Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gates: We have long been an admirer of the excellent work that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does worldwide and the way you models philanthropy that effectively supports bettering lives in a sustainable manner. We…
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gates: As diverse Americans, we very much appreciate that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation helps fund numerous important grassroots programs each year. Nevertheless, we are deeply disturbed to discover that the Foundation will be giving…
Hundreds of minority Christians in Myanmar are being forced to sign papers vowing to limit their faith and not pray in churches, pastors have warned. A church leader identified as the Rev. Lazarus, general secretary of the Lahu Baptist Convention…
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October 17, 2018 The Honorable Michael Pompeo Secretary of State United States Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20230 Dear Mr. Secretary, We, the undersigned organizations, request that the United States Department of State officially…
The Faith Coalition to Stop Genocide in Burma will host a Vigil to honor the lost Rohingya & Kachin lives in Burma on July 24th at the Edward J. Kelly Park near the State Department at 5 p.m. This event…
The investigation, which involved travelling to remote parts of Myanmar, follows months of persecution against Rohingya Muslims by the country's military. More than 700,000 have been forced to flee to Bangladesh in what the United Nations called a "textbook example of ethnic…
By Dildar Baykan The Myanmar army which has been in the limelight for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims is now targeting Kachin people in the country's north. Clashes between rebels and the army initially broke out in 2011 in Kachin State…
United States Commision on International Religious Freedom (Introduction to the Report): In November 2017, USCIRF Commissioners and staff traveled to Burma (also known as Myanmar) to meet with government officials, civil society, and religious representatives in Rangoon, Mandalay, and Naypyidaw. In…