Buddhist monk promotes venomous anti-Muslim hate speech

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Jessica Goldstein

Meet Ashin Wirathu, your everyday Buddhist monk who just so happens to be propagating anti-Muslim hate speech in Burma. Looks can be deceiving. Just like every run of the mill… Read more…

Burmese elections must offer hope for unrequited democracy

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Timmy Hirschel-Burns

On July 22nd, I attended an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on “Myanmar’s Ethnic, Communal, and Human Rights Challenges and the 2015 Elections.” The event was moderated… Read more…

Education Update Week 7/13

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Timmy Hirschel-Burns

Burma The National League for Democracy (NLD) has confirmed it will contest the upcoming elections despite their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, remaining banned from becoming President.  Suu Kyi said… Read more…

What you Need to Know: Week of 6/29/15

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Timmy Hirschel-Burns

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…

What You Need to Know: Week of 6/22/15

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Timmy Hirschel-Burns

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…

What You Need to Know: Week of 6/15/15

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Timmy Hirschel-Burns

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…

What You Need To Know: Week of 2/9/15

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Sam Reichman

Burma Nine soldiers from the Burmese Army and one from the Ta’and National Liberation Army or the TNLA] have died during clashes in Burma’s northern Shan State. The source of… Read more…

STAND Semester in Review

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Jake Ramirez

It’s been another long semester, and to those of you who thrived in finals (or maybe just survived), congratulations! The many successes within the genocide prevention movement this semester also… Read more…

What You Need To Know: Week of 11/16

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sam Reichman

What you need to know from the past week in Burma, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, and Nigeria. Burma US President Barack Obama made his second official visit to Burma… Read more…

Who are the Rohingya?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Alex Colley Hart

This week, President Obama set off for a much-anticipated trip to East Asia where he will engage regional leaders in four major meetings: the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in China (APEC),… Read more…