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Updates on Rohingya Camps and the American Immigration Crisis

Rohingya Camps Face the Monsoon The monsoon season in South and Southeast Asia has arrived. Al-Jazeera wrote on July 15: In the overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district – home to nearly one million Rohingya who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar—nearly 5,000 tarpaulin and bamboo homes were destroyed after heavy rains triggered mudslides on the hill slopes, according to a spokeswoman for the International Organisation for Migration. Thousands of Rohingya have been left without Read more…

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Updates from Myanmar and Bangladesh

On July 3rd, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice (PV) and Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (MATA) issued a joint statement “call[ing] on the international community to expedite the full operationalisation of the independent investigative mechanism for Myanmar (IIM) established by the UN Human Rights Council (Council) in September 2018.” The statement follows recent remarks from the UN Special Rapporteur, which expressed concern about the stalled progress since the Read more…

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Grieving for Sri Lanka

As we gather this weekend in Boulder, Colorado for a weekend dedicated to facing extremism wherever it arises, a message from Hozan Alan Senauke in response to the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka. Grieving for Sri Lanka Hatred never ceases through hatred It ceases only through love. This is an eternal law. —Dhammapada, verse 5 Our deepest compassion and sympathy goes out to the victims of Easter Sunday bombings across Sri Lanka, to their Read more…

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Voices of Courage, April 27-28 Benefit in Boulder

Support a people under siege. Learn from leaders who call out hate. Promote courageous dialogue in any conflict. The humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya people rages on, with a faction of ultra-nationalist Buddhists backing the Myanmar military’s brutal suppression. In response, other Buddhist leaders are working tirelessly to counter hate speech and promote the Buddha’s admonition never to cause harm. On Sunday, April 28th, a panel of these leaders will gather in Boulder, Colorado at Read more…

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Support the Buddhist Humanitarian Project

Dear Friends, As the new year approaches, we hope you will respond to this fundraising effort. We thank you for your generosity in the past. At the Buddhist Humanitarian Project and Clear View we remain attuned to the needs and issues of Rohingya people, brutally driven into Bangladesh and other countries from their burned-out homes in Myanmar. Their future residence and lives in Bangladesh, Burma, and elsewhere remain uncertain and vulnerable. As we work through Read more…

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