Popular Parastoo Theatre group gives voice to the refugee experience. BANGKOK – Live at this year’s Refugee Fest in Malaysia is Parastoo Theatre group. In the Dari language of Afghanistan, “Parastoo” means swallow bird. “They are birds who fly and…
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Life as Afghan Refugees, depicted on Malay Stage
Tagged with: Afghanistan, Bangkok Post, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Parastoo Theatre, Refugee Theatre, Refugees, Saleh Sepas, Theatre of the Oppressed
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Airport Asylum Seekers Find Freedom – Southeast Asia Dispatches
BANGKOK – In the past year Southeast Asia provided temporary shelter to two asylum seekers from the Middle East fleeing persecution. Hassan Alkontar and Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun plead for asylum from Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok airports. They were resettled to Canada.…
Tagged with: asylum seekers, Bangkok, Hassan Al Kontar, human rights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, Refugees, Thailand
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Malaysia’s Rohingya Refugee Women’s Theatre Company
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Inside a YMCA gymnasium, an actress takes the stage and the audience goes quiet. Members of Malaysia’s state security forces are in attendance. The scene set is a family living room. An actress mimes as if…
Tagged with: education, human rights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Masakini, Refugees, Rohingya, Theatre, women's issues
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Malaysia: A Refugee Conundrum
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – “People always ask me, why are you helping refugees when there are people, here at home, who need help? “This is home for refugees”, said Heidy Quah, recipient of the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders Award for…
Tagged with: Asylum Access Malaysia, human rights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Refuge for the Refugees, Refugee Education, Refugee health, Refugees, Rohingya, The Lancet
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Malaysia: A Rohingya safe haven?
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Inside a television studio a small team of four prepare the daily news bulletin featuring horrendous stories of rape, murder, forced exile, and the lack of an international response to these crimes. But this is no…
Tagged with: education, human rights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Myanmar, Online television, Rakhine, Rohingya, Rohingya Vision, RVision, UNHCR
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