Suu Kyi tell U.N.’s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is “misleading”
Dec 11, 2019 – 13:14 By Shoon Lei Win Naing and Toby Sterling THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed […]
These Rohingya women were raped and had to watch their children being murdered – listen to their stories
The guilt of coming home to my own three- and five-year-old left me unable to sleep at night. Why should their lives be of more value to the world than […]
Satellite images show Myanmar’s ‘minimal preparations’ for Rohingya return: think-tank
Jul 24, 2019 – swissinfo.ch YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar has made “minimal” preparations for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees sheltering in neighbouring Bangladesh, according to […]
5 Quick Things Americans Can Do For Uyghurs Today
Source: Maslim Matters By Abu Ryan Dardir “I may die, but let it be known that my nation will continue their struggle so long the world continues to exist.” Kazakh […]
Facing the facts: Israel cannot escape ICC jurisdiction
Jun 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli military Sharon Afek and the US Department of Defence General Counsel Paul Ney shared a platform […]
U.N. genocide expert says Europe’s far right recalls rise of Nazis
MAY 1, 2019 By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Wednesday a new class of nationalist, far-right leaders in Europe […]
Six years after my dad was killed by a racist, I tried to understand how a Muslim genocide took place on Britain’s doorstep
The story of Srebrenica leaves me terrified that it would be so easy for some to ignore the kind of bigotry that has fostered hate on the streets of Britain […]
From the ashes of genocide, Islam rises in Rwanda
MÜCAHID DURMAZ A handful of Muslims took a stand during the hundred days of slaughter. Their stance inspired thousands of Rwandans to become Muslim in what was once called Africa’s most Catholic country. “I was a Catholic pastor before genocide,” Matabaro Sulaiman told TRT World on a chilly Thursday night […]
Whose History Matters? Students Can Name Columbus, But Most Have Never Heard of the Taíno People
Columbus’s treatment of the Taíno people meets the UN definition of genocide. But there has also been a curricular genocide — erasing the memory of the Taíno from our nation’s […]
The moral travesty of Israel seeking Arab, Iranian compensation
Ramzy Baroud January 14, 2019 The game is afoot. Israel, believe it or not, is demanding that seven Arab countries and Iran pay $250 billion in compensation for what it […]
‘We can’t go anywhere’ – Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’
Dec 6, 2018 http://www.swissinfo.ch By Thu Thu Aung and Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya […]
China commits a disgusting self-own while defending its crackdown on Muslims
Alex Lockie China’s state-run newspaper The Global Times tried to defend the country’s practice of mass detentions of its majority Muslim ethnic minority, the Uighurs. But it committed a […]
Thanksgiving Promotes Whitewashed History, So I Organized Truthsgiving Instead
By Christine Nobiss Courtesy of Christine Nobiss/Ducka Zo Yooxot Likipt, Cayuse In this op-ed, Christine Nobiss, MA (Religious Studies), Plains Cree/Saulteaux of the George Gordon First Nation and Decolonizer with […]
Istanbul conference calls for tribunal to judge Yemen ‘crimes’
By AFP – Nov 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES ISTANBUL — An Istanbul conference under the aegis of Nobel laureate Tawakkol Karman on Friday called for concrete measures to end the war […]
History books will be harsh on us for ignoring Yemen
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters The Independent Voices A woman carries her son Imran Faraj, 8 years old, who is suffering from malnutrition in Yemen ( Abdul Jabbar […]
That single line of blood: Nassir and Mohammed
Oct 09,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD As the frail body of 12-year-old Nassir Al Mosabeh fell to the ground on Friday, September 28, history was repeating itself in a most […]
Every time we witness genocide we say ‘never again’ – but human nature tells us something different
Holocaust expert Israel Charny’s new book makes uncomfortable reading, as he asks us to examine ‘a truth we haven’t faced fully enough’ Robert Fisk in Jerusalem @indyvoices The Independent Voices […]
A New Pakistan Government, a New Way to Persecute Ahmadis
Source: The Diplomat By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid The PTI government picked Atif Mian as an economic adviser — then dropped him once his faith became an issue. On Friday, the Pakistan […]
Myanmar generals had ‘genocidal intent’ against Rohingya, must face justice – U.N.
Reuters International This content was published on August 27, 2018 Rohingya refugees shout slogans as they take part in a protest at the Kutupalong refugee camp to mark the one year anniversary of their exodus in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain (reuters_tickers) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA […]
The Rohingya lists – refugees compile their own record of those killed in Myanmar
Reuters International This content was published on August 17, 2018 Mohib Bullah, a member of Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights, writes after collecting data about victims of […]