Is the Burmese Military Keeping Rohingya Women As Sex Slaves?

Is the Burmese Military Keeping Rohingya Women As Sex Slaves?

Regiment 270’s military camp a few miles from Sittwe. Burma’s Muslims are still having a pretty awful time of it. Last year, the country’s Buddhist majority launched a series of attacks on the minority Rohingya Muslim population, supposedly because...
Egypt: Military Has Done It Again!

Egypt: Military Has Done It Again!

I remember watching the overthrow of the dictator Mubarak on international news channels with irrepressible excitement and hope. The waving Egyptian flags and timeless pictures depicting the celebrations taking place in Tahrir Square left me with a feeling of...

Forty Years of Heartbreak

Let the People of Diego Garcia Return to their Homeland Over a weekend of memorials, I was remembering a friend who died of a broken heart. Her death certificate may not say so, but she did. Aurélie Lisette Talate died last year at 70 of what members of her community...