The Rohingya genocide: ICJ ruling is a step toward justice and accountability on February 6, 2020The world was on the watch for the ruling from the UN top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on the Rohingya genocide case. The Court, based at the Hague, made its historicand unanimous decision (17-0)on January 23, 2019, and ordered the Myanmar government to “take all measures” to protect its Rohingya people, who […]
Is India creating its own Rohingyas? on January 14, 2020In recent weeks, India was rocked by massive protests and violence against the divisive citizenship law, which potentially may result in deporting 1.9 million Bengali-speaking Muslims from the north-eastern state of Assam. These Assamese Muslims, who forever have been treated as “foreigners”-are now disenfranchised, abandoned and stateless – and worst of all, considered “illegal” Bangladeshis […]