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Almost two-thirds of palm oil consumed in the EU is burned as energy – new data

Europeans are increasingly eating less and less palm oil and instead are inadvertently burning more and more in cars and trucks. Last year 65%...

Leaked ASEAN report predicts Rohingya repatriation

Burma Human Rights Network mentions a leaked report from ASEAN’s Emergency Response and Assessment Team which predicted an easy process returning 500,000 Rohingya to...

Rohingya and Muslims urge EU to act on UN call to sanction military-linked businesses in Myanmar

The UN Fact Finding Mission last week issued a statement urging the international community to financially isolate Myanmar’s military for its involvement in the...

Myanmar denies New Year’s pardon to Muslims and Rohingyas

Muslims and ethnic Rohingya were among those missing from the more than 9,000 prisoners pardoned last week by Myanmar’s President Win Myint to mark the annual...

Brunei must abolish the death penalty by stoning

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution taking stock of human rights situation in Brunei. MEPs strongly condemn the entry into force of the...

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