Following the violent expulsion of some 400,000 Rohingya in Myanmar in the course of three weeks (now more than 500,000), Refugees International (RI) President Eric Schwartz and Senior Advocate for Human Rights Daniel Sullivan traveled to Bangladesh to assess the situation and bear witness. This policy brief is based on that mission, which involved interviews…
Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar: Refugees International Calls for Presidential Envoy and Sanctions on Myanmar’s Military
The Myanmar military has executed a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people of Rakhine State, a new Refugees International policy brief concludes.
Myanmar: Global Appeal for UN Action
We, a global coalition of 88 civil society organizations, urgently call upon UN member states to take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya population.
USA Today: Aung San Suu Kyi, Understand This: Ethnic Cleansing is Going on in Your Myanmar
Why are the Rohingya fleeing in such numbers to Bangladesh? Ask any of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya whose villages have been burned.
Testimony by Daniel Sullivan on Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar
Refugees International’s Daniel Sullivan testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific on “Burma’s Brutal Campaign Against the Rohingya.”
President Trump Must Address Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes against Humanity in Myanmar
During his upcoming address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump must demand strong measures to end the ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity being perpetrated by the Myanmar military against the Rohingya people.
Bearing Witness to the Rohingya Crisis
Over a three decade career, I’ve been on dozens of humanitarian and human rights missions, but I don’t remember choking up on any of them — until this current trip to Bangladesh.
Sounding the Alarm on the Rohingya Crisis
What I am about to write is staggering: it is estimated by the United Nations and others that, over the past several weeks, the government of Myanmar and its military have driven nearly 300,000 Rohingya from their homes and out of Myanmar (also known as Burma).
World Leaders Must Act on Rohingya Crisis
Refugees International is outraged by the deplorable actions of the Myanmar military over the past several days.
Refugees International Deeply Alarmed by Violence in Myanmar
Refugees International (RI) is deeply alarmed by the recent violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and the dire consequences for innocent civilians.