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More evidence of mass killings is emerging amid the Myanmar junta’s crackdown on pro-democracy rebels. Last weekend at least 35 civilians were murdered in Hpruso township, and their bodies burned. There is also evidence of at least 40 men being rounded up, tortured and killed in four incidents in June. These follow previous testimonies of human rights abuses as the military
A Bangladesh government plan to relocate some Rohingya refugees from the sprawling camps in Cox’s Bazar to purpose-built facilities on Bhasan Char island has worried human rights observers since it was announced. Now the Red Cross is echoing the concerns of activists after its own evaluation of the situation on the ground. Coming from an organization with a strict policy of
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Aung San Suu Kyi started 2021 as the democratically re-elected leader of Myanmar, and a pattern of successful elections in the country was beginning to take shape for the first time since the 1960s. Threatened by her popularity, and fearing the build-up of an irreversible democratic momentum in the country, the Myanmar military reasserted direct control over the government in
US and UK lawyers representing Rohingya refugees have launched lawsuits totalling $150 billion against Facebook, alleging the company failed to halt the spread of hate speech that led to the genocide in Myanmar. This could be a watershed moment for social media corporate accountability. In the West, we know Facebook allows and enables the proliferation of misinformation and