What you Need to Know: Week of 6/29/15
Burma Responses have begun to the last week’s Parliamentary defeat of legislation that would remove what is effectively a military veto. Ethnic armed groups said the decision further damaged trust… Read more…
Burma Responses have begun to the last week’s Parliamentary defeat of legislation that would remove what is effectively a military veto. Ethnic armed groups said the decision further damaged trust… Read more…
Looking for an interesting genocide movie to watch this summer? Don’t worry, STAND has got you covered! We reached out to STAND members and alumni to figure out the best… Read more…
Burma Burma deported 37 Rohingya to Bangladesh. The people were found by the Burmese navy on a boat in the Bay of Bengal in May in an attempt to migrate…. Read more…
Looking for good mass atrocity books to read this summer? STAND’s got you covered. We reached out to current and past members to get their recommendations. This blog post doesn’t… Read more…
Burma The flow of Rohingya refugees has slowed since its peak a few weeks ago, but the problems still remain. Large numbers of Rohingya refugees, often transported in boats by… Read more…
Briefly, it seemed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who oversaw an estimated 300,000 deaths in Darfur, would finally face justice. Although it had initially looked as though al-Bashir would travel to… Read more…
Burma Sixteen Burmese soldiers were killed and over 100 wounded during fighting between the Burmese Army and the Kokang rebels of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). The fighting… Read more…
US Anti-Genocide Movement STAND Merges with the Aegis Trust for Genocide Prevention STAND, the US-based student movement to end mass atrocities, is merging with the Aegis Trust as the US… Read more…
Burma The Burmese government has signed a draft ceasefire agreement with the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT). The NCCT is a group representing 16 different armed groups in Burma and… Read more…
Burma Last week, a United Nations official claimed that Burma is showing signs that it is reversing its much-praised democratic reforms at an accelerating rate. In a report submitted to… Read more…