Members phkrause Posted April 12, 2023 Members Share Posted April 12, 2023 Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100 BANGKOK (AP) — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. https://apnews.com/article/airstrikes-military-myanmar-village-918fd636bb81153928ab7481e06423e5? Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer Myanmar is now the world's largest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan, a UN report says. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67688413? Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted December 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted December 14, 2023 Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13. Read more. Why this matters: All the girls interviewed by the AP said they are held hostage by controlling husbands who rarely let them outside. Several said they were beaten and raped by traffickers and other men during the journey to Malaysia, and five said they were abused by their husbands. Half the girls are pregnant or already have babies, despite most saying they were not prepared for motherhood. The unwanted marriages are the latest atrocity bestowed upon Rohingya girls: from childhoods marred by violence to attacks where security forces systematically raped them to years of hunger in Bangladesh’s squalid refugee camps. Global apathy toward the Rohingya crisis and strict migration policies have left these girls with almost no options. Malaysia is not a signatory to the United Nations’ refugee convention. The girls — most of whom are undocumented — are therefore considered illegal immigrants. Reporting their assaults to authorities, therefore, would put them at risk of being thrown into one of Malaysia’s detention centers, which have long been plagued by reports of abuse. Malaysia’s government did not respond to the AP’s requests for comment. Related coverage ➤ As more Rohingya arrive by boat, Indonesia asks the international community to share its burden AP Explains: What’s behind Rohingya exodus from Myanmar A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished. A frantic phone call helped untangle the mystery Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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