Rushanara Ali
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Rushanara Ali is the Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow and Shadow International Development

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Burma's Discriminatory Citizenship Laws Are at the Heart of the Humanitarian Crisis Faced by Rohingya Muslims

(9) Comments | Posted 5 June 2013 | (00:00)

Stripped of their Burmese citizenship in 1982 and subjected to shockingly discriminatory laws and practices, the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Burma has been described by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Since inter-communal violence - which overwhelmingly targeted the Rohingya population -...

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Where's the International Leadership on International Development?

(0) Comments | Posted 29 November 2011 | (14:53)

There is little question that the G20 summit this year in Cannes has been a failure - it failed to achieve any consensus on dealing with the global economic crisis and most particularly failed to offer any new hope of a solution to the eurozone problems. As the potentially catastrophic...

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