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A Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Story Ohn Taw Gyi South Camp © Maggie Chestney Myanmar has finally emerged from decades of military dictatorship. But its new democratic government has yet to confront the persecution of the country...

When U.S. President Barack Obama visited Burma, officially known as Myanmar, in November 2012, he found it abuzz with promise. Sanctions had been eased, political prisoners released and Rangoon hotels were teeming with foreign executives eager to harness...

May 30, 2015 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - As the plight of the Rohingya, driven from Myanmar into the sea, gains increasing international attention, the same familiar voices across the West have begun climbing upon their soapboxes and pointing fingers at...

From In Gaza This post stemmed from a comment made that DN should be covering the tragedy of the Rohingya and the complicity of Suu Kyi, as detailed in Tony Cartalucci’s “Who’s Driving the Rohingya into the Sea?“, excerpts of which I will paste at the...

source by : http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/pall-silence-around-myanmars-fictitious-democracy/ By Giacomo Tognini on 03:55 pm Jun 03, 2014 Category International, World Tags: myanmar asylum-seekers, rohingya muslims myanmar On March...