June, 2015 | Simon Roughneen

Aid, Relief, Disasters Burma Culture & Religion Legal & Rights Malaysia Nikkei Asian Review Reporting from Malaysia

Life on the margins for Rohingya in Malaysia – Nikkei Asian Review

30 June 2015

KUALA LUMPUR -- Gulajan Binti Nur Hamad was only 9 years old when she saw her house set ablaze by rampaging Buddhist mobs. "There was fire and fighting," she said,…

Burma Politics & Government Reporting from Burma/Myanmar The Times

Aung San Suu Kyi’s dreams of presidency crushed by Burma’s military – The Times

26 June 2015

RANGOON - Aung San Suu Kyi’s chances of becoming president dimmed yesterday after she lost her struggle to break the dominance of Burma’s military establishment. Supporters of the democracy activist…

Burma Legal & Rights Nikkei Asian Review Politics & Government Reporting from Burma/Myanmar

NLD mulls poll boycott after army’s refusal to lift bar on Aung San Suu Kyi – Nikkei Asian Review

25 June 2015

YANGON -- Ahead of national elections due later this year, Myanmar's military-influenced parliament voted on Thursday to maintain the army's veto over key legislative changes and to keep a law…

Legal & Rights Malaysia Nikkei Asian Review Politics & Government Reporting from Malaysia

In Malaysia, wave of sedition cases on hold pending legal challenge – Nikkei Asian Review

23 June 2015

KUALA LUMPUR -- When Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sent to prison in February, controversially convicted on charges alleging sodomy with a political aide, the well-known cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar…

Culture & Religion Malaysia Nikkei Asian Review Politics & Government Reporting from Malaysia

Relief for Najib as Malasyia’s opposition coalition falls apart – Nikkei Asian Review

16 June 2015

KUALA LUMPUR - After months of internecine fighting that highlighted some of Malaysia's long-standing ethnic and religious divisions, the end for the three-party Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance) coalition came after…

Aid, Relief, Disasters Burma Legal & Rights Malaysia Nikkei Asian Review Politics & Government Thailand

Meeting fails to produce viable plan to aid refugees – Nikkei Asian Review

4 June 2015

BANGKOK - In Aceh on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sumatra Island, the refugees were in bad shape when they landed in early and mid-May after a long ordeal at…

Burma Legal & Rights Politics & Government The Edge Review

Burma census: dripfeeding the results – The Edge Review

3 June 2015

BANGKOK - Last year's census was Myanmar's first in over 3 decades but so far there has been no mention of how many of Myanmar's 51.4 million people are Buddhist,…

Aid, Relief, Disasters Burma Legal & Rights Politics & Government Reporting from Thailand Thailand The Edge Review

Rohingya refugee crisis: whatever you say, say nothing – The Edge Review

1 June 2015

BANGKOK – For Rohingya, it surely seemed as if the Myanmar government was not taking the meeting seriously, much less committing to addressing the decades of discrimination and bias that…

Month: June 2015