Sudanese journalist arrested in Saudi Arabia, faces deportation to Sudan As of February 2, 2016, Waleed al-Hussein al-Dood remains in Saudi custody, at the urging of Khartoum's National Intelligence and Security Services Eric Reeves 02 February 2016   New York, September 3, 2015--A Sudanese journalist has been detained for more than a month without charge in Saudi Arabia, according to news reports. Waleed al-Hussein al-Dood could face deportation

      Announcing the release of the Rohingya Calendar 2016, which seeks to shed light on the longstanding persecution of the Rohingya in Myanmar. Calendars are available for purchase on a donation basis to cover the cost of production and postage. Show your solidarity against injustice and help end the slow genocide of the Rohingya. Click here, to buy a Rohingya Calendar today.  

‘International Community Should Support the Ethnic People’: Former Political Prisoner – PART 2 Burma Link 3 November 2015 Copyright 2015 Burma Link Chit Min Lay was 24 years old when he was arrested at his home and taken to an interrogation centre, following his participation in the 1996 and 1998 student demonstrations. Chit Min Lay spent six months in Insein Prison waiting for a trial, every morning hoping that would be the day he’d be freed.

A Massive Catastrophe Looming in Darfur: Forcing Displaced Persons from Camps in Darfur is a Prelude to Camp Dismantling  Dr. Eric Reeves 5 January 2016 Recent statements from the Khartoum regime’s Second Vice-President, Hasabo Mohamed Abdelrahman, suggest that the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party is in fact moving more aggressively toward its long-announced plans to shut down and dismantle the camps for displaced persons in Darfur,

Turkey’s Campaign Against Kurdish Militants Takes Toll on Civilians New York Times 30 December 2015 By Ceylan Yeginsudec ISTANBUL — A major Turkish military operation to eradicate Kurdish militants in Turkey’s restive southeast has turned dozens of urban districts into bloody battlefields, displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians and shattering hopes of reviving peace as an old war reaches its deadliest level in two decades. Over the past

Syria and Russia Continue Coordinated Assault on Militants Anne Barnard, New York Times 8 October 2015   Image: A Syrian civil defense demining unit collected unexploded cluster bombs on Thursday that activists said had been fired a day earlier by Russian aircraft in Idlib Province. Credit - Khalil Ashawi/Reuters BEIRUT, Lebanon — In a second day of a coordinated air and ground assaults in Syria, Russian warplanes, Syrian troops and their

Taliban Attack Kills 30 at Pakistan Air Force Base Ismail Khan, New York Times 18 September 2015   Image: Copright AFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban militants shot and killed at least 30 people, including 16 people in a mosque, at an air force base near this city in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, military officials said, in the first major assault on a Pakistani military installation this year. At least 13 attackers dressed in paramilitary uniforms

Compassion for Refugees Isn’t Enough Nicholas Kristof, New York Times 10 September 2015   Image: Syrians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Douma, Syria. Credit Abd Doumany/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images   Bravo to Pope Francis, Angela Merkel and so many ordinary Germans and Austrians who have welcomed refugees into their lands. Kudos to those American politicians acknowledging that we should accept more Syrian refugees

A Cultural Awakening Leads to Abundance of Conflict Resolution Opportunities Buzz McClain, George Mason University News 1 September 2015 Image: School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution student Vanessa Cardenas is serving an internship at Genocide Watch in Arlington, Va. Photo by Alexis Glenn.   Growing up in the Manila suburb of Cainta Rizal in the Philippines, Vanessa Cardenas admits she was one of the lucky ones, living in gated communities

Leaders sign deal to end South Sudan’s civil war, but challenges loom Kevin Sieff, Washington Post 26 August 2015 Image: Rebel leader Riek Machar, center, shakes hands with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir after lengthy peace negotiations in Addis Ababa, Ethi­o­pia, on Aug. 17. (Mulugeta Ayene/AP)   NAIROBI — South Sudan’s president signed a peace deal Wednesday intended to end a 20-month-old civil war that has left thousands dead