Articles by Asian Correspondent
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Rohingya Abuses Probe Aims to ‘Obstruct International Justice’ and Protect Military
Asian Correspondent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Aug 2018
2 Aug 2018 – Burma’s (Myanmar) new four-member independent commission set up to investigate abuses against the Rohingya Muslim community is nothing more than a cover-up aimed at obstructing justice rather than holding perpetrators to account, rights groups say. “The process is discreet and lacks transparency, so we have no confidence in that. It’s neither independent nor impartial.”
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JS Tissainayagam – Asian Correspondent,
14 Sep 2015
8 Sep 2015 – AT the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva next week, the US is to sponsor a resolution on war crimes in Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Colombo government. This is despite wide recognition that Sri Lankan leaders are implicated in these war crimes.
→ read full articleInternational Crisis Group Makes a Mockery of ‘Peace’ in Burma
Francis Wade, Asian Correspondent – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Apr 2013
At a glitzy dinner tonight [22 Apr 2013] in New York, where the cover charge for a table can reach heady six figure sums, Burma’s President Thein Sein will be honoured with the International Crisis Group’s top peace award. Across the pond he will receive additional applause from the EU in the form of a termination of all sanctions on Burma, except for its arms embargo.
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