Articles by Coconuts Yangon
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UN Security Council to Hear on Oct. 24 from UN Fact-Finding Mission on Rohingya
Coconuts Yangon | AFP – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Oct 2018
19 Oct 2018 – The UN Security Council is scheduled to hear a briefing next week from the head of a UN fact-finding mission that has accused Myanmar’s military of atrocities against Muslim Rohingya, diplomats said yesterday. Nine countries including the United States, Britain and France requested the briefing that is likely to be opposed by China, which has friendly ties with Myanmar’s military.
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NYT Piece on Rohingya Survival Tactics Plays into Military’s Hands
Coconuts Yangon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2018
5 Feb 2018 – Two days after denying an AP report that Myanmar soldiers massacred the Rohingyas and buried their bodies in at least five mass graves, the Myanmar government is pointing to an essay by New York Times reporter Hannah Beech as evidence that the words of Rohingya refugees cannot be trusted. Shame on the NYT!
→ read full articleMyanmar Leaders Must Nurture the Country’s Many Potential ‘Aung La Nsangs’
Maung Zarni - Coconuts Yangon,
10 Jul 2017
3 Jul 2017 – On Friday [30 Jun], in Yangon, something extraordinary happened to lift the spirit of all Myanmar’s peoples. Mixed martial arts fighter Aung La Nsang made history by becoming the first-ever world champion from Myanmar in any sport. In our long-running civil wars and waves of racial and religious violence, how many Aung La Nsangs have we killed, maimed or otherwise destroyed?
→ read full article[Nobel Peace Laureate] Suu Kyi Orders Visa Ban on UN Investigators to Burma/Myanmar
Coconuts Yangon – TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Jul 2017
30 Jun 2017 – Foreign Affairs Minister Aung San Suu Kyi has ordered her ministry to reject visa requests from UN investigators appointed to report on the military’s alleged human rights atrocities in Shan, Kachin, and Rakhine states.
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