By Deborah Charles Twenty years ago I used to talk to Aung San Suu Kyi over a spotty telephone connection to Yangon from Bangkok, or in person when I managed to get into Myanmar and she was free to accept visitors in the house that served as her prison for 15 years....
State-sponsored attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya have created a humanitarian crisis and stoked worries of a prolonged insurgency that draws jihadists. A Rohingya woman arrives with her children at Kutupalong refugee camp after crossing from Myanmmar to the...
Acts of resistance can make a big difference, a human rights advocate says. And non-violent civil disobedience is more effective than armed militancy. Small acts of resistance can make a big difference. And non-violent civil disobedience is usually more effective than...
By Irena Grizelj We make up a huge share of the world’s population. Hundreds of millions of us live in war-torn countries. We are the world’s next leaders. But we, the world’s youth, are excluded from negotiations that decide our future, even as threats to our...
Two days before Myanmar’s general election, here are scenes from the streets of Yangon. By Irena Grizelj Two days before Myanmar’s general election, here are scenes from the streets of Yangon and some Burmese talking about the changes the country has...