Archives for 2018
Rohingya Crisis One Year One: Business As Usual For EU – OpEd
OpEd by Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK, in the Eurasia Review When Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, launched his military offensive against Rohingya civilians in August 2017, there was international outrage. One year on, the European Union (EU) has yet to implement a single practical sanction or other action to …
Rohingya crisis one year on: Business as usual for EU
By Mark Farmaner, Director of Burma Campaign UK When Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, launched his military offensive against Rohingya civilians in August 2017, there was international outrage. One year on, the European Union (EU) has yet to implement a single practical sanction or other action to hold Min Aung Hlaing to account …
One year on, a million Rohingya refugees still fear for their lives – Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma, writes in the Guardian: “The international community must urgently find a way to allow the Rohingya to rebuild their lives in safety and security.” On the UK’s lack of support for referring Burma to the International Criminal Court, she writes “The sad reality …
30 years since 1988 uprising – Time
30 years since massive, student-led uprisings threatened the military government and gave rise to the National League for Democracy, Time reports that the goals of 1988 are still far from being realised. “The NLD is not a government that is respecting human rights and the kind of freedoms that people were on the streets protesting for,” says …