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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Crimes Against Humanity in Burma are Ongoing (and terribly under-covered)
Description: Crimes against humanity are ongoing in Burma and they are being committed by the state against the Rohingya people. This is a minority community in Burma that has historically faced intense discrimination, but there was some degree of hope that as the country transitioned to a democracy the situation of this community would improve. Alas, we are now nearly a year into the leadership of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and the plight of this minority community is as dire as ever. A number of recent reports have indicated an uptick in violence against the R...