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By David Palumbo-Liu | Published by Jacobin on June 6, 2018 Rohingyas in Burma are now one of most persecuted peoples in the world. What they’re experiencing can only be called genocide. Although global media outlets like the Economist have made the case that the Rohingya of Burma are the “most persecuted people in the world” for several years at this point, their plight has yet to fully register around the world. Besides the fact that the genocide involves a poverty-stricken and stateless ethnic people with no political voice, the world’s lack of knowledge about the Rohingya also stems from the fact

Myanmar gov’t rejects UN Rakhine investigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRGbl89O_d4

Published by Radio France International on June 5, 2018 Bangladesh has until next Monday, June 11th, to submit written observations to the International Criminal Court on the circumstances surrounding the presence of Rohingyas in the country. The ICC put this request to Bangladesh, after its prosecutor, asked judges to rule on whether the ICC has jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of Rohingya muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh. There are now around 1.1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The largest influx came in August last year when thousands of Rohingyas fled Rakine state following a military crackdown & civil violence against

Published by Radio France International on June 5, 2018 Delegates from across the world met at the French National Assembly in Paris to  discuss solutions for the one million Rohingyas who fled Myanmar and are now refugees in neighbouring Bangladesh. Activists, academics, lawyers and politicians examined different ways to address the Rohingya crisis. RFI’s Zeenat Hansrod (Twitter @zxnt) sat down with Professor Chowdhury Abrar from Bangladesh.

By Armelle CHARRIER | Published by France 24 on June 4, 2018 L’avocate iranienne Shirin Ebadi, prix Nobel de la paix en 2003, revient sur l’évolution de la société iranienne. Selon elle, ce sont les jeunes qui peuvent “apporter un avenir plus radieux à l’Iran, alors que le peuple aspire à la réforme” et les femmes jouent un rôle moteur dans le changement. La militante des droits de l’Homme, qui vit en exil à Londres depuis dix ans, s’exprime également sur le bras de fer engagé par Donald Trump avec Téhéran autour de l’accord sur le nucléaire iranien.

Read the news in Burmese language here:  https://burmese.voanews.com/a/rohingya-issue-franch-and-bangladesh-discuss-/4422174.html

By Nadia MASSIH | Published by France 24 on May 31, 2018 We speak to Maung Zarni, a human rights campaigner, academic and co-author of “The Slow-Burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya”. He joins us on set a week after Amnesty International published a report detailing a massacre carried out by Rohingya militants last August in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where nearly 100 Hindus were killed. Zarni vocally criticises Amnesty, saying the report whips up anti-Rohingya sentiment, not just in Myanmar but across Southeast Asia.

In Multi Language Versions: Arabic | Turkish | French | Spanish | Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian | Indonesian | Kurdish-Kurmanchi | Albanian | Russian | By Sena Guler | Published by Anadolu Agency on May 31, 2018 Shirin Ebadi reminds de facto leader of Myanmar the moral and legal responsibility of Rohingya genocide ANKARA — Iranian human rights advocate and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday called for a trial in an international court for Myanmar’s de facto leader and military generals. Ebadi said in a statement: “I wish that Aung San Suu Kyi, as the leader of the party in power, and the Myanmar generals

  “I want @ARSA_Official to be tried at ICC for the crimes against humanity, if in fact they were proven guilty, just as I want Myanmar Generals and their accomplice Aung San Suu Kyi tried at ICC.” @drzarni said. Full version here: https://t.co/w5KQKUSL8u pic.twitter.com/2HYrumT6MH — Ro Nay San Lwin (@nslwin) May 29, 2018 “Amnesty’s 22 May report on Myanmar only deepens anti-#Muslim fear and hatred. #Amnesty produced the evidence that is extremely underwhelming” (as to support its claim that #ARSA slaughtered Hindu villagers). — @drzarni #Rohingya #MyanmarGenocide pic.twitter.com/eToySZrYcr — Ro Nay San Lwin (@nslwin) May 29, 2018 #Amnesty accuses valid