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Why violent Buddhist extremists are targeting Muslims in Sri Lanka

New clashes between Buddhist extremists and Muslims occurred in two different towns in Sri Lanka, Kandy and Ampara, in early 2018. Triggered in part by hate-filled posts...

Religion is not the only reason Rohingyas are being forced out...

Religion is not the only reason Rohingyas are being forced out of Myanmar Giuseppe Forino, University of Newcastle; Jason von Meding, University of Newcastle, and...

As Rohingyas flee Myanmar, India needs to drop religious criteria in...

As Rohingyas flee Myanmar, India needs to drop religious criteria in its refugee law Nafees Ahmad, South Asian University More than 90,000 Rohingyas, victims of...

Rohingya genocide: the world can’t help until Myanmar changes its ways...

Rohingya genocide: the world can't help until Myanmar changes its ways Ashraful Azad, University of Chittagong After two weeks of extreme violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state,...

Banishing refugees to a flood-prone island will not solve Bangladesh’s Rohingya...

Banishing refugees to a flood-prone island will not solve Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee crisis Ashraful Azad, University of Chittagong Hundreds of hard-line Buddhist monks in Myanmar protested...

Myanmar’s ‘Rohingya issue’ is a regional refugee crisis – ASEAN must...

Myanmar’s 'Rohingya issue' is a regional refugee crisis – ASEAN must intervene DB Subedi, University of New England In June 2012, communal riots between Myanmar’s Rohingya...

Aid ship to help Rohingyas arrives in Myanmar, greeted by protest

YANGON – A small group of protesters greeted a ship from Malaysia when it docked in Myanmar on Thursday carrying aid bound for the...

The ‘floating people’ of Myanmar: how Rohingya refugees reclaim their identity...

The 'floating people' of Myanmar: how Rohingya refugees reclaim their identity through art and song Farzana Kazi Fahmida, University Utara Malaysia The Moghs refer to...

Life in limbo: the Rohingya refugees trapped between Myanmar and Bangladesh

Life in limbo: the Rohingya refugees trapped between Myanmar and Bangladesh Ashraful Azad, University of Chittagong Violence against the Rohingyas, an ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar,...

Myanmar faces danger from IS militants, Malaysian police say

KUALA LUMPUR – Myanmar faces a growing danger of attacks by foreign supporters of Islamic State (IS) recruited from Southeast Asian networks in support...