Day: June 11, 2018

By Maung Zarni & Natalie Brinham | Published by Anadolu Agency on June 11, 2018 Newly-organized UN in Myanmar has shelved organization’s own governing principles of transparency and inclusivity, as evidenced by freshly-inked MOU with Myanmar – Maung Zarni is Coordinator for Strategic Affairs with the Free Rohingya Coalition (www.freerohingyacoalition.org). – Natalie Brinham is an Economic and Social Research Council PhD scholar at the Queen Mary University of London and co-author of “The Slow Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya” (Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, Spring 2014). CAMBRIDGE, UK –One million Rohingya survivors of the Myanmar genocide, who took refuge

Published by Broadcasting Board of Governors on June 11, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Radio Free Asia (RFA) aired its last original TV broadcast on the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) network on Myanmar’s MRTV channel this evening. The Myanmar government told DVB that it could not carry RFA’s programming if the word “Rohingya” continued to be used. As a policy, RFA does not accept interference by outside individuals, groups, or governments in making editorial decisions. RFA’s Burmese Service’s TV programming was available on the network since October 2017. RFA content and programming will continue to be available for its audience

By Jay Nordlinger | Published by National Review on June 11, 2018 Since October 2017, a network in Burma has been carrying programming from Radio Free Asia. RFA is an American news service. Now the Burmese government has told the network that it must stop carrying RFA programming, if RFA insists on using the word “Rohingya.” It does, so RFA programming will no longer be carried by the network. The Rohingyas, as you know, are the people from western Burma who have been persecuted in the most horrific ways. I wrote about it in February (here). Let me give a

By Erin Handley | Published by UCA News on June 11, 2018 Myanmar, Cambodia and Bangladesh plummet in annual global security and safety index Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Asia has become a less peaceful place, according to the 2018 Global Peace Index, with conditions in Cambodia and Myanmar deteriorating most in the region. The Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace ranks the safety and security of 163 countries, including the degree of their militarization and the impact of ongoing conflicts. Myanmar sank 15 places to 122nd in the world rankings due to ongoing violence against ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims, while