UN Calls for Investigation After Dozens Massacred in Myanmar

TRT World
27 Dec 2021

The United Nations is calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into the massacre of at least 35 people, including women and children, in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. The incident, that's reported to have taken place on December 24, came to the world's attention after photos taken by the Karen Human Rights Group showed bodies on the backs of trucks, burnt beyond recognition. While Myanmar's military stands accused of another mass killing, the country's state media is reporting that the army had shot and killed terrorists. International condemnations are in order, but are these enough to change the reality on the ground? 

 

Guests: 

 

Maung Zarni

 Adviser to Genocide Watch 

 

Nay San Lwin 

Co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition 

 

Htwe Htwe Thein 

Associate Professor at Curtin University 

 

 

Link: Here

Rohingya: “We would rather die now than be kept here forever"

TRT WORLD 

CJ Werleman
2020-08-26

The Rohingya are as far from home today as they were three years ago today when they were violently expelled from their homeland. 

Exactly three years ago today, Myanmar soldiers, accompanied by local Buddhist militias, launched a wave of attacks on Rohingya villages in the northwest corner of the southeast Asian country. More than a million Rohingya genocide survivors, most fled in the 2017 violence, find themselves dislocated in what has become a never-ending road to justice for the world’s most persecuted religious minority.

The Rohingya could be facing another catastrophe

TRT WORLD 

CJ Werleman
2020.04.29

 

Rohingya Muslims have been discarded by the international community and are at high risk for contracting Covid-19 in crowded living spaces.

The fate of more than one million Rohingya genocide survivors has never looked so grim in the three years since they fled their villages for the safety of the Bangladeshi border.

When summarising the plight of the Rohingya, "survivor" becomes the operative word, given their ongoing physical and psychological injuries, with most having witnessed their homes destroyed, mass killings, and their wives, mothers, and daughters raped, many whom were later burnt alive or hacked to death.

Myanmar on Trial: Will the Government enforce the ICJ's Ruling?

TRT WORLD
Jan 24, 2020

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Myanmar’s government must protect the Rohingya Muslim minority from acts of genocide. That was despite a robust defence from de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Once a human rights champion, the Nobel Peace Prize winner has seen her international reputation crumble, after she defended the very military that had locked her away for 15 years. Suu Kyi and her government reject the ruling, and condemn human rights groups for painting a distorted picture. 

Guests: 

• Maung Zarni Co-ordinator of Free Rohingya Coalition 
• Nyo Ohn Myint Former Member of Myanmar's National League for Democracy 
• Michael Becker Former Lawyer at International Court of Justice

Link :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJptpVDZ6o&fbclid=IwAR0XKuQCR4dfQUybLbGOT1KSrM4vrIXgGB0XJNAbACpjwVllaQAsLs2Ak0U

In Pictures: The perilous journey of Rohingyas in exile

TRT WORLD
26 August 2019

Thousands of Rohingya refugees joined a rally to mark the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar into Bangladesh, demanding that Myanmar grant them their citizenship and other rights before they return.

Aung San Suu Kyi and Viktor Orban discuss ‘Muslim population challenge’

TRT WORLD
06-06-2019

The Burmese politician and Nobel Peace Prize winner has been slammed for her silence amid Myanmar’s genocide of Rohingya Muslims, while Orban is a fierce critic of Islam and Muslim migration to Europe.

 

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has become a pariah in recent years over her lack of action and silence over Myanmar’s persecution of its mainly Muslim Rohingya minority.

Did International Pressure Force Myanmar to Release Two Reuters Journalists?

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo walked free after more than 500 days behind bars. The two Reuters journalists were investigating the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims during an army crackdown in Rakhine State. They were then arrested and sentenced to seven years in jail for violating the country’s Official Secrets Act. Their incarceration led to an international outcry. Did that pressure lead to their release?
Guests:
Nyo Ohn Myint
Former member of Myanmar's National League for Democracy

Ro Nay San Lwin
Coordinator of the Free Rohingya Coalition
Thomas Melia
Washington Director of PEN America


Link:https://www.trtworld.com/video/the-newsmakers/did-international-pressure-force-myanmar-to-release-two-reuters-journalists/5cd3cb37e0252f7cb05912de

A recent history of Facebook scandals

TRT WORLD
26th April 2019

The social media firm set aside $3bn to deal with an expected US Federal Trade Commission fine, which could eventually amount to $5bn. But the controversies have had little impact on the tech behemoth’s bottom line.

Facebook has set aside $3bn dollars in anticipation of a fine by the US Federal Trade Commission over concerns that it violated user privacy.

Why is Saudi Arabia deporting Rohingya refugees?

Saudi Arabia has long projected an image of itself as a defender of Muslims, that claim is increasingly being challenged as it now sends Rohingya refugees back to Bangladesh – a country they had fled.