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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

Published by The Global New Light of Myanmar on June 10, 2018 Myanmar’s leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi sat down for her first one-on-one interview with NHK in 5 years. In the interview, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told NHK World correspondent Orie Sugimoto that deep-rooted communal sentiment in Rakhine State cannot be resolved overnight. Q: The Myanmar government has agreed to have UN Agencies assist with the repatriation process of the so-called Rohingya people in Rakhine State, and to set up an independent committee to investigate human rights violations. These actions have been long required by the refugees

Read in Multi Language: Indonesian | Arabic | Turkish By Fatih Hafiz Mehmet | Published by Anadolu Agency on June 9, 2018 Return of Rohingya refugees could potentially result in another round of mass killings: Maung Zarni and Natalie Brinham ANKARA –Rohingya survivors of the Myanmar genocide are demanding a UN security force to guarantee their safe return to their homelands, terming the new agreement signed between Myanmar and the UN as inadequate, experts tell Anadolu Agency. On June 6, the Myanmar government signed an agreement with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), allowing them to

By Ayhan Simsek | Published by Anadolu Agency on June 8, 2018 Political parties urge Myanmar authorities to end human rights violations, recognize civil and political rights of Rohingya BERLIN — The German parliament has called for an end to oppression and violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in a resolution adopted on Thursday night. The resolution, which earned overwhelming support by lawmakers, asked Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government to use its influence on Myanmar authorities to stop human right violations in the country and recognize the rights of Rohingya. “The Rohingya should be granted full civil and political rights, and the

Published by Deutscher Bundestag on June 7, 2018 a) Beratung der Beschlussempfehlung und des Berichts des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe (17. Ausschuss) zu dem Antrag der Fraktionen CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP und BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Die Gewaltexzesse gegen die Rohingya stoppen – Für die vollständige Anerkennung als gleichberechtigte Volksgruppe in Myanmar Drucksachen 19/1708, 19/2115 b) Beratung der Beschlussempfehlung und des Berichts des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe (17. Ausschuss) zu dem Antrag der Fraktion DIE LINKE. Staatenlosigkeit weltweit abschaffen – Für das Recht, Rechte zu haben Drucksachen 19/1688, 19/2583

By Tun Khin | Published by The Daily Star on June 7, 2018 Bangladesh’s ICC cooperation is crucial for Rohingya justice Since August last year, the world has witnessed how hundreds of thousands of desperate Rohingyas have fled across the border into Bangladesh, bringing with them tales of unimaginable horror. Many of these refugees are my friends and relatives. For the first time, the world has woken up to what we Rohingya have lived with for decades—Myanmar’s systematic and genocidal attempts to wipe us out as a people. Now we need the help of the world, and Bangladesh, to obtain