The toll of civilians who died at the hands of Myanmar’s military junta since it overthrew the country’s elected government 16 months ago reached 2,000 this week and is rising, according to a Thai-based activist group that has closely tracked deaths The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said the milestone of 2,000 deaths since
Members of the European Parliament on Thursday easily passed a resolution calling the Chinese government’s systemic human rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uyghur minority “crimes against humanity and a serious risk of genocide.” The EU condemned “in the strongest possible terms that the Uyghurs have been systematically oppressed by brutal measures including mass deportation,
Malaysia’s top diplomat has revealed he’s had contact with the Burmese shadow government, the first ASEAN country to acknowledge such an interaction, as activists lambasted the bloc on the anniversary of its failed five-point plan to restore democracy in Myanmar. Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah was responding Sunday to an open letter from a Southeast Asian
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks during a news conference at the European head office of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 9, 2020. Reuters ” We understood after the NLD came to power, that we have certain rights.” That liberty and human rights we had enjoyed for five years is
There is a shared belief that they can weather global sanctions and both governments are showing callous neglect for the economic crisis that they are causing their populations. Both have actually rapidly reversed over a decade of economic development. The junta in Myanmar oversaw an 18 percent contraction of the economy in 2021, and over
Military soldiers and pro-junta militia fighters contended least three civilians and burned down more than 500 homes in a morning raid on a town in Myanmars embattled Sagaing area Friday, requiring thousands to run away in what sources stated was an act of vengeance. The arson attack in Hna Ma Sar Yit village was the
The World Banks economic sector lending arm provided nearly half a billion dollars to 4 Chinese companies accused of using Uyghur forced labor in Chinas far-western Xinjiang area, according to an investigative report released Thursday. The International Financial Corporation (IFC) has a number of investments in the region, where mainly Muslim Uyghurs and other Turkic
Massive clean-up operation. In the consequences of the crackdown, a short article titled “Lets discover the terrorist mask of East Turkistan terrorists” released by Chinas main Xinhua news firm called the demonstrators, “insurgents.”. Following the event, the Chinese government used the demonstration as a pretext to perform a year-long massive “clean-up operation” throughout Xinjiang under
