Posts Tagged ‘rohingya’

Israel covers up role in Myanmar crimes against Rohingya

Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 27 September 2017 Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and other Myanmar officials visit arms maker Israel Aerospace Industries in September 2015. (via Facebook) Israel is attempting to bury information about its arms sales to the military regime in Myanmar, which the UN accuses of a “brutal” campaign against the country’s […]

israel refuses to stop arms sales to Myanmar despite Rohingya massacre

The Israeli regime will not put an end to its sale of ammunition to Myanmar in light of incontrovertible evidence and United Nations data that the Southeast Asian nation’s military has perpetrated various forms of atrocities, including systematic rape and expulsions, against Rohingya Muslims. English-language Haaretz daily newspaper reported that a group of human rights […]

UK COLUMN: Gearoid Ó Colmain discusses the Crisis in Myanmar and the Rohingya

International media coverage of Myanmar-Burma is steering world public opinion into a familiar cul-de-sac. This and more… UK Column News co-hosts Brian Gerrish and Mike Robinson are joined by special guest Gearoid Ó Colmain for a brilliant discussion regarding mainstream media’s misreporting of the current Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s northern Rakine State, and later with […]

Oil, Gas, Geopolitics Guide US Hand In Playing The Rohingya Crisis

YANGON, MYANMAR – (Analysis) In recent years, Myanmar (formerly Burma) has only rarely been in the news. The quiet treatment owed much to the assumption that the country’s fledgling democracy was in “good hands” once the U.S-backed 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi gained renewed political prominence after the 2015 elections and […]

Nearly 2,000 Dead In Myanmar Amid Military-Led Ethnic Cleansing Of Rohingya

The horrific ethnic cleansing and genocide being perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by military and paramilitary forces left at least 400 dead following the most recent attacks. The total number killed has been estimated to be nearly 2,000, with some Rohingya activists claiming an even higher death toll. Aung Su Kyi, a Nobel Prize […]

Rohingya Genocide – Links to Corporatism, Geopolitics & Wahhabism

By Chris Kanthan The humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is harrowing, with more than 150,000 Muslims having to flee the country in the recent months. The stories of persecution and ethnic cleansing are very troubling, although sporadic conflicts between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar have existed for many decades. While the mainstream media is […]

The Rohingya Crisis: Perception Management, Rumours, Reality and Ramifications

Right off the bat, killing innocent people is wrong, and everyone is justified for feeling outraged when they believe this is happening, as it plainly is in some cases in Myanmar’s coastal Rakhine State. The question, though, comes down to identifying who’s doing the killing and why, and whether the victims were intentionally targeted or “collateral damage,” be it from a military […]

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis and the Disconnect from Objectivity

Written by Gearoid Ó Colmain The article should be entitled: The Rakine State refugee crisis or the Burmese/Bengali refugee crisis. But readers will be more familiar with headings such as Rohingya refugee crisis or Rohingya genocide. Why is that? On the 25th of August a Saudi-backed terrorist group Arakanese Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA formerly Harakah Al Rakin) […]

UN chief urges Myanmar authorities to stop violence against Rohingya

Press TV- The United Nations chief has called on Myanmar’s authorities to halt the ongoing campaign against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described reports of Myanmar’s security forces attacking civilians as “completely unacceptable.” “I call on the Myanmar authorities to suspend military activities and violence and uphold the rule […]

UK protesters urge end to Myanmar’s ‘genocide’ of Rohingya

Press TV- Hundreds of activists have staged a rally in London to protests Myanmar’s ongoing crackdown of Rohingya Muslims, asking the government of UK Prime Minister Theresa may to take urgent action in order to end the “silent genocide.” Around 200 people gathered outside government offices at 10 Downing Street over the weekend, carrying banners […]

Plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya: Islamist extremists’ next rallying call?

By James Dorsey Protests condemning Myanmar’s (Burma’s) violence against the Rohingya are stirring deep-seated emotions across Muslim countries that could backfire on governments and fuel radicalisation. Thousands marched this week in Muslim cities across the globe, including Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Grozny demanding an end to what they termed genocide. Glaringly absent from the list were […]

US plans to expand military ties with Myanmar amid atrocities against Rohingya: Report

The United States is not likely to step in and stop an ethnic cleansing campaign against Myanmar’s downtrodden Rohingya Muslims because Washington is planning to expand military ties with the Southeast Asian country bordering China – a regional super power the US is trying to contain.  The US Senate will vote on a defense spending […]

Iran Urges Action Against Rohingya Genocide In Myanmar

Iranian Foreign Minister calls for swift action to end the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Mohammad Javad Zarif has chided the international community for remaining silent and allowing the violent repression of minority Rohingya Muslims by Buddhists in Myanmar. On Thursday he tweeted: “The international community has no excuse to allow the genocide of […]

Iran trying to address Rohingya Muslims’ problems: Spokesman

IRNA – Iran, through diplomatic channels, is trying its best to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, who have been victims of an ethnic cleansing in the southeastern Asian country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Friday. ‘We have contacted the Myanmar government via the Islamic Republic embassy in Thailand, which is accredited embassy to […]

Israel Arming Myanmar Amid Ongoing Massacre Of The Rohingya

Israel has continued to sell weapons to Myanmar as thousands of Rohingya refugees flee the military’s violent crackdown in the Rakhine state. The weapons sold to Myanmar include over 100 tanks, weapons and boats used to police the country’s border, according to human rights groups and Burmese officials. Israeli arms companies such as TAR Ideal […]

The Rohingya of Myanmar – Pawns in an Anglo-Chinese Proxy War Fought by Saudi Jihadists

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Iran urges Islamic world to unite for preserving rights of Rohingya Muslims

“Iran’s diplomatic body has always been concerned about the situation of Muslims across the world,” asserted Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesperson of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, “following up the condition of the oppressed Muslims of Myanmar is also in the agenda of Iran’s foreign Ministry.” The diplomat recounted that Iranian FM Zarif had […]

Suu-kyi slams misinformation about Rohingya and foreign-backed attempt to destabilize Myanmar

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Aung San Suu-Kyi, Myanmar’s State Councilor and de-facto head of State responded to UN-led calls for her government to end […]

Thirty thousand Rohingya Muslims are trapped in the mountains of Myanmar without access to water and food

Thirty thousand Rohingya Muslims are trapped in the mountains of Myanmar without access to water and food Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, displaced from their homes after the Myanmar army’s attacks on them, are trapped on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, while they are unable to meet their basic needs like water, food and health services. […]

israel arming Myanmar amid ongoing Rohingya crackdown

Israel has continued to sell weapons to Myanmar as thousands of Rohingya refugees flee the military’s violent crackdown in the Rakhine state. The weapons sold to Myanmar include over 100 tanks, weapons and boats used to police the country’s border, according to human rights groups and Burmese officials.  Israeli arms companies such as Tar Ideal […]

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