Bangladesh In Crisis at the U.S. Congress http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/243384-bangladesh-in-crisis …

#UN Reps‘ shockingly tepid position on #Burma gov persecution won’t help #Rohingya & boat #refugee crisis.@BradMAdams http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/01/dispatches-un-falls-short-helping-burma-s-rohingya …

Persistent #Burma Govt persecution is why thousands #Rohingya flee on rickety boats. Why was #UN Envoy silent on this?http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/01/dispatches-un-falls-short-helping-burma-s-rohingya …

#Burma govt persecution of #Rohingya: A rights issue this #Nobel laureate won’t touch. #HRC29 http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/06/02/411214407/the-human-rights-issue-a-nobel-laureate-doesnt-want-to-touch …

#Burma

#Thailand confirms warrant for General Kongpang re role in brutal #Burma #Rohingya trafficking http://www.dw.de/senior-thai-military-official-wanted-for-migrant-trafficking/a-18492718 … 

#RescueAtSea: A #Rohingya woman rests with her son at a temporary shelter in #Indonesia. #ChildrensDay

.@BarackObama calls on #Burma to end #Rohingya discrimination http://owl.li/NM1CS 

#Myanmar should immediately allow #UNHCR access to 727 rescued boat people, and let UN determine who is from #Rakhine & who from #Bangladesh

Ethnic Cleansing is happening.Every day of inaction brings more #Rohingya to death in Apartheid of #Myanmar #Burma http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/29/asia/thailand-regional-migrant-meeting/ …

See the world through #migrants‚ eyes…“beyond suffering“ By @IOM_news William Lacy Swing http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/575351/see-the-world-through-migrants-eyes …

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„We lost hope we’d reach shore alive.“ We’ve heard too many of these stories from #BayofBengal http://trib.al/2l3VNd2 

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On this day two years ago, we lost Rituparno Ghosh. His passing away was a huge loss for Bengal. He is our pride. We miss you Ritu

End of 215 #surveillance a small win for privacy, vindication of #Snowden. Much work ahead on reform for Congress. http://tinyurl.com/phx9vtf

My condolences to @VP Biden and his family for the loss of his beloved son.

Here’s the pdf version of #UN Special Rapporteur @davidakaye’s report on anonymity and encryption in the internet http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session23/A.HRC.23.40_EN.pdf …

Good to finally prioritise the safety of journalists: Security Council resolution 2222 on protection of journalists http://un-report.blogspot.ca/2015/05/security-council-draft-resolution-on.html?spref=tw&m=1 …

Read TIME’s new cover story: The death of the death penalty http://ti.me/1ezyHs0 

#Bangladesh plans forced relocation of #Rohingya #refugees to island in south http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/28/bangladesh-plans-to-move-rohingya-refugees-to-island-in-the-south?CMP=share_btn_tw … @eu_echo #HRC29

88,000 have risked their lives on #BayofBengal smugglers’ boats since 2014. 1000+ have died http://trib.al/YihzeZM 

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