The Australian Government should immediately end military ties with Myanmar, Australia’s foremost international human rights and development organisations jointly said today. They called on the Australian government to impose targeted sanctions on military commanders responsible for atrocities committed against ethnic Rohingya, and to press for an international mechanism to assist future prosecutions. As Australia commences …
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Myanmar: United Nations’ report adds to mountain of evidence of atrocities against Rohingya, other ethnic minorities
A blistering report released by the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (FFM) today brought yet more damning evidence of the Myanmar security forces’ atrocity crimes against the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in northern Myanmar, Amnesty International said. The FFM – a body of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – …
UN: Myanmar Rohingya exodus exposes abject failure of world leaders to deliver solution to refugee crisis
More Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in the space of three weeks than the total number of refugees who fled by sea to Europe in 2016 Worldwide situation goes from bad to worse as rich countries fail to do their part in addressing the refugee crisis, leaving poorer countries to pick up the pieces …
This is the biggest challenge facing the next U.N. leader
Opening his last General Assembly debate on Sept. 20, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bemoaned the blocking of essential action in the Security Council that has marred his time in office: “Is it fair for any one country to wield such disproportionate power and hold the world hostage on so many important issues?” This will be …
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