Citizenship

Myanmar Junta Strips Shadow Govt Citizenships

Myanmar's junta has revoked the citizenship of several members of an opposition government dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi's toppled administration, it said Saturday.Ousted lawmakers formed the "National Unity Government" (NUG) weeks after the military's power-grab last year, and have vowed to overturn the coup.The NUG has since been declared a "terrorist" organisation by the junta.Those stripped of citizenship include spokesman Sasa – who goes by one name – m

6 March 2022
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Rohingya fear new Trump US ban

A refugee from Myanmar's tyrannised Rohingya minority, Lila Mubarak embodies perfectly the "poor, huddled masses" welcomed to the United States (US) for more than a century by a bronze plaque at the foot of the Statue of Liberty.The 27-year-old beams as she recounts her difficult path to citizenship a few short years after fleeing persecution in her homeland to make a new life in America's third city, Chicago. "I'm so happy to be an American citizen beca

22 February 2020
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Bangladesh eyes new Rohingya repatriation attempt

Bangladesh and Myanmar are considering a fresh attempt next week to repatriate a few of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled a military crackdown two years ago, Dhaka officials said Friday.Some 740,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in August 2017 from a military offensive in Myanmar that the United Nations (UN) likened to ethnic cleansing, joining 200,000 already there.The two nations signed a repatriation deal later that year but virtually no Rohingya have volunteered to ret

17 August 2019
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UN: Myanmar Rohingya must return as citizens

Myanmar must grant citizenship to the Rohingya to allow hundreds of thousands of people from the Muslim minority to return to Rakhine state from where they were driven by an army campaign, the UN refugee chief said Thursday."These people cannot remain stateless because this statelessness exposes them to discrimination and abuse, as has been the case in the past," said Filippo Grandi, the UN high commission for refugees.More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled Rakhine since late August d

3 November 2017
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Suu Kyi's first visit to crisis-hit northern Rakhine

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived on her first visit to conflict-battered northern Rakhine State on Thursday, an official said, an unannounced trip to an area that has seen most of its Rohingya Muslim population forced out by an army campaign.Suu Kyi, a nobel laureate who leads Myanmar's pro-democracy party, has been hammered by the international community for failing to use her moral power to speak up in defence of the Rohingya.Some 600,000 of the stateless minority have fl

2 November 2017
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Is ASEAN doing enough to protect children?

Every child deserves a right to live a life without having to succumb to social exclusions. In spite of that, children in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region are still vulnerable with no proper protection to guide and lead them into a healthy self and societal development.

11 October 2017
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