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Is the UN Failing the Rohingya? - Left For Dead (Part 3)
In the final part of our three-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold reveals leaked internal UN documents that suggest an effort to keep concerns about the Rohingya quiet.
Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Left For Dead (Part 2)
In part two of our three-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold speaks to a police informant in neighboring Thailand about the discovery of mass graves that have been tied to human trafficking.
Persecution in Myanmar: Left For Dead (Part 1)
In part one of our three-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold travels to Myanmar to investigate the violence and discrimination faced by the country's Muslim minority.
Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News traveled to Myanmar to investigate the violence and discrimination faced by the country's Muslim minority.
Myanmar Navy Ship Escorts Boat Carrying 727 Migrants to 'Safe Destination'
Authorities discovered the vessel on Friday, filling with water as it was floating in the Andaman Sea. According to an official, the asylum seekers are being taken to a safe place to be identified.
Rohingya Victim of Human Trafficking Found Suffocated in Truck in Thailand
Thai police intercepted five pick-up trucks early Sunday and discovered nearly 100 Rohingya on board, including 42 boys and girls younger than 14.
Myanmar's Exiled Rebel Monk Thinks He's Still Dangerous
Ashin Gambira led the 2007 Saffron Revolution, earning him several years of imprisonment, severe torture, and health deterioration. I spoke to him about being physically and mentally abused by the government, living in exile, and how ethnic violence...
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Violent Politics of Peace
When President Obama meets this week with Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar, he'll be meeting with a calculated politician, not an innocent champion of democracy.
Myanmar Is Simultaneously Expanding and Repressing Free Speech
The country’s government has approved press laws that establish journalistic rights and freedoms, as well as the means to crush them.
The Burmese Muslims Who Are Refugees in Their Own Country
Violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Meiktila, Burma, led to thousands of people—mainly Muslims—being displaced and forced to live in crowded camps indefinitely. When we visited them, we were followed everywhere by the police.