Tag: Rohingya
New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others...
ANALYSIS: By Karen Scott, University of Canterbury
In 2023, the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order.
Russia, a...
RSF hails freedom for Myanmar journalists as investigative victory
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has praised the release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from a prison in...
Indonesian leader meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, vows support
By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...
NZ urgently needs to take more Rohingya refugees
OPINION: By Sharon Harvey and Sorowar Chowdhury
The plight of the Rohingya people has hit the international headlines again. Following the August clashes in Rakhine...
Josef Benedict: Rohingya crisis is a moment of truth for ASEAN
ANALYSIS: By Josef Benedict
Today, we are watching history repeat itself in Southeast Asia in the worst possible way.
Once again, the Myanmar military has launched...
Journalist faces defamation probe over Indonesia’s treatment of West Papua posting
By Mong Palatino of Global Voices
Indonesian police in East Java are investigating a veteran journalist for comparing former President Megawati Sukarnoputri to Myanmar's Aung...
Concern growing in Indonesia over Rohingya ‘genocide’ crisis
By Ryan Dagur and Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
There is rising concern in majority Muslim Indonesia that the treatment being meted out to ethnic...
Phil Robertson: Eroding human rights in Australian foreign policy
By Phil Robertson
The scene happens every day in capitals across south-east Asia: a strategy session in an ambassador’s ornate sitting room over coffee with...
Refugee advocates hopeful for better human rights with Suu Kyi’s win...
Report by Pacific Media Watch
Three Auckland-based refugee advocates have given a hopeful view of improved human rights in Burma following Aung San Suu Kyi's...
