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that has passed since the genocide in Rwanda, genocide and mass atrocity have continued. The genocidal persecution of the Rohingya in Burma/Myanmar 1 stands as a recent example, and one of the best to illustrate both the changes in the global atrocity prevention regime and, ultimately, the
heavy ethnic tensions took place between Myanmar army and Rohingyas of Rakhine. The project caused various threat to locals like forced displacement, forced labour and human rights abuse. A tragedy struck where two subcontractors from cnpc were shot and killed on the Shwe Gas Project site. Daewoo
The failure of the world to protect the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar against mass atrocities is a major blemish on the record of the international doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Although Myanmar’s post-military governments and the international community have both been seized
Security Council can still use its veto power to insulate a state that is perpetrating atrocities from scrutiny or sanction. Similarly, in late 2017 the Rohingya minority in Myanmar (Burma) faced months of sustained atrocities perpetrated by the security forces without the Security Council doing anything
This article analyses the plight of Myanmar’s unwanted people— the Rohingya. Although they have inhabited the country for centuries, the Rohingya are not listed as one of the 135 legally recognized ethnic groups by the state and are therefore categorized as illegal immigrants. Rendered stateless, subject to decades of oppression and systematic human rights violations by the country’s successive governments, these people have now become, according to the UN, the most persecuted minority in the world. While an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Rohingya once lived in Myanmar, only around one- fifth remain at present. Over the last four decades, almost two thirds of its population have fled the country due to state- sponsored ethnic persecution. This article addresses: the reason for the Rohingya’s statelessness; their disputed origins and the issue of Rohingya identity; the context of the Rohingya crisis; the nature of human rights violations against the community; the situation of the Rohingya in Bangladesh; and, finally, international reaction to the crisis.
1 Introduction The Rohingya refugee crisis long predates the Andaman Sea crisis and is a product of decades of discriminatory policies, denial of basic human rights, and targeted violence in Myanmar. 1 At least 1.5 million stateless Rohingya have fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State to seek refuge in
. Among the various ethnic groups, the living conditions of the Rohingya Muslims are the worst. Myanmar does not even recognize the Rohingya as a distinct ethnic group. Around 5 per cent of the total Burmese population adheres to Islam. 12 The Rohingyas are the largest Muslim group in Myanmar, and
1 Introduction As a result of the systematic genocide in Myanmar, Bangladesh bore the brunt of the Rohingya population fleeing across the border. This has led to the host country itself having to handle the drastic and often unwanted changes that have taken place in its territory. The
1 Introduction The Rohingya community is the second-largest ethnic community in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. The government of Myanmar do not recognize them as Myanmar national. Therefore, they do not have access to many essential state services including education and health. They have been
Introduction This article analyses Indonesia’s foreign policy with respect to Myanmar and the forced displacement of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State, Myanmar, into Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. It sheds light on Indonesian humanitarian relief efforts and