Tag: Myanmar

  • Nation & World

    Back to Myanmar with fresh insights

    Yee Htun, a Myanmar native who immigrated to Canada as a refugee and returned to work as a human rights lawyer in her native country, now teaches human rights advocacy at Harvard Law School.

    4 minutes
    Yee Htun.
  • Nation & World

    An opponent who prevailed

    Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives Harvard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year award.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The threat to Burma’s minorities

    Harvard faculty and scholars gathered with Burmese refugees to discuss the ongoing mistreatment of that country’s Rohingya minority, which speakers called a “slow-burning genocide.” A Harvard Law School report said the country’s Karen minority also are under siege.

    6 minutes