Category: Opinion
The latest opinion from those committed to making our region fair, just and democratic.
FORSEA co-founder Dr Maung Zarni slams Malaysian government of PM Anwar Ibrahim for its inhuman turn to mass-deporting Rohingya genocide survivors back to harm’s way in Myanmar
“The principle of non-refoulement prohibits states from returning individuals to territories where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”
Zionism as parasitic ideology-tool against both native Palestinians and the world at large
Israel as the ultimately expansive embodiment of Zionism as Jewish Supremacy is a parasitical operation, that manipulates and kills even its imperialist hosts (both institutions and cultures)
USA: The Reviled Empire, With No Sovereignty
The United States had until recently been the most influential world actor since the end of the World War II, but it has proven to possess no real sovereignty over wars or peace.
Taking Genocide Personally: “I chose my humanity above my tribal identity”
FORSEA Co-founder Maung Zarni, who is a UK-exiled Myanmar Buddhist, reflects on his native country’s unfinished genocide of Rohingya and offers his informed opinion on what the future holds for both Rohingya and Myanmar
Opinion: What India’s Student Uprising asks of Hindus (Republished with the permission of Sunita Viswanath – FORSEA Board Member)
(RNS) — This protest is different because it showed that Hindus can be mobilized in large numbers, in solidarity with people whom Hindu nationalism has taught us to see as outsiders.
What three Asian societies taught me about youth leadership
Young people (of Asia) need opportunities to understand one another across the region, not simply through textbooks or official narratives but through direct encounters and collaboration.
On Myanmar’s For-Ever-Civil War and Un-Finished Slow-Burning Rohingya Genocide
FORSEA co-founder and Burmese activist Maung Zarni offers his brutally honest assessment of where his native country historically was, its present state of affairs and what future awaits.
To Engage or Not To Engage with Myanmar’s Criminal Rulers: That Strange Feeling of Déjà Vu in ASEAN-Myanmar Affairs
On Thailand’s red carpeted reception of Myanmar’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing, FORSEA’s Myanmar co-founder Maung Zarni offers his seasoned perspective.
The Rohingya’s hope of survival turns into a petition for “removal”
A petition calling for their removal highlights how a stateless people remains caught between conflict, migration, and political frustration.
Myanmar’s Youth & Rohingyas Die in the Country’s Multifront Conflicts and Ongoing Genocide
Today’s youth in Myanmar, of all ethnicities and faith-based communities, are forced to abandon their dreams and aspirations of a peaceful country where they could chart their own life course. Needless to say, the Rohingya ethnic community that survived the 2016 and 2017 waves of genocidal violence in Western Myanmar continue to fare worst in the country’s un-ending wars and violence.