In a newly-released video, two ex-soldiers from Myanmar confess to the mass killing and rape of Rohingya Muslims. It’s the first time anyone from Myanmar’s military acknowledged a campaign of violence targeting this people group, CNN reports.
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New Report Says Western Countries Are ‘Turning a Blind Eye’ to the Hatred and Violence Christians and Other Religious Minorities Are Facing
A comprehensive report by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need has blamed Western countries for “turning a blind eye” to the violence Christians and other faith minorities are facing.
Burma’s Beleaguered Baptists
They drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their homeland from 2016 to 2017. Now many of the same Burmese troops that purged southwest Myanmar have moved north to another beleaguered religious and ethnic minority: the Christian Kachin.
Canada Strips Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of Honorary Citizenship
Canada’s parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya crisis.
Myanmar Court Sentences Reuters Reporters to 7 Years in Jail
A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation that will add to outrage over the military’s human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims.
Nearly 4 Million People at Risk of Losing Indian Citizenship, Being Deported
Indian authorities have left the names of almost 4 million people off a controversial registry list in the northeast border state of Assam, effectively casting a shadow over their citizenship.
Raped Rohingya Females Deciding to Keep Their Babies Despite Social Stigma and Pressure to Abort Them
Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar were subjected to some of the most horrific human rights abuses last year. Still, hundreds of women and girls who were raped have decided to keep their babies, despite severe social stigma and pressure to abort them.
Kachin Christian Minority in Myanmar Fear New Genocidal Campaign by Burmese Military
A Sky News investigation has uncovered evidence that the Burmese military is targeting other ethnic minorities.
7,000 Kachin Christians Forced to Flee Their Homes in Myanmar as Violence Escalates
Almost 7,000 people belonging to the largely Christian minority group in Kachin, northern Myanmar, have fled their houses since fighting between the army and a rebel group flared up in early April, according to recent figures from the Red Cross.
Interfaith Coalition to End Genocide in Burma Brings Attention to Rohingya Crisis
Christian, Jewish and Muslim activists recently traveled to Bangladesh and spoke with dozens of the Rohingya Muslim refugees who were among the estimated 700,000 who fled genocidal violence committed by the Myanmar government last year and are now sharing the horrors that innocent families have […]
Washington Demands Independent Probe Into Massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
A Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar prompted a demand from Washington for a credible probe into the bloodshed there and calls for the release of two journalists who were arrested while working on the report.
