Tag: Myanmar

Is Aung San Suu Kyi being unfairly over-criticised?

TP Saran | September 15, 2017

The ‘Rohingyas’ in Myanmar

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Nita Chicooree-Mercier | September 15, 2017

Selective outrage on humanitarian crisis shouted on rooftops by some political leaders begs the question of whether some victims are more equal than others

World Affairs

The US electoral campaign: Republican against Republican

TP Saran | April 5, 2016

This is turning out to be probably the dirtiest political campaign that America has known until now, with two frontrunner Republican candidates, namely Donald Trump and Ted Cruz

World Affairs

Peaceful and historic elections in Myanmar

TP Saran | November 16, 2015

In what has been described as ‘peaceful and historic’ the general elections held in Myanmar on Sunday 8 November were the first such an exercise at national level

World Affairs

The Refugee Crisis

Mrinal Roy | June 26, 2015

20 June was World Refugee Day. In this respect, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) highlighted that the number of refugees around the world as a