The Unsettling Resettlement of Bhutan’s Refugees
Bhutanese refugees protesting before the UN office in Kathmandu, Nepal, seeking repatriation.
As resettlement of refugees from Bhutan gains momentum and the UK becomes the eighth country to take them in, leaders in exile wonder if repatriation is now a lost cause, Deepak Adhikari writes f...
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New Zealand braces for more destruction after quake
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand : New Zealand braced for more destruction Sunday as aftershocks rocked the region following the most devastating earthquake in decades and as a powerful storm approached.
Civil defence officials warned that the ongoing aftershocks of up to 5.4 magnitude and the...
Burmese petition India for release of freedom fighters
The Burmese community in New Delhi in a fervent appeal letter has urged India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Chief Minister of West Bengal to immediately release 34 Burmese freedom fighters languishing in a Kolkata jail.
Burmese and Indians in Kolkata come together to protest t...
Burmese Muslim Refugees Seeking Shelter and Survival
Back in Burma, if the police saw you with a Koran outside the house they would beat you and take it from you and burn it...
“We know you help Shan people Burma. Please help we. We Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.”This was an email I received nearly two years ...
Burmese Refugees in Malaysia Receive UN Registration
About 6,000 Burmese refugees in Malaysia including Burmese and Arakanese have been registered by the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), according to Burmese refugees in Malaysia.
Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Monday, Kyaw Kyaw Win, the general-secretary of Arakan Refugees...
Thousands flee as Indonesia volcano erupts
JAKARTA - A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years Sunday, spewing a vast cloud of smoke and ash into the air and sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes.
Indonesia issued a red alert after the Sinabung volcano erupted, blanketing th...
Regime Unveils Burma's First National Web Portal
The Burmese regime plans to launch the country's first ever national web portal in September, two months ahead of the election, according to sources close to Yatanarpon Teleport Co. Ltd. (YTP), based in the new Yatanarpon Cyber City in Pyin Oo Lwin Township.
The national web portal called “Y...