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The Rohingya: One of the Most Persecuted Minorities in the World

February 15, 2017February 16, 2017 Ilana Lisann Bangladesh, burma, Ethnic cleansing, myanmar, persecution

History The Rohingya are a small Muslim group of about 1.1 million people living primarily in Myanmar (Burma until 1989). Though many of them have been living in Myanmar for generations, and some have settled in Myanmar in a region known as the Rakhine State, or Arakan, as early as the 15th century, they are not…

Myanmar and the Karen Conflict: the Longest Civil War You Have Never Heard Of

January 18, 2016October 14, 2016 Daniel Falcone burma, civil war, conflict resolution, Featured, human rights, myanmar, victims, violations, War Crimes

In a world where conflict arises from ethnic and religious differences, Myanmar is not often a name that is brought up, but perhaps represents one of the most complicated and longest cases of ongoing ethnic conflict in a country. Today, due to the internal ethnic conflict, it is estimated that almost one-and-a-half million people…