Why Aung San Suu Kyi’s ‘Mandela Moment’ is a Victory for Myanmar’s Generals Maung Zarni, The Guardian 9 November 2015 With a constitution that safeguards its immense power and wealth, the military knows that, unlike in 1990, it doesn’t need a crackdown to keep its regime intact NLD supporters in Myanmar ‘experience another ephemeral wave of euphoria’. Copyright 2015 Zuma Wire/REX Shutterstock Though in exile 6,000 miles away from Myanmar,

  In Myanmar, a Wife’s Wrenching Decision Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times 04 January 2016   Image:  Jano Begum Credit: Nicholas Kristof/The New York Times   SITTWE, Myanmar — How much should you sacrifice to save your husband’s life?And how much hardship do you inflict on your son to rescue your husband? Those are the questions Jano Begum faced. Jano, 22, and her husband, Robi Alom, 30, are among the more than one million Muslims

Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner and Crimes Against Humanity Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times 09 January 2016   Image: Children near their homes in one of the concentration camps where Myanmar has locked away a Muslim minority called the Rohingya. Credit: Tomas Munita for The New York Times   SITTWE, Myanmar — SOON the world will witness a remarkable sight: a beloved Nobel Peace Prize winner presiding over 21st-century concentration

Thailand: Human Trafficking Case Obstructed, Chief Investigator in Hiding Thailand Should Reopen Inquiry into Human Trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshis Fortify Rights 9 December 2015   (Washington, D.C., December 9, 2015)—The chief investigator and key witness in a high-profile, mass criminal trial of alleged human traffickers in Thailand has left the country following threats against his life, Fortify Rights said today. High-ranking

Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner and Crimes Against Humanity Nicholas Kristof, New York Times 9 January 2016 SITTWE, Myanmar — SOON the world will witness a remarkable sight: a beloved Nobel Peace Prize winner presiding over 21st-century concentration camps. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, one of the world’s genuine heroes, won democracy for her country, culminating in historic elections in November that her party won in a landslide. As winner, Aung San

Exclusive: 'Strong evidence' of Genocide in Myanmar Al Jazeera 28 October 2015     Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has uncovered what amounts to "strong evidence" of a genocide coordinated by the Myanmar government against the Rohingya people, according to an assessment by Yale University Law School. The Lowenstein Clinic spent eight months assessing evidence from Myanmar, including documents and testimony provided by Al Jazeera and the

A half-hearted effort in Burma Editorial, Washington Post 28 August 2015   Image: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, fourth from left, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Suu Kyi will meet with Chinese leaders in Beijing this week to build ties with her country's giant neighbor, while China hopes to shore up its declining influence in the Southeast Asian

The Trafficking of Stateless Rohingya: A Problem of Organised Crime or State Crime? Natalie Brinham, London International Development Center 27 August 2015 Image: Mathias Eick, EU/ECHO, Rakhine State, Myanmar/Burma, September 2013   In 2013 Natalie Birnham met and interviewed a Rohingya survivor, named Jamal, in an above-shop office of a local CBO in Kuala Lumpur. He recounted his journey fleeing from Western Myanmar/Burma to Malaysia.  In

Rohingyas, the Victims of Sustained Genocidal Persecution for Nearly 40 Years Amine Tuna Ertürk, iHH iNSANi VE SOSYAL ARAŞTIRMALAR MERKEZi  14 August 2015     Image credit: Migrants pass food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter to others aboard a boat drifting in the Andaman sea(Christophe Archambault/AFP) - International Business Times   Interview with Dr Maung Zarni Grave atrocities Rohingya people are facing in Myanmar, also

OPINION: What’s holding up Burma’s nationwide ceasefire? Maung Zarni, DVB 12 August 2015   Image: In this file photo, Lt-Gen Myint Soe of Burma's Defense Ministry (r) shakes hands with Maj-Gen Gun Maw of the Kachin Independence Army during peace talks in Myitkyina, Kachin State in October 2013. (PHOTO: AP)   Last week, the ninth round of ceasefire negotiations between Burma’s quasi-civilian government and the negotiators representing