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LONDON: Four years have passed since Myanmar’s military crackdown drove more than 742,000 mostly women and children of the Rohingya minority over the border into Bangladesh — a mass displacement which UN investigators say amounts to genocide. Now, in the wake of the Feb. 1 coup, the Rohingya are again left wondering what lies in store for them. Myanmar's military, known as Tatmadaw, seized power in a bloodless coup on Monday, detaining Aung San Suu Kyi, the State Secretary; President Win Myint; and several other senior cabinet ministers just hours before parliament was due to reconvene f...
What Myanmar’s coup could mean for the Rohingya and other persecuted minorities Vox.com 2/2/2021 Jen Kirby © Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Rohingya refugees are relocated to the flood-prone island Bhashan Char in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on January 30, 2021. The Myanmar military overthrew its civilian government in a coup on Monday, ending the facade of democratic rule and creating an even more uncertain future for human rights in the country — especially the persecuted Rohingya and other ethnic minorities. The aftermath of the coup is still unfolding, but huma...
Parts unknown. i'm about to make a mad dash, one floor above me, to talk to tony bourdain. he's meeting the folks in our newsroom here in new york. he's hanging out, waiting for me. we'll ask him a bunch of questions including where he's going with this series, if there is anywhere in the world he wouldn't go, also his passion for writing, writing for hbo. he's a big music fan. we have some lightning round questions as well. paula deen, fatherhood, so while i'm dashing upstairs, take a look at this special preview of what is coming up sunday on parts unknown. anthony bourdain takes us inside m...