Measles Spread Prompts Samoa to Declare State of Emergency
MELBOURNE – Samoa declared a state of emergency this weekend, closing all schools and cracking down on public gatherings, after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak that has spread across the Pacific islands.The island state of about 200,000, so…
Report: Leaked Chinese Government Documents Detail Xinjiang Clampdown
BEIJING – A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country’s western Xinjiang region under President Xi Jinping, the New York Times reported Saturday.United Nations experts and …
Myanmar Rejects International Court’s Jurisdiction
YANGON, MYANMAR – Myanmar’s government has rejected the International Criminal Court’s decision to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.Government spokesman Zaw Htay said at a F…
Nearly 2,000 Flee Rakhine Villages in Fear of Myanmar Army ‘Clearance Operations’
Ongoing hostilities between Myanmar forces and the rebel Arakan Army in Rakhine state forced about 1,700 civilians to flee villages in three townships this week, amid fears that they would be detained and possible tortured by national soldiers conducti…
Bangladesh Rescues 122 Malaysia-bound Rohingya
The Bangladesh Coast Guard rescued 122 Rohingya from a trawler in the Bay of Bengal south of Cox’s Bazar on Thursday as the boat was heading for Malaysia, officials said.Some of those on the boat said they left their camps in Bangladesh in search of be…
Internment Camp Assigned Uyghur Forced Laborers to Xinjiang Textile Factory: Official
More than a dozen Uyghurs have been assigned to work in a factory in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from a local internment camp, according to officials, bolstering reports that government policy is shifting from mass incarc…
Chinese ‘Zero Budget’ Tours Edge Out Local Workers in Myanmar
Tourists visiting Myanmar from China are entering the country more and more in groups set up to keep money in the hands of their Chinese guides and travel agencies, creating a growing problem for locals working in the tourism and hospitality industry, …