Articles by Tej Parik
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The Rohingya Crisis Shames the Global Community
Tej Parik – Asia Times,
18 Dec 2017
11 Dec 2017 – The international response to the Rohingya crisis has been high on emotion but depressingly low on action regarding the Myanmar military latest “clearance operations” against the Muslim minority – pillaging villages, burning crops, and shooting civilians on sight. Without reform and rethinking how we react, we’re only doomed to keep repeating the same cycle: condemnation, anger, calls for action, insufficient action, and, then, shame.
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Tej Parikh – Asia Times,
5 Dec 2016
The Nobel Prize winner’s silent expedience (Suu Kyi considers herself primarily a politician, not an activist) is outrageously Machiavellian, and inexcusable, given the nature of warnings emanating from her country. If Syria and Yemen weren’t enough to illustrate the depressing state that global humanitarianism finds itself in today, look no further than Myanmar.
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