Human Rights

By Benjamin Ward | (Human Rights Watch) | – – Jailed Human Rights Defenders Could Face up to 15 Years in Prison If it were a television script, any sensible producer would reject it as too far-fetched. Ten human rights defenders met on a small island in Istanbul for a training session on July 5. […]

Displaced and Refugees

Yemen: Is Saudi Coalition deliberately Blocking Aid and Fuel to Civilians?

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Human Rights Watch | – – Houthi-Saleh Obstruction also Heightens Crisis (Beirut) – The Saudi-led coalition’s restrictions on imports to Yemen have worsened the dire humanitarian situation of Yemeni civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The restrictions, in violation of international humanitarian law, have delayed and diverted fuel tankers, closed a critical port, and stopped […]

Buddhism

Can the West Help the Rohingya of Myanmar/ Burma?

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By Ludovica Marchi | (LSE: British Politics and Policy) | – – Violence in Myanmar has resulted in more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims leaving the country and seeking refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh.Ludovica Marchi argues that the EU should take advantage of its good relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to help ease […]

Displaced and Refugees

Too Little, Too Late: Trump dedicates Golf Trophy to Puerto Rico as he readies to Fly there

Juan Cole

Puerto Rico relief effort termed too slow and too small

Buddhism

Rohingya Genocide: Why isn’t the World Community Doing Something?

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By Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | – – The Rohingya of Myanmar are probably passing through the darkest time in their history, with the international community standing almost idle. While the Myanmar military and militant Buddhist monks are terrorizing this predominantly Muslim minority group and forcing them to mainly flee to neighboring Bangladesh, there […]

Displaced and Refugees

Trump’s Billionaire Cronies feed at Public Trough as he disses Puerto Rico

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s petulant tweet storm on Saturday accused Puerto Ricans of wanting everything done for them. He expressed these sentiments as his secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, was forced to resign for flying around on expensive government airplanes or charters, costing tax payers over […]

Displaced and Refugees

Rohingya crisis: this is what genocide looks like

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Burmese Buddhist persecution of Muslim minority Continues

Buddhism

As Muslims rally for the Rohingya, what About the Rest of Us?

Juan Cole

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | – – If only Muslims reach out to help the Rohingya, the international community will suffer another blow to its reputation. They were Muslims, and they were leaving the country in droves. Their homeland, a remote corner of a multiethnic country, had become a […]

Displaced and Refugees

Yemen’s Children Are Being Shelled While the World Sits Back

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Both Houthis and Saudi Coalition continue to disregard civilian life