Rebecca Root
Journalist at Freelance
Journalist covering aid, global health and human rights. Bylines @Guardian @Devex @NewHumanitarian @Telegraph @NikkeiAsia @AttitudeMag
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
japantimes.co.jp | Rebecca Root
More than a week after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, turning buildings into concrete mortuaries where many of the 3,500 confirmed casualties still lie entombed, families do not yet know whether their loved ones are among them. That, in large part, is due to a lack of internet access that local residents and humanitarians say is severely impeding the disaster response in the Southeast Asian country.
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2 weeks ago |
usnews.com | Rebecca Root
By Rebecca L. RootBANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than a week since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, turning buildings into concrete mortuaries where many of the 3,500 confirmed casualties still lie entombed, families do not yet know whether loved ones are among them. That, in large part, is due to a lack of internet access that local residents and humanitarians say is severely impeding the disaster response in the Southeast Asian country.
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2 weeks ago |
context.news | Rebecca Root
What’s the context? Lack of internet access in Myanmar is slowing response after the earthquake, putting lives in danger.
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3 weeks ago |
ibanet.org | Rebecca Root
A cross-border operation to free thousands of people from scam ‘centres’ situated at the Thai-Myanmar border has highlighted the challenges of bringing these criminal enterprises to justice. In February, the Thai government and armed groups in Myanmar – with support from China – released around 7,000 trafficked individuals from compounds on the border where they’d been forced into conducting criminal activity, such as fraud, online.
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3 weeks ago |
devex.com | Rebecca Root
A year ago, the U.S. would have been among the first countries to support during times of disaster. Today, amid the absence of USAID and the first disaster since its dismantling, more Myanmar earthquake victims may have lost their lives. The deadly earthquake that rippled through Myanmar and neighboring countries on Friday is the first large-scale natural disaster to have taken place since the USAID cuts dismantled a huge proportion of international aid work.
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