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September 15, 2017 News Release

Burma: Military Torches Homes Near Border

New Satellite Images, Data Show 62 Destroyed Rohingya Villages

Smoke is seen rising from Burma’s Taung Pyo Let War village from across the border in Bangladesh.

September 13, 2017 News Release

1971 All Over Again

Helping the Rohingya is the Job of a Responsible World Nation

Rohingya refugees wait for food to be distributed by local organisations in Teknaf, Bangladesh on September 13, 2017.

September 12, 2017 Dispatches

Pakistan Should Back Rohingya Rights Abroad and at Home

Longtime Refugees from Burma Denied Citizenship, ID Cards

Rohingya immigrants living in Pakistan, react during an interview with Reuters at their residence in Arkanabad neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan September 7, 2017.

September 11, 2017 News Release

Burma: Ensure Aid Reaches Rohingya

UN, Donors Should Increase Assistance to Refugees in Bangladesh

September 11, 2017 Dispatches

Where is the World Bank While Burma is Burning?

Violence against Rohingya Risks Country’s Development

September 9, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Images Show Urban Destruction

450 Buildings Burned in Rohingya Neighborhoods

Map locating 450 buildings destroyed in August 2017 in a Rohingya neighborhood of Maungdaw town, Rakhine State, Burma.

September 8, 2017 News Release

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

September 6, 2017 Dispatches

Burma’s Rohingya Need the World’s Attention

UN Security Council Should Break Its Silence

Rohingya refugees walk on a muddy path as others travel on a boat after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 6, 2017.

September 6, 2017 Dispatches

Why Britain is Still Getting it Wrong on Burma

UK Government Should Stop Deferring to Aung San Suu Kyi

Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May greets the Burmese leader and State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in N10 Downing street in London, Britain 13 September 2016.

September 4, 2017 Dispatches

Watching Burma in Flames from Bangladesh

Rohingya Muslims Flee Burmese Army, Seek Aid Abroad

September 2, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Images Show Massive Fire Destruction

700 Buildings Destroyed in Single Muslim Village in Rakhine State

New satellite imagery obtained by Human Rights Watch shows the complete destruction of the village of Chein Khar Li

August 29, 2017 News Release

Burma: Satellite Data Indicate Burnings in Rakhine State

Protect Population, Investigate Abuses

August 7, 2017 News Release

Burma: National Commission Denies Atrocities

After ‘Inept Inquiry,’ Allow UN Fact-Finding Mission Unfettered Access

Vice President Myint Swe speaks at a press conference of the government commission’s final report on the Rakhine State investigation in Rangoon, Burma, August 6, 2017.

August 3, 2017 News Release

UN: Myanmar’s Threat to Block Fact-Finding Mission

Stand Up to Bullying Tactics of Visa Denial

August 2, 2017 Q & A

Q&A: United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar

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