- The Associated Press reports five mass graves in Myanmar have been identified by Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to Bangladesh. The mass graves are located in the village of Gu Dar Pyin, where army solders last summer shot and killed Rohingya teenagers. The Myanmar government has denied any knowledge of the mass graves, but did report that a grave existed in another town where terrorists had been killed. The AP reports that Myanmar’s Army has engaged in the systematic slaughter of Muslim minority Rohingya civilians with support from Buddhist villagers. Relatives say nearly 400 people were killed during the attack in late August. (“AP Finds Evidence for Graves, Rohingya Massacre in Myanmar,” Star Tribune, Feb. 1, 2018)
- The US Dept. of Homeland Security in a new draft report called on law enforcement agencies to continuously vet Sunni Muslim immigrants entering the U.S. who are deemed to have “at-risk” demographic profiles. The draft report, obtained by Foreign Policy magazine looked at 25 US based terrorist incidents from 2001 to 2017, concluding there would be “great value for the United States Government in dedicating resources to continuously evaluate persons of interest” and suggesting that immigrants to the U.S. be tracked on a “long-term basis.” (“Draft DHS Report Called for Long-Term Surveillance of Sunni Muslim Immigrants,” Foreign Policy, Feb. 15, 2018)
- Schoolchildren in urban communities are at risk from exposure to air toxins causing illnesses linked to multiple brain-related disorders. The study which found that black, Latino and low-income students were the most likely to be exposed to harmful toxins, was based on research examining environmental conditions at 90,000 public schools across America. (“Air Pollution: Black, Hispanic and Poor Students Most at Risk From Toxins – Study,” The Guardian, Feb. 1, 2018)
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