It’s reprehensible! Here’s what we can do –

Posted by Audrey Chin on December 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

Yesterday I posted a Reuters report about how the Rohingyas, stateless Muslim refugees escaping from ethnic violence in the Burmese state of Arakhan, were apparently being spirited from Thai border camps and held for ransom or trafficked.   “Horrifying! Reprehensible!” my fellow Tribewriter Kathleen Caron commented. “If the Thai govt won’t do anything, why doesn’t the UN step in?” she asked. … Continue reading →

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How is it we do this to each other?

Posted by Audrey Chin on December 5, 2013 · 5 Comments 

I meant to write a post today about Will Schwalbe’s New York Time Best-seller, The End of Your Life Book Club. Instead, I direct your attention to this special Reuters report about how Muslim Rohingya refugees on the Thai-Burmese border are being trafficked and sold into bondage. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/12/05/uk-thailand-rohingya-special-report-idUKBRE9B400920131205 It is perhaps apt that the Reuters article … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour – What we can learn from Myanmar about switching off

Posted by Audrey Chin on March 23, 2013 · 2 Comments 

In Myanmar, they’ve been switched off for 50 years. It makes for a slower pace of life and a more crafty approach to manufacturing. Don’t let’s talk about productivity though…    

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