Dec 1, 2017
Here's how you can help Rohingya refugees
Martha Roth
The Burmese state and military are engaging in nothing less than ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya people. Here's how you can help.
ethnic cleansing
Oct 31, 2017
For Bob Rae, the Rohingya challenge is political as well as humanitarian
Karl Nerenberg
The dire situation of the Rohingya people has a complex history. Rae will have to be mindful of this as he takes on his new job as special envoy for the Trudeau government
Oct 10, 2017
Documenting the unfolding disaster of the Rohingya people
Asia Pacific Currents
Documentary maker Mahi Ramakrishnan talks about her three documentaries about the Rohingya of Burma.
Feb 23, 2017
Canada had better plan for an unprecedented refugee crisis as U.S. lurches toward 'ethnic cleansing'
David J. Climenhaga
Canadians should be deeply concerned about stated plans by the Trump Regime in the United States to expel literally millions of U.S. residents from their country.
May 31, 2016
Exploding the myth of the peaceable kingdom
Redeye
The official story sees Canada as a shining beacon spreading its enlightened code of ethics through a dark world. Richard Sanders says we believe this because we're suffering from the Canada Syndrome.
Mar 24, 2014
Racism against African asylum-seekers in Israel
Redeye
Canada accepts 96% of all refugee applicants from Eritrea. Israel officially accepts none, yet more than 60,000 are living there with no help or protection from the state.
Jul 12, 2013
Israel's ethnic cleansing zones
Jonathan Cook
In recent weeks Israel has been intensifying a campaign to summarily evict Palestinian farming communities from their ancestral lands to replace them with Jewish newcomers.
Oct 21, 2012
Repression of memory in Jewish Israeli culture
Redeye
Nakba is the word Palestinians use for the catastrophe they experienced during the creation of the state of Israel. A new film by Lia Tarachansky focuses on the denial of memories of the 1948 war.
May 12, 2012
The false paradigm of peace: Revisiting the Palestine question
Redeye
Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and activist currently teaching at the University of Exeter in Britain. In May 2012, he toured Canada speaking about his current research.
Dec 20, 2011
Roma civil rights activist Aladàr Horvàth's call to Canada: Have empathy for the Roma
Migrant Matters
Aladàr Horvàth, chair of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation in Hungary, provides an overview of the socio-political landscape in Hungary that has brought so many Roma to Canada seeking refugee status.
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