffering Rohingya children starving to death amid ‘ethnic cleansing’
By WITW STAFF Published by The New York Times – Women In The World. Five years after a genocidal wave of anti-Muslim violence forced more than 120,000 Rohingya Muslims into camps in the primarily Buddhist nation of Myanmar, the recently-elected government of Nobel Peace laureate
Food Security Assessment in the Northern Part of Rakhine State, Final Report, July 2017
Published by reliefweb on July 5, 2017 FOOD SECURITY: In line with the previous remote emergency assessments, the survey confirmed a worsening of the food security situation in already highly vulnerable areas after the October 2016 incidents and subsequent security operations. Nearly one third of
TRIBUNAL ON MYANMAR IN KUALA LUMPUR
TRIBUNAL ON MYANMAR IN KUALA LUMPUR Media Advisory 4 July 2017 The Rome-based Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) will hold the Concluding Session of its proceedings on the Rohingyas, the Kachins and other groups in Myanmar in Kuala Lumpur from the 18th to the 22nd of
UM to host tribunal on atrocities against Rohingya UM to host tribunal on atrocities against Rohingya
Published by Free Malaysia Today on July 4, 2017 By Ho Kit Yen Dr Chandra Muzaffar who is organising committee chairman for Tribunal on the Rohingyas says witnesses will be called to testify in court-like setting. PETALING JAYA: A tribunal that hopes to expose claims
People’s tribunal to highlight atrocities against the Rohingya, Kachins in Myanmar
Published by The Sun Daily on July 4, 2017 By Timothy Achariam PETALING JAYA: A peoples tribunal on the atrocities and state crimes against the Rohingya, Kachins and other ethnic minority groups in Myanmar will be held at Universiti Malaya in September. The opinion tribunal, the