A new documentary provides a historical overview of the situation of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. The film Exiled, directed by veteran war reporter Shahida Tulaganova, “explores the roots of increasing violence” in Myanmar’s Rakhine State from the perspectives of Rohingya refugees, former Burmese government officials and radical Buddhist monks. Also interviewed in the film is General Khin Nyunt, the former head of Burmese Military Intelligence accused of masterminding the policy of persecution of Rohingya. Keep reading

As Belgians prepare to go to polls 26 May to elect their regional, federal and European MPs, the debate over the adoption of a confederal system has once again gained tract. The issue of confederation has been this time resurfaced by conservative New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) —the main pro-independence party of Dutch-speaking Flanders— as their stated goal for the 2019-2024 term. But what is the real chance for the N-VA to convince others to such a radical change in the structure of the Belgian state? Keep reading

Pro-independence parties obtained 26 out of 54 seats in the New Caledonia Congress at the election held 12 May in the French overseas territory. Despite having progressed by one seat (in 2014 they won 25), the secessionist parties remain 2 short of the absolute majority. The election was the first in New Caledonia after the 2018 self-determination referendum, in which 43% of voters —more than expected by opinion polls— supported secession from France. Keep reading

The growth of Catalan and Basque parties is an important aspect of the April 28 Spanish Parliament election, in which the Spanish socialists won a relative majority and will thus need to seek support from other parties to form a majority. As regards stateless peoples, the vote left some other important news, such as the failure of Spanish right-wing parties in Catalonia and Euskadi, a relative recovery of the Galician Nationalist Bloc, or the persistence of votes to the parties of the Canary Islands. Keep reading