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Before the 2021 coup in Myanmar, the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, was a willing part of a genocidal regime. Its leaders supported and defended the generals and the armed forces who terrorized the Rohingya minority and were responsible for a genocidal campaign against them. When atrocities by the army were reported by the international
Wartime and incidences of genocide bring many horrors and crimes. Many of them are predictable and, in an age of instantaneous news, sadly routine — and met with global indifference. But beneath the surface of conflicts, new depths of savagery can often lurk. And when they are found, they make chilling reading. Last month, Indian authorities opened an investigation into a
The military of Myanmar, the Tatmadaw, has long falsely insisted its genocidal actions against the Rohingya were provoked. The generals claim that the military operation that forced 800,000 Rohingya from their homes and from the country in 2017 was preceded by widespread and deadly attacks on military installations by guerrilla forces. Even at the time, analysts were shocked
British politics is in a chaotic state. Since the beginning of the year, the prime minister, Boris Johnson, has faced months of negative headlines, including a protracted investigation into parties held in Downing Street at the height of the pandemic. This week, a sexual abuse scandal involving a government whip precipitated something far greater. The prime minister has now
It is now almost eight years since the referendum on Scottish independence, which promised to settle the matter of Scotland’s relationship with the rest of the UK, and yet here we are talking about it again. Of course, the poll would have been the referendum to end all referendums — but only if the Scottish National Party had won. Because, despite the commitment in the SNP