Buddhist Humanitarian Project 1933 Russell Street Berkeley CA 94703 www.buddhisthumanitarianproject.org Support the Rohingya and Senate Bill 2060 On Wednesday, November 14 at the Asia-Pacific Summit in Singapore, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Myanmar’s de-facto leader Daw Aung San Suu about his deep concern for the plight of the Read more…
Hozan Alan Senauke on Thursday, November 16 speaking about Buddhism, Buddhist “nationalism,” and the Rohingya crisis on WBEZ-Chicago’s long-running “Worldview”—a radio show about how race, ethnicity, gender, identity, the environment, religion, politics, and economics drive and shape the news, hosted by Jerome McDonnell. https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/zen-priest-alan-senauke-protecting-rohingya-and-building-community-through-buddhism/4990b094-0254-4d88-bbe6-6e57360a2339
We received this letter and hope you will sign this letter too. Dear Alan, Due in part to the continuous pressure of Burma Task Force, the Faith Coalition to Stop Genocide in Burma, and numerous other organizations striving for the cause of the Rohingya, the U.S. State Department has explicitly Read more…
One year after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fled from Myanmar, a fact-finding mission from the United Nations has recommended that Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, be tried for “three categories of crimes under international law: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.” This is an important step toward reconciliation, but Read more…
Post updated September 10, 2018 to include latest translations. Between April and July 2018, our letter to the Myanmar State Sangha and government authorities was signed by over 1,200 Buddhists from 45 countries. Clear View Project received and distributed $25,000 in donations to support the refugees. To increase our reach, we Read more…