by Anna Violante
Near a jungle on the Thai-Myanmar border, a group of about ten people have gathered in a field and are sitting on the ground. Their voices unite in a song that echoes with a call for peace....
by Subir Bhaumik (from Calcutta)
Most believe the Hindu nationalist government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known for its chest-thumping triumphalism on national security, has chickened out under US pressure following the FBI indictment of an Indian national for...
by Pierpaolo Petrelli *
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been in a state of complex internal conflict for several decades. Recent years have seen a significant escalation in tensions, particularly between the Myanmar...
by Arianna Morandi
In February 2012, Judge Kong Srim, President of the Supreme Court of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, stated that “the crimes committed by Kaing Guek Eav are undoubtedly among the worst in human history....
by Thaslima Begum* - The Guardian, OtherNews
Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, torture and disappearances. New research into alleged war crimes in Myanmar has concluded that the majority of senior commanders...
by Theo Guzman
The combined forces of three ‘ethnic armies’, the regional militias that have been fighting the Burmese central government for years, have captured the strategic town of Chinshwehaw, leaving the Burmese military junta without control of a border...
by Subir Bhaumik *
Bangladesh’s Islamist opposition appears to be on the warpath after a three-day nationwide blockade (31 October - 2 November) following the violence that erupted during their protest rally in Dhaka on Saturday. Their one-point demand: that...
“Guilty Silences” is the title of the dossier presented by the NGO Italy-Burma Together on 24 October at the Italian Parliament during a press conference on ‘The Danieli Case’, moderated by Francesco Radicioni of Radio Radicale. The dossier, subtitled...
by Subir Bhaumik *
As the countdown begins on Bangladesh’s parliament polls scheduled for Jan 2024, there seems to be a resurgence of Islamist radicalism with both major parties, ruling Awami League and main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), looking to...
by Antonio Michele Storto
Tensions are once again high in Turkey, where a crackdown is underway following the suicide attack claimed by the PKK in Ankara: on 1st October, coinciding with the resumption of parliamentary work, a militant of the...
