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Social media platforms remain dangerous Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Rohingya refugees cross the border for Myanmar into Bangladesh. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/58kwy In the wake of the insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 — and about five years too late — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media giants are finally beginning to acknowledge some degree of responsibility for the disinformation, radicalization, and violence they enable. Banning President Donald Trump, Q-Anon, and others is a mere figleaf, prompted only by fear of legal liability under US law, or a backlash by le...

Education crucial if Rohingya are to avoid ‘lost generation’ Dr. Azeem Ibrahim January 10, 2021 15:49 Noor and Aziz will be part of new educational content to support children and families affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis. (@sesamestreet) Short Url https://arab.news/pbe9e A heartwarming initiative from the creators of “Sesame Street” shows that the international community is finally beginning to understand how to effectively approach the perennial issue of education for refugees. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit that creates the early education TV show, has unveiled Aziz and Noor...

The UK should join the ICJ case against the Myanmar genocide Dr Azeem Ibrahim https://arab.news/zah3w The ongoing case on behalf of the Rohingya people at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Myanmar for genocide has been initiated and championed by the small nation of The Gambia and has broken new ground in international law for being the first case of its kind brought by one UN country against another. In truth, all signatories to the UN Genocide Convention have the ability, and indeed the moral responsibility, to prosecute the crime of genocide wherever it may ...

Moving refugees to Bashan Char is not a solution to Bangladesh’s Rohingya problem Dr. Azeem Ibrahim https://arab.news/ysmv5 Now that the government of Bangladesh seems finally to have recognized the fact that the Rohingya will be in the country for the long haul, it has started looking for long-term options for managing the huge refugee population. Authorities in Dhaka are correct that holding more than one million people in cramped conditions at Cox’s Bazaar is not a sustainable solution. But the authorities are wrong to believe that moving some of them to Bashan Char w...

Moving refugees to Bashan Char is not a solution to Bangladesh’s Rohingya problem Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Short Url https://arab.news/ysmv5 Now that the government of Bangladesh seems finally to have recognized the fact that the Rohingya will be in the country for the long haul, it has started looking for long-term options for managing the huge refugee population. Authorities in Dhaka are correct that holding more than one million people in cramped conditions at Cox’s Bazaar is not a sustainable solution. But the authorities are wrong to believe that moving some of them to Bashan Char will help...