Hundreds of Thousands of 'Rohingya Children' at High Risk of Infantile-Mortality, Enslavement and Multiple Disabilities- Coercive Oppressions and Corpus Atrocities Bear the Hallmark of Hard 'Genocidal Clamp-down'-- 1st situation report on 'Rohingya Children Crisis,' by SAIRI Initiative  The International Community, UN and E.U.-U.S. Hierarchies Urgest to Take a 'Moral Stand' amidst the Worsening Situation -- SAIRI Post-doc Multiversity for the UN-MDGs

Francis: Burmese treatment of Rohingya minority a form of ‘war’ Joshua J. McElwee, National Catholic Reporter 07 Aug 2015 Image: About 400 people, including 40 monks, gathered to show their support for the anti-Rohingya campaign [EPA](27 May 2015 Al Jazeera) Vatican City-Pope Francis has again entered into controversial geopolitical territory, saying sharply Friday that Burmese treatment of its populous and persecuted Rohingya minority constitutes

Pakistan’s UN Representative condemns the international community’s shameful silence at the plight of Rohingya children in Myanmar Myanmar’s savagery toward desperate Rohingya exposed by Pakistani report. 13 Aug 2015   Image: The spokesman said Pakistan strongly believes that peaceful coexistence of all communities in Myanmar is essential to peace. - AFP/File (Dawn.com)   Pakistan has taken a leading role in criticizing the oppression

Burma Govt ‘Hampers’ Mandate of UN Rights Envoy Feliz Solomon, The Irrawaddy 07 August 2015 Image: Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma (Photo:JPaing/The Irrawaddy) RANGOON — The Burmese government has placed prohibitive limits on the mandate of UN rights envoy Yanghee Lee during her third official visit to the country, the special rapporteur told reporters on Friday at the tail end of a five-day fact finding mission.

Genocide Watch Alert: Burma/Myanmar   Genocide Watch is issuing a genocide alert on the continuing plight of the Rohingya in the Rakhine state of Western Myanmar. Myanmar, formerly Burma, is now embarking on a transition under the leadership of President Thein Sein after more than six decades of military rule. However, while the newly opened trade markets of the resource rich country have attracted scores of lucrative foreign direct investments,

Rohingya Children's Visual Stories of Why They Left Their Homes 03 August 2015    Genocide Watch Board Advisor, Dr. Nora Rowley, is a Human Rights Advocate/Activist for Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar/Burma. During her work at an  Internally Displaced People Camp in Myanmar, she asked the Rohingya children at the camp one simple question: "why did you leave your home?". Here are their powerful drawings.             

Rohingya Women Flee Violence Only to Be Sold Into Marriage Chris Buckley and Ellen Barry, New York Times 02 August 2015 Image: Ambiya Khatu, center, with her niece and mother, married a man in Malaysia who paid $1,050 for her release from smugglers. Credit Mauricio Lima for The New York Times GELUGOR, Malaysia — The young woman had been penned in a camp in the sweltering jungle of southern Thailand for two months when she was offered a deal.

The Myanmar Government’s Systematic Destruction of the Rohingya Dr. Nora Rowley 22 July 2015   Since 1962, the Burman Buddhist supremacist government of Myanmar has ruled with an exclusionary, authoritarian ideology. Rohingya of Rakhine State are excluded from citizenship and brutally persecuted because of their ethnicity. The government’s policies were described in 2000 as “Ethnic Cleansing” by the International Federation of Human

SAIRI Report Finds Over 178,000 Rohingya Children at High Risk of Multiple Disabilities and Enslavement Newswire 16 July 2015   Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. If you have any questions or comments about this page please contact pressreleases@worldnow.com. SOURCE SAIRI Post-doc Multiversity

A Mother’s Anguished Choice to Flee Myanmar and Leave One Child Behind Chris Buckley and Thomas Fuller, New York Times 5 July 2015   Image: Jubair, 13, was left behind when his mother and siblings fled Myanmar for Malaysia. “I didn’t know about it,” he said. “She could not find me. She could not tell me.” Credit Tomas Munita for The New York Times GELUGOR, MALAYSIA — Carrying one child in her arm, a second on her back and holding