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Devastating floods bring more hardship to Malaysia’s most vulnerable

Devastating floods bring more hardship to Malaysia’s most vulnerable

Banjir2014 - a gradual build-up of monsoon. Then the downpour on ancient terrain, raging water on developed land and sweeping onto areas torn by deforestation. The worst Malaysia flooding in decades, and certainly wi ...

Fear of “catastrophic violence” against Myanmar Muslims

Fear of “catastrophic violence” against Myanmar Muslims

The attitudes behind the deadly and systematic violence against Muslims in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar could, if left unchecked, lead to “mass atrocities,” Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) said in a ...

Rohingya Documentary: Stateless In Their Own Country
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Rohingya Documentary: Stateless In Their Own Country

To commemorate the one year anniversary of the first outbreak of violence in Arakan state, Myanmar in June 2012, Restless Beings held a special exclusive screening of a documentary- Stateless In Their Own Country. ...

The Siege of Kachin State
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The Siege of Kachin State

While the world is dropping sanctions against the military regime in Burma the Kachins are fending off a siege. Woman are raped and killed and thousands of children suffer. It appears as if the world is ignoring the ...

Where now for Burma’s Rohingya?
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Where now for Burma’s Rohingya?

Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks reports on the Rohingya refugees being pushed back from Bangladesh after fleeing persecution in Burma. ...

27 Villages Burned, 131 Relocated Overnight in Paniai, West Papua

27 Villages Burned, 131 Relocated Overnight in Paniai, West Papua

Thousands of people have reportedly fled in terror from a large area in Paniai, West Papua as a massive combined Police and military offensive attacked villages on December 13... ...

Forced Relocations & Human Rights Violations – Business As Usual in West Papua

Forced Relocations & Human Rights Violations – Business As Usual in West Papua

Disturbing reports have been provided to West Papua Media overnight showing the latest human rights violations by Indonesian police against civilians in West Papua. ...

Fearing Police Attacks, Residents flee into the Jungles of West Papua

Fearing Police Attacks, Residents flee into the Jungles of West Papua

About 110 residents of Berap-Genyem, Papua were forced to flee into the forest after the Police terrorized the village provoking a confrontation with Police ...

China’s Forbidden News: China Angry over Myitsone Dam
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China’s Forbidden News: China Angry over Myitsone Dam

A report by China's Forbidden News on the Chinese response to Myanmar president Thein Sein's decision to halt construction of the Myitsone mega-dam project... ...

The World’s Longest Ongoing Civil War
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The World’s Longest Ongoing Civil War

For more than 60 years, Karen rebels have been fighting a civil war against the government of Myanmar. ...

Iraq’s Abandoned Children
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Iraq’s Abandoned Children

Iraq is full of street kids; children with one or both parents killed, or some who have merely been abandoned. ...

Rio Tinto Questioned on Unethical Behavior in West Papua

Rio Tinto Questioned on Unethical Behavior in West Papua

Benny Wenda, a West Papuan independence leader, questions Rio Tinto regarding its conduct at the Grasberg Mine, in his home country. ...