Category: Myanmar

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

Human Trafficking Abuse of Myanmar Rohingya Spreads to Malaysia

March 7, 2014

Rohingya men rest in a rented house in Cheras Baru, Kuala Lumpur March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Samsul Said By Stuart Grudgings for Reuters on March 2, 2014— “Human traffickers have kept hundreds of Rohingya Muslims captive in houses in northern Malaysia, beating them, depriving them of food, and demanding a ransom from their families, according to … More Human Trafficking Abuse of Myanmar Rohingya Spreads to Malaysia

BURMA: Shan State Records Most Human Trafficking Cases

January 15, 2014

Posted by http://www.elevenmyanmar.com on January 14, 2014— “The number of cases of human trafficking from Myanmar to China increased last year, with most of the activity coming from Shan State, according to the Anti-Human Trafficking Police Force. Some 40 human trafficking incidents out of the 120 nationwide occurred in Shan State last year, while the … More BURMA: Shan State Records Most Human Trafficking Cases

Thailand Secretly Supplies Myanmar Refugees to Trafficking Rings

January 5, 2014

By Jason Szep and Andrew R.C. Marshall on December 4, 2013— “One afternoon in October, in the watery no-man’s land between Thailand and Myanmar, Muhammad Ismail vanished. Thai immigration officials said he was being deported to Myanmar. In fact, they sold Ismail, 23, and hundreds of other Rohingya Muslims to human traffickers, who then spirited … More Thailand Secretly Supplies Myanmar Refugees to Trafficking Rings