YANGON: Human Rights Watch on Monday called for Myanmar to punish army and police commanders if they allowed troops to rape and sexually assault women and girls of the Rohingya Muslim minority. The New York-based campaign group said it had documented…
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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, reflect on your own complicity in the genocide of my fellow Rohingya people, instead of dismissing well-documented allegations of crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide as “exaggerations” and “fabrications” Myanmar State Counsellor…
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Those who are calling on Singapore to apologize to China can probably constitute Singapore’s very own ‘regressive left.’ These are the people who oppose the Govt at all costs and probably just want to watch the world (or at least…
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A journalist was fired from The Myanmar Times after she reported on military rape in Rakhine State. More staff might be fired; others have resigned/are considering resignation. See: http://frontiermyanmar.net/…/reporters-sacking-followed-moi… To publicly indicate their anger and dismay, The Myanmar Times editorial…
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If a report by the Sunday Times (7 June 2015) is any indication, the Singapore Cabinet is set to imbibe more ex-military men into its fold. The current Lee Hsien Loong Cabinet has 19 ministers. Out of these, six are…
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