The on-going ‘unrest’ in Myanmar represents a growing protest against the February military coup. We get background, details. PLUS: the activist attorney in the ground-breaking legal judgement in Ecuador against Chevron has been under house arrest in NYC for 600 days, and counting—Chevron bites back. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo: Wikimedia commons
Today on Flashpoints, an in-depth update on the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya People from Myanmar formerly known as Burma. We’ll be joined by human rights activist, Ko Myo Win and award-winning filmmaker Jeanne Hallacy, who has a new SHORT, HARD-HITTING documentary called SITTWE about the history and the plight of the Rohingya people. Also, … Continued
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