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Already accused of war crimes, Russia’s acts raise the question of whether it has crossed the line into genocide, even as Capitol Hill is reluctant to use the word.
The Rohingya have been oppressed for decades by their own country, Myanmar, where successive governments have violated their rights to identity, nationality, and security through systemic discrimination, violence, and repression. Myanmar’s military, which again seized power from a temporary civilian government in a February 2021 coup, continues to commit atrocities against the
Following earlier reports that the authorities of Bangladesh were closing down Rohingya-run community schools in the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Rohingyas are now facing further curbs on access to education, as well as increased controls on movement within the camps and on ad hoc economic activity. This leaves international observers increasingly worried about both the effects of
News is once again emerging from Myanmar of the army burning entire villages — totaling hundreds of houses — to the ground in its continued quixotic efforts to suppress the pro-democracy movement in the country that has risen in opposition to last year’s coup. In international law, this is a war crime. In Myanmar, this is a routine practice that the army has used against its
Myanmar’s military leadership last week confirmed that it will execute two pro-democracy activists after their appeals against their sentences were rejected. The military accuses the two men of being terrorists responsible for the deaths of civilians in various bombing campaigns, though you will not find many people within Myanmar who accept that version of events. The revival