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 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
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
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
By Emanuel Stoakes Published by IRIN on July 4, 2017 Despite government promises to uphold human rights, sources tell IRIN military abuses continued in May Myanmar security forces allegedly raped as many as 13 women during “clearance” operations following an explosion in May that was
Published by Associated Press on July 4, 2017 YANGON, Myanmar — A mob in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State killed a member of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority and injured six others who were on a police-guarded trip Tuesday from the displacement camp where they live
Published by Carbonated.TV on July 3, 2017 If Myanmar has nothing to hide, why isn’t the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, allowing U.N. investigators to visit the country? When Myanmar transitioned from military rule to
Published by Reuters on June 12, 2017 A United Nations probe into alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar’s military against the minority Rohingya people last year would inflame ethnic tensions, the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday. Last month, the U.N.
Published by REDFLAG on March 20, 2017 The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, established in 1979, was set up to investigate violations of the rights of peoples. The tribunal convened at Queen Mary University in London in early March to hear evidence and testimony related to the
Stories of horror from Myanmar’s Rakhine State The UN’s Special Rapporteur to Myanmar tells CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout about horrific claims of indiscriminate killings and gang rapes against the Rohingya minority