Rights activists upset with Malaysian deportations of Myanmarese

Prominent international rights activists have called on Malaysia’s government to investigate the deportation of nearly 1,100 Myanmar nationals back to their home country despite a court order banning the move. Ucanews.com reported Malaysia’s High Court granted a temporary stay on the planned deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals who have been held in immigration detention centres while a proper judicial review of... Read More

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February 25, 2021

Malaysian bishops urge government not to deport Myanmar nationals

Catholic bishops in Malaysia have urged the government to refrain from deporting hundreds of Myanmar nationals, including refugees and asylum-seekers, reported ucanews.com. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia said the Church has been concerned about the fate of Myanmar nationals since local and international media reported the Malaysian government’s plan. “It has been recently reported... Read More

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February 20, 2021

Myanmar nuns show solidarity with anti-coup protesters

Catholic nuns, priests and laypeople have joined protests in Buddhist-majority Myanmar following the recent coup. Ucanews.com reported that hundreds of Catholics, including dozens of nuns, had recently marched on the streets of Yangon and recited prayers and the Rosary. Youths held placards reading “Free Aung San Suu Kyi” and “We support CDM,” the latter referring... Read More

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February 12, 2021

Responding to coup, Biden freezes Myanmar’s military assets in US

US President Joe Biden ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar to prevent six generals from accessing $1 billion in Myanmar government funds in the United States. Biden said the new sanctions would allow his administration to freeze assets that benefit Myanmar’s military leaders while maintaining support for health programmes, civil society groups... Read More

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February 2, 2021

Prayers needed for Myanmar says Yangon’s auxiliary bishop

After a military coup and the detention of top government leaders in Myanmar, the auxiliary bishop of Yangon, the nation’s largest city and former capital, called for prayers, caution and stocking up on provisions for the people. “We must live in a spirit of vigilance and prayer,” Auxiliary Bishop John Saw Yaw Han of Yangon told Fides,... Read More

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June 29, 2020

Rohingya refugees threatened by pandemic, Caritas warns

Flimsy shelters and inadequate space in Bangladeshi refugee camps amid the Covid-19 pandemic have compounded the sufferings of the already beleaguered Rohingya community, a representative of Caritas said. “One of the key measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic is social distancing. But if you live in a refugee camp, you don’t have... Read More

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June 25, 2020

Priest finds his niche working in Bangkok with poorest of the poor

US Redemptorist Fr Joe Maier, 80, opened his first school in Bangkok’s market-side slum district of Klong Toey in a swine slaughterhouse more than 40 years ago. So it is not surprising when he explains that he comes from the “wrong side of the tracks” in his native Seattle, Washington. For that is largely where... Read More

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February 4, 2020

Six African and Asian countries affected by new US travel restrictions

Catholic leaders in the United States said a Trump administration plan to limit the issuance of immigrant visas for people from six African and Asian nations “undermines family reunification” and will make it more difficult to support migrants forced from their homeland. “We note with particular sadness and have witnessed firsthand the trauma of family... Read More

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October 3, 2019

Cardinal highlights ‘blood and tears’ of innocent Burmese people

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo has condemned Burma’s ongoing violence, and encouraged religious leaders to raise their voices in protest. According to UCA News, five civilians were injured during an artillery attack in Rakhine on 1 October. A Buddhist monk, novice, teacher, and two students were harmed. Bo criticised the government, asking, “Where is the mercy?” He... Read More

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Rights activists upset with Malaysian deportations of Myanmarese

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Responding to coup, Biden freezes Myanmar’s military assets in US

Myanmar cardinal appeals for no bloodshed and return to democracy

Prayers needed for Myanmar says Yangon’s auxiliary bishop

Rohingya refugees threatened by pandemic, Caritas warns

Priest finds his niche working in Bangkok with poorest of the poor

Six African and Asian countries affected by new US travel restrictions

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