PODCAST: New evidence of systematic sexual violence committed against Rohingya people in Myanmar Mark Leon Goldberg February 9, 2017 Crimes against humanity are ongoing in Burma and they are being committed by the state against the Rohingya people. This is a minority community in Burma that has historically faced intense discrimination, but there was some degree of hope that as the c...
Can Kofi Annan Bring Peace to a Troubled Region? Mark Leon Goldberg August 24, 2016 The former Secretary General is taking on a new challenge: bringing peace and reconciliation to a desolate, troubled corner of South East Asia. Rakhine State in Myanmar is a conflict prone region in the western part of the country that has seen widespread a...
Myanmar’s Historic Elections Alanna Shaikh, MPH November 9, 2015 Myanmar held its freest elections ever yesterday. Thirty million people were eligible to vote for a slate that include 91 different parties, but the main contest was between the ruling military party, Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), and the Nati...
The Rohingya Boat Refugee Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg May 21, 2015 A dangerous game of human pingpong is underway in the Adaman Sea between Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim minority primarily from Myanmar, are adrift at sea. Until yesterday, no country was taking them in, and Navies w...
A Human Rights Catastrophe in Myanmar Mark Leon Goldberg November 13, 2014 As Obama visits Burma, we spotlight an ongoing human rights tragedy
Human Rights Concerns Loom Large as Obama Lands in Myanmar Kimberly Curtis November 12, 2014 Human rights abuses plague Burma's democratic transition
UN Rapporteur Takes Hard Line on Aid Agencies Expulsion from Burma Faine Greenwood April 11, 2014 Aid agencies may soon return
Will Investors Stop Burma’s Backslide? Faine Greenwood April 9, 2014 Aid workers are harassed for caring for ethnic minorities.
Myanmar Census Confronted by Ethnic and Racial Tensions Kimberly Curtis March 31, 2014 Myanmar started conducting its first national census in over 30 years.
