Tag: genocide
Under the Shadow of Violence: Are the Banyamulenge Experiencing a Slow Genocide?
Because of colonial legacies and misrepresentations, members of this community are categorized as “foreigners and invaders”. Targeted by state actors, militias, and local and foreign armed groups, violence against the Banyamulenge has led to forced displacement, destruction of their economy and livelihoods and widespread killings.
Munther Isaac: “Israel is a terrorist entity built on the Palestinian land by ethnic cleansing of the indigenous populations”
In early January, at his theology college in his native Beit Sahour (Shepherd’s Fields), adjacent to Bethlehem, the renowned Palestinian theologian and activist Dr Munther Issac met with a group of solidarity visitors, from six different countries, including FORSEA’s Dr Maung Zarni, and shared his frank thoughts on both the 76-years of Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the grave dangers which Israel’s western imperialist patrons pose to humanity at...
Understanding ICC Prosecutor’s Arrest Warrant Application for Myanmar Military Leader: Anti-Genocide Perspective
Without the willing executioners and cheerleaders, no state is capable of large-scale crimes against humanity of which genocide is one, from the Nazi genocide to Rwanda, to Indonesia’s CIA-facilitated genocide of ethnic Chinese and communists, to the ongoing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Myanmar’s genocide of Rohingya is no exception.
Myanmar looks more like ASEAN’s Syria than a democracy in waiting
Myanmar’s armed conflicts are, tragically, no longer a simple, binary morality tale of Good vs. Evil. Yes, the Tatmadaw remains the country’s largest armed organization and regularly commits atrocities. On their part, the anti-junta adversaries fighting “the Common Enemy” also perpetrate their fair share of atrocities against localized “enemy” ethnic populations.
Palestinians’ Liberation Struggle Needs Solidarity: Cambodians Respond with Love & Art
“(Cambodian leaders and people) have spoken out against the hypocrisy of Western governments preaching human rights, international law and the rule-based world order while condoning and even aiding and abetting genocide in Cambodia in 1975-1979 and again today in Palestine.”
“We have a moral obligation to speak out against genocide.” Alex Hinton, a world’s leading anthropologist of genocides, tells FORSEA’s Maung Zarni
FORSEA's dialogue with Professor Alex Hinton of Rutgers U.
On Democracy Now!: A Tale of Two Ongoing Genocides in Israel and Myanmar
Over the decades since its founding in 1948, Israel has succeeded in establishing a vast ecosystem of very elaborate, inventive and evolving genocidal methods. In a very clear breach of the Genocide Convention, Israel has subjected different sub-populations of Palestinian peoples to this system of depopulating historic Palestine with the singular purpose of making all occupied territories Jewish Majority.
Hindu and Buddhist Prayers Shared in Interfaith Prayer Vigil at the Gaza Border
Reshare of Press Release from Hindus for Human Rights: [Location: Kerem Shalom Crossing, Gaza-Israel Border, August 29, 2024] Hindu and Buddhist prayers were included in the Interfaith Prayer Vigil held today at the Kerem Shalom Crossing, where representatives from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, and other faith communities gathered to demand an immediate ceasefire, an arms embargo, and a free Palestine.
Against Genocide
“We Must Make Genocide Unthinkable, like Slave Trade and Slavery”, FORSEA’s Maung Zarni challenged fellow activists & scholars gather at the Kuala Lumpur conference on human life and its value.
Cambodia Half-Century After Genocide: A Letter from Phnom Penh
"In addition to landmine removal, Cambodia is fast becoming a world leader in the equally dangerous art of reconciliation after a genocidal conflict."