Tag: ethnic minorities
Letter by 30 cross-party MPs calls on Bolsonaro to cease his assault on Amazon, its people, and planet’s future, claims UK government complicit
[The Independent] “The UK government is complicit in Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s assault on the Amazon rainforest, a cross-party group of MPs have warned.”…
Myanmar: Rebel Karen commanders admit killing 25 people, agree to cooperate with international justice, while over 1,000 killed by security forces since military coup
[Al Jazeera, AP News] “Two senior commanders of the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) have admitted that security forces under…
Turkey’s new drone base on occupied Northern Cyprus threat to Mediterranean region, lifting embargo and arming Cyprus urged
[Kathimerini, The National Interest] “Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has grown increasingly aggressive. Whereas Turkey once occupied only Cyprus,…
‘It is a Nakba’: about the forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem
[Mondoweiss] “In a matter of just two weeks, six Palestinian families, numbering 27 people, will be thrown out of their…
Myanmar’s truce is over as ethnic armies unite against coup, restart attacks
[REUTERS] “More than 500 people have been killed by the military across Myanmar in protests against the coup, according to…
Eight countries attended Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day parade while military killed over 100 protesters
[REUTERS] “Myanmar security forces killed 114 people, including some children, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday, the…
Myanmar ethnic armed groups divided about military coup
[Myanmar Times] “The seven major ethnic armed groups that have yet to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) have kept…
China is building the ‘Southern Great Wall’, a 1,200-mile fence along its Myanmar border, in part to prevent dissidents from fleeing
[Newsweek] “China is in the process of building a barbed-wire wall along its 1,300-mile southern border with Myanmar to prevent illegal crossings, according…
Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger under house arrest for winning landmark Amazon pollution case against Chevron
[The Nation] “More than a quarter-century ago, Steven Donziger, a young American human rights lawyer, joined the legal effort to force…
Accusations against The Grayzone concerning Assad, Russia, Nicaragua, China, and Maduro
[Joshua Collins] “Enter Grayzone, a supposedly leftist crew of “journalists” with opaque financing and Russian support.” “This all-caps charge against…
Latest research: Rohingya death toll in Myanmar massacres up to 25,000
[The Daily Star] “An estimated 25,000 Rohingyas were murdered and 19,000 Rohingya women and adolescents raped during the military crackdown…
Amnesty International: Rohingya armed group ARSA massacred Hindus in Myanmar
[Amnesty International] “A Rohingya armed group [Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or ARSA] brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at…
International Court: Myanmar guilty of genocide against Kachin, Rohingya, other ethnic groups
[The Daily Star] “A seven-member panel [of the international Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal] announced the verdict yesterday after considering documentary and…
Myanmar: Rohingya armed group ARSA Linked to Pakistani Terrorists
[Asia Times] “While Myanmar’s emergent Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claims it’s like other ethnic armed groups fighting for self-determination…
China concerned over instability in Rakhine State, Myanmar
[The Irrawaddy] “Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacks on police stations on Aug. 25 left at least 59 of the…
WSJ: ‘Saudis back Rohingya militants against Burmese security forces’
[The Wall Street Journal] “Even as Burma has made dramatic progress toward democracy and pluralism, the military has waged a…
Assault on Burma’s Rohingya minority: ‘A Genocide in the Making’
[Foreign Policy] “Last fall, Burmese voters elected their first democratic government in half a century. That inspired hope that the…
Myanmar: Historic Aung San Suu Kyi election victory, ethnic conflicts remain to resolve
[Newsweek] “The resounding election victory of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party [in early November] surprised…
Myanmar: ‘God’s Army’ Twin Child Soldier Leaders briefly reunite
[The New York Times] “As children, the twins Johnny and Luther Htoo were bulletproof and invulnerable to land mines —…
Australia’s two-party system election campaigns: bashing Aborigines and refugees
[The Guardian] “The election campaign in Australia is being fought with the lives of men, women and children. Some drown, others…
Rare concession to public pressure: Myanmar halts Chinese-funded Myitsone Dam
[BBC] “In a rare concession, the Burmese government has suspended a long planned and highly controversial hydroelectric dam project in…
Renewed Ethnic Clashes in Myanmar Put Spotlight on China
[World Politics Review] “On June 9, deadly clashes broke out in northern Myanmar between the country’s army and the ethnic…
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi Free, Back in Politics, Ethnic Groups Optimistic
[NPR] “A day after regaining freedom from house arrest, the charismatic leader of Myanmar’s opposition, Aung San Suu Kyi, lost…
Soros Foundation-Supported Multi-Ethnic Website Focuses on Burma’s Elections
[Open Society Foundations] “Burma News International [*], a network of 11 ethnic media groups, has established a website to provide in-depth…
Following recent violence in China’s Xinjiang province, Al Qaeda tells Uyghurs to prepare for Jihad
[CNN] “A high-ranking al Qaeda leader has called on China’s minority Uyghurs to prepare for a holy war against the…
Ethnic Uyghurs riot in China’s Xinjiang province, death toll reaches 156
[The Guardian, REUTERS] “Ethnic violence in China’s restive Xinjiang province has left [at least 156] people dead and hundreds injured,…
Serbian President Milosevic’s secret police chief was death squad leader AND top CIA agent
[The Herald] “THE late President Milosevic’s secret police chief and organiser of Serb death squads during the genocidal ethnic cleansing…
Burmese army accused of war crimes against ethnic minorities
[BBC] “A report on Burma alleging mass murder and rape by soldiers is to form the basis of an appeal…
Myanmar: Ethnic rebels attack Yangon, 11 dead in 3 explosions
[China Daily] “Three explosions rocked Myanmar’s capital on Saturday, killing 11 people and wounding 162 others in the latest bombings…
In hard-line shift, Burma’s military junta ousted pro-democracy Prime Minister, himself a general
[BBC, China Daily] “Conservative elements in Burma’s military junta have ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and put him under house…