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New Reports Say Myanmar Rohingya Persecuted by Army
Edit Voa News 31 Oct 2016
The U.S ... Myanmar government officials deny the reports of attacks, and presidential spokesman Zaw Htay said Monday that United Nations representatives should visit “and see the actual situation in that region." ... “The big picture is that the government does not seem to have any influence over the military,'' said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an advocacy group that focuses on the Rohingya ... U.S ... ....
New reports emerge of army attacks on Myanmar's Rohingya
Edit Springfield News-Sun 31 Oct 2016
The U.S ... Myanmar government officials deny the reports of attacks, and presidential spokesman Zaw Htay said Monday that United Nations representatives should visit "and see the actual situation in that region." ... "The big picture is that the government does not seem to have any influence over the military," said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an advocacy group that focuses on the Rohingya ... U.S ... ___ ... ....
Burma soldiers accused of raping and killing Rohingya Muslims
Edit Belfast Telegraph 31 Oct 2016
Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing international pressure over reports that soldiers have been killing, raping and burning homes of the country's Rohingya Muslims ... Share Go To ... "The big picture is that the government does not seem to have any influence over the military," said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an advocacy group that focuses on the Rohingya ... Embassy spokesman Jamie Ravetz in Yangon ... AP ... ....
New reports emerge of army attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya
Edit The Himalayan 31 Oct 2016
YANGON ... “The big picture is that the government does not seem to have any influence over the military,” said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an advocacy group that focuses on the Rohingya. Myanmar’s widely criticised constitution was designed to give the armed forces power and independence ... 9 in Rakhine, home to Myanmar’s 800,000 Rohingya ... ....
Dozens of Muslim women reportedly raped in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State
Edit Deccan Chronicle 27 Oct 2016
Naypyidaw ... Around 30 women were reportedly raped by security forces in a single village on October 19, according to Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, a Rohingya rights organisation ... Lewa said she had also received additional reports of five girls aged between 16 and 18 being raped in another village on October 25 and two women at another location on October 20 ... ....
WATCH: Furious Charles Blow explodes on Corey Lewandowski after being called a ‘hypocrite’
Edit Raw Story 26 Oct 2016
New York Times columnist Charles Blow reached his limit with Donald Trump advocate Corey Lewandowski Tuesday night, furiously attacking him after the former Trump campaign manager called him a “hypocrite.” Appearing on a panel with host Don Lemon, Angela Rye and Scottie Nell Hughes, Lewa... ....
Renewed Violence Puts Rohingya, Rakhine on Edge
Edit Voa News 25 Oct 2016
More than 3,000 Rakhine Buddhists have been driven from their homes in Maynamar's Northern Rakhine state after a series of attacks by a group of suspected militants raised the possibility of another sectarian conflict ... No civilian deaths have been recorded among the Rakhine community ... And we know civilians are being killed, " said Chris Lewa from the Arakan project, an advocacy group with a network of sources across Maungdaw....
Hamish Mackie - Life In Bronze 2016
Edit Huffington Post 17 Oct 2016
If anyone can pull off the trick of breathing life into an inanimate object, it is sculptor Hamish Mackie. His latest exhibition, Life in Bronze 2016, at London's Mall Galleries contains some 80 works that confirm his reputation as one of the finest sculptors of animals in the country ... For Mackie's works are no mere representations of the animal form ... The elephants above were spotted at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya ... ....
Residents say civilians among dead in Myanmar army lockdown
Edit DNA India 10 Oct 2016
AT A GLANCE ... DEADLY CLASHES ... "Clearly there are more than 30 killed," said Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project, a monitoring group that says it has drawn information from a network of sources throughout Maungdaw Township ... Lewa said the army was using "typical counter-insurgency measures against civilians", including "shooting civilians on sight, burning homes, looting property and arbitrary arrests" ... ....
Education is key in the fight to save our elephants
Edit The Independent 07 Sep 2016
This September a BAFTA award winning App, Virry (www.virryapp.com), will begin live streaming footage straight from Lewa Conservancy in Kenya to iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs and Sony VR systems around the world ... In addition to the Lewa Downs in Kenya, other wildlife parks available to visit through Virry include Al Ain Wildlife Park in the UAE and ......
Locally-shot film premieres in cinema
Edit Topix 02 Sep 2016
Stars of the Bollywood movie Feeling Lucky shot in Fiji Ahad Ghazali, Bobby Shohal, Jagdish Punja and director Devesh Pratap Singh, with fans during the premier at Damodar Event Cinemas last night. Picture. JONA KONATACI Producer and writer Dr Rachael Singh said the actors and producers were in the country to promote the movie which also featured a local group's song - Noqu Lewa ... ....
Can Kenya's Olympic heroes inspire a tourism gold rush?
Edit CNN 19 Aug 2016
(CNN)After David Rudisha's blistering surge to a second 800-meter Olympic gold medal, Kenyan officials were almost as quick to hail his achievement. "Magnificent performance David Rudisha," wrote Vice-President William Ruto on Facebook. "The country salutes you as our great ambassador." ... Read More ... The Safaricom Lewa Marathon began in 2000 with 180 runners, which had grown to over 1,200 runners by 2015, according to official figures ... ....
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