Tag: Myanmar
MYANMAR: Urgent global action needed to stop military’s assault on human...
1st February marks second anniversary of Myanmar’s brutal military regime. Nearly 3,000 people killed, 1.5 million internally...
Risk of forced labour in clothing industry rises due to pandemic
Deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic have increased the risk of forced...
Women refugees speak up in Rohingya Camps
Cox’s Bazar – In the giant Kutupalong refugee camp, Nesaro received a second visit from an IOM enumerator at her small,...
BANGLADESH: Aid distribution underway to 10,000 vulnerable Rohingya Muslims
Nearly 340,000 children ‘outcast and desperate’ in squalid camps
Global attention has focused on the plight of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from...
Charity hero receives prestigious award at the Palace of Westminster
“Exposure through the Asian Express has allowed me to raise thousands of pounds for a plethora of causes as well as inspire others.”
The man...
Leeds United FC urged to cancel tour in Myanmar
“This is a country where there is state-sponsored ethnic cleansing and genocide. It is not a place to play sport and it is not...
GSAL students raise over £3000 for Rohingya Muslims
Students in the Islamic Society at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) have teamed up in a fundraising effort to support Rohingyan people displaced...
From refugee kid to model: How one man’s harsh childhood in...
A young man who grew up in a refugee camp in Burma has set his sights on a career in the modelling industry and...
Heroes of Harehills: Local lads on a mission to raise £15,000...
“We are called Harehills community Aid for a reason because it’s an area which gets enough bad publicity and we want to help change...
‘Stop the slaughtering of Rohingya Mulsims’: Hundreds from all faiths turn...
Hundreds of people joined together in a dynamic show of solidarity at a peace demo held outside Leeds Art Gallery in support of the...
Rohingya Muslims – the world’s most persecuted minority
Over 2,600 houses burnt to the ground in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Myanmar
More than 2,600 houses have been burnt down...
Myanmar Rohingya massacre: Rohingya Muslim Child killings are ‘Crimes against humanity’
“What kind of hatred could make a man stab a baby crying out for his mother's milk?”
Muslim minorities around the world often face horrendous...
