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Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim is the Director of Special Initiatives at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington D.C. and author of “The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Genocide” (Hurst, 2017). Twitter: @AzeemIbrahim
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US has no good reason to stall on Rohingya genocide label
Perhaps the two most egregious human rights crises currently unfolding in the world are the situations of the Uighurs in China and the Rohingya in Myanmar. The US has declared a genocide in the case of the Uighurs. It has so far resisted doing the same for the Rohingya. Why?
Myanmar terror tactics were perfected against Rohingya
More evidence of mass killings is emerging amid the Myanmar junta’s crackdown on pro-democracy rebels. Last weekend at least 35 civilians were murdered in Hpruso township, and their bodies burned.
New hope for Myanmar democracy — without Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi started 2021 as the democratically re-elected leader of Myanmar, and a pattern of successful elections in the country was beginning to take shape for the first time since the 1960s.
Rohingya case against Facebook a watershed moment
US and UK lawyers representing Rohingya refugees have launched lawsuits totalling $150 billion against Facebook, alleging the company failed to halt the spread of hate speech that led to the genocide in Myanmar. This could be a watershed moment for social media corporate accountability.
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