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“They Want Us to Disappear”

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 14, 2021October 19, 2022

“Myanmar’s coup threatens to wipe out a generation of vloggers, influencers and tech entrepreneurs.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison

by Sari Botton May 4, 2018October 19, 2022

After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison

by Alice Driver May 3, 2018October 19, 2022

After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison

by Alice Driver May 3, 2018October 19, 2022

After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.

Posted inCurrent Events, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar

by David Fettling March 28, 2018October 19, 2022

Now what I remember most about my guide is what he said about the Rohingya. But I walked 50 kilometers with him before he said it.

Posted inCurrent Events, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar

by David Fettling March 28, 2018October 19, 2022

Now what I remember most about my guide is what he said about the Rohingya. But I walked 50 kilometers with him before he said it.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar

by Dana Snitzky March 28, 2018October 19, 2022

Now what I remember most about my guide is what he said about the Rohingya. But I walked 50 kilometers with him before he said it.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Could Facebook Be Tried for Human-Rights Abuses?

by michelleweber December 21, 2017October 19, 2022

In Myanmar, Facebook is the de facto internet. Does that mean they can be legally responsible for their actions — or lack thereof — when content there influences politics or incites violence?

Posted ininvestigations, Nonfiction, Story

The Lost Genocide

by Longreads November 16, 2017October 19, 2022

Why the United Nations may never be able to prosecute the Rohingya genocide.

Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized

Welcome Nowhere: The Plight of the Rohingya Refugees

by Aaron Gilbreath September 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Myanmar’s Rohingya people escape systematic discrimination at home only to suffer depredations in search of new homes.

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