Day: February 9, 2019

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honor to present at this first ever International Conference on Protection and Accountability in Burma. As you may know, I have just completed an 11 day visit to Thailand and Bangladesh. Today’s presentation will be based on my visit and the End of Mission Statement presented on 25 January 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is quite unfortunate that the human rights situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate and how many parts of the repressive architecture that existed under successive military governments remain. Instead of bringing about the democratic reforms that were promised, the

By Azad Essa | Published by Al Jazeera on February 9, 2019 A two-day international conference is urging collective and decisive action against Myanmar. New York City – The question of justice has dominated discussions at a New York conference on the persecution suffered by the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar. Panellists, including international legal experts, Rohingya refugees, members of the diaspora and human rights activists, packed the James Room of Bernard College at Columbia University on Friday and Saturday, calling on the international community to take collective and decisive action against the Myanmar government. The Rohingya minority in Myanmar, long considered the most

By Umar Farooq | Published by Anadolu Agency on February 9, 2019 New York conference highlights Muslim minority’s predicament, calls on world to pressure Myanmar to stop attacks WASHINGTON — Fear, intimidation, repression and genocide. These are the words used by members of the Rohingya community to describe what is happening to them at the hands of Myanmar’s military forces. “Some may think that by leaving a repressive, genocidal regime, Rohingya will be free,” said Yasmin Ullah, a Rohingya activist.  “Fear and intimidation are part of everyday life in Arakan, or what is called Rakhine state today. Fear and intimidation

By Dildar Baykan | Published by Anadolu Agency on February 9, 2019 Generals who have run genocidal campaign must become international pariahs, says Gregory Stanton NEW YORK — Perpetrators of the Rohingya genocide should stand trial at an international court for their crimes against humanity, the founding president of non-governmental organization Genocide Watch said Friday.   “We created international tribunals to try the perpetrators of the Cambodian genocide, the Rwandan genocide and of other genocides, the ones in Bosnia, in East Timor and elsewhere. Now we have the International Criminal Court,” said Gregory Stanton, a research professor in genocide studies and prevention at