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...
Members phkrause Posted May 9 Author Members Share Posted May 9 Rape, terror and death at sea for Rohingya refugees In March, Indonesian officials and local fishermen rescued 75 people from the overturned hull of a boat that was carrying Rohingya refugees when it capsized off Indonesia. The U.N. says 67 other passengers, including at least 28 children, were killed. Until now, little was known about how the boat capsized, or why. The Associated Press, in separate interviews with eight surviving passengers, provides the first insight into what happened on board. Read more. Why this matters: Most Rohingya understand the risks of taking to the sea. But those who board the vessels say the world has left them with little choice. In interviews following the March capsizing, the Rohingya say the Indonesian captain and crew sexually assaulted four women and girls and grew angry when others refused to join the captain in his bedroom. Passengers say the captain then deliberately capsized the boat before fleeing with three crew members. Police say murder charges aren't being considered. The disaster is the latest in a string of tragedies to befall the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority that suffered mass slaughter at the hands of Myanmar’s military in 2017 in what the United States has dubbed a genocide.The results of their mass exodus have been catastrophic, and international indifference toward the Rohingya has, in many ways, worsened the crisis. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Myanmar’s worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says Rohingya who moved to island in Bangladesh are learning job skills, says Japanese charity chief At least 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the most in a decade 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 Tuesday at 06:31 PM Author Members Share Posted Tuesday at 06:31 PM Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor BANGKOK (AP) — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-massacre-of-civilians-by-army-c4b65ef8a61b327d77950e237a5b80b1? 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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