Conflict Update: April 2019

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Casey Bush

This week’s conflict update covers events of April 2019 in STAND’s key focus areas: Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Yemen, Burma, Syria, and the escalating… Read more…

Rohingya Refugees Face Harsh Policies in Bangladesh

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Mira Mehta

Beginning in August of 2017, the Rohingya people fled persecution from the government of Burma.  Unfortunately, the lives of the approximately 900,000 Rohingya refugees who settled in neighboring Bangladesh have… Read more…

Conflict Update: March 2019

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Mac Hamilton

  This week’s conflict update covers events since the beginning of 2019 in STAND’s key focus areas: Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Yemen, Syria, Burma,… Read more…

The Pursuit of Truth in Burma

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Aisha Saleem

In December 2018, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) reported that there is compelling evidence that violence against the Rohingya crisis is genocidal in nature. The report condemns the… Read more…

Student Activists Celebrate Signing of Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act into Law

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Casey Bush

Last month, STAND activists celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Genocide Convention, the landmark treaty that defined genocide as an international crime and committed signatories to working to prevent genocide… Read more…

US Fails to Act in Wake of New Report on Atrocities in Burma

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Isabel Wolfer

The US government should develop a decisive and swift policy response as new findings emerge on Burma’s campaign against the Rohingya. On September 24, the US State Department released a… Read more…

STAND Statement on the Refugee Resettlement Cap

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Casey Bush

Today, world displacement levels are at an all-time high, with at least one person displaced for every 112 people around the world. With this as the reality, STAND is dismayed… Read more…

STAND Statement on Anniversary of Peak Violence Against Rohingya

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Casey Bush

One year ago today, the Burmese military intensified a systematic campaign of violence against the minority Rohingya population, killing 6,700 and causing over 723,000 refugees to flee to Bangladesh. We,… Read more…

Summer Conflict Update #2: July 12, 2018

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Charlotte Abin

STAND’s Summer Conflict Updates come to you from STAND’s summer interns in Washington, DC. Throughout the summer, Charlotte and Elizabeth will be providing you with bi-weekly updates on everything you… Read more…

Soccer for Peace: The World Cup you haven’t heard of (yet!)

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Casey Bush

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks… Read more…