by MRN | Aug 15, 2013 | Middle East
‘Prosecuting military leaders using the principle of universal jurisdiction can be difficult but let it be a warning to the military leadership in Egypt who might today be contemplating using unlawful violence against Egyptian citizens that the principle is...
by MRN | Aug 13, 2013 | World
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...
by MRN | Jul 30, 2013 | MRN Views
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...
by MRN | Jan 1, 2013 | Archive 2012
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...