Tag: genocide
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."
Myanmar’s Rohingya People: A Documented History, Identity and Presence
While there are multiple inter-communal tensions and attacks among Myanmar’s ethnic communities, there is no other case where a group’s ancestral history and identity have been singled out for sustained and vicious assault in the same way Rohingya people have been.
On BBC World Service Newsday, the renowned Burmese genocide scholar & rights activist sounds Rohingya genocide warning
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Dr Maung Zarni, the co-author of the 2014 study "The Slow-burning Genocide of Myanmar’s Rohingya" told the BBC World Service Newsday Programme on 22 May that the genocidal process is unfolding again in Myanmar's Rakhine state, albeit the principal perpetrators are ultra-nationalist Arakan Army of ethnic Rakhins.
Rohingya face prospects for genocidal violence again: Buthitaung Township, Rakhine, Western Myanmar
It is evident that the Arakan Army is attempting to forcibly displace Rohingya residents from downtown Buthidaung. This forced relocation must be halted.