Journalist and human rights activist
John Jonaid, a human rights journalist and refugee advocate based in Ottawa. He is the co-founder of Archipelago Magazine and the Humans in Flight project. John consistently publishes compelling accounts of refugees, with a dedicated focus on shedding light on the persecution of the Rohingya and Hazara communities.
Too often, the participation of refugees in shaping government policy is framed as something refugees’ demand. But it should be recognized as something that benefits everyone.
It’s time to galvanize a global response, mobilize international resources, and hold the perpetrators accountable.
With their homes destroyed and their lives in constant peril, the Rohingya are in desperate need of international intervention.
A recent protest in Toronto took direct aim at the Taliban’s ongoing brutality
Although faced with genocide few Rohingya refugees are now in Canada
Rohingya people have been adrift in the Andaman sea for […]
How Canada’s sponsorship model helped one Rohingya writer escape genocide and purgatory
