Tag: Myanmar Crisis

DHAKA, Bangladesh:  About 100 human rights organizations around the world wrote a letter to the UN on Wednesday, urging it to intervene in Myanmar's present crisis, which has seen an upsurge in hate speech and persecution of religious minorities since the country's military coup in February. In a joint letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) joined 97 other rights organizations and 15 individuals in urging him to "personally lead high-level efforts" to address the increased violations of the right to freedom of religion or...