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Lexington Clipper Herald
March 24, 2018
Wah said she had the opportunity to go to school in the refugee camp and among the topics taught were the Burmese language and English. She didn't think English was useful so she didn't try to learn it. She didn't consider the United States or another English-speaking country as a possibility for her futureÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 23, 2018
The gravest danger today is that Burmese generals are waging war against democracy and America's interests by misleading the U.S. government and ... the people of 135 ethnic groups that worship different religions and speak different languages – all while laying claim to more than 80 percent of Burma'sÃâà...
Tricycle
March 16, 2018
At the Berlin Conference on Myanmar Genocide in late February, I had the chance to ask Burmese dissidents and Rohingya survivors about whether there were any reports of “righteous Burmese” similar to the celebrated “righteous gentiles” who resisted during the Holocaust. The Burmese people at theÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 15, 2018
Members of the Rohingya, Karen and Kachin ethnic minorities protest against human rights abuses in Myanmar, as Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burma State Counsellor receives the Freedom of London award in the Guildhall Old Library in the City of London on May 08, 2017 in London, England. Credit: BarcroftÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 11, 2018
Detailed satellite images published by Amnesty International on Monday appear to show new security infrastructure replacing homes burned when Burmese forces moved in to the northern Rakhine state in a brutal campaign of violence beginning last summer. About a quarter of a million Muslim RohingyaÃâà...
Daily Signal
March 2, 2018
Burma's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is essentially the head of state, received criticism from the international community for her limited statements and actions to defend the Rohingya. She is, however, in an unenviable political position due to the current Burmese Constitution, which continuesÃâà...
whotv.com
February 24, 2018
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Burma refugee community is feeling nervous after several members, including refugees who have become legal U.S. citizens ... Leaders in the Burma community like Pastor Gabriel Dar Lian says it's another hurdle, both logistically and emotionally, that his people, who haveÃâà...
Slate Magazine
December 31, 1999
“There's a responsibility of Facebook's moderators to recognize who is exploiting their social media tools to stoke violence that materializes in hate crimes and widespread systematic violence,” said Dun, but that's something that might best be handled by Burmese people who have a deeper understandingÃâà...