Day: August 18, 2019

New anthology of Rohingya poets reflects resilience of a community driven away from their homeland Natalie Brinham, Yuriko Cowper-Smith and Maung Zarni | Published by Anadolu Agency on August 7, 2019 Rohingya poets featured in an anthology, I am Rohingya, write with an urgency and passion of genocide survivors. They reclaim their experience, their group identity and their agency from the victimhood that has framed their existence for so long.  The collection is the first of its kind to be translated and written in English, yet it speaks to the deep significance of all three languages in which the poetry

By Yuriko Cowper-Smith | Published by The Sentinel Project on August 13, 2019 Addressing the seemingly intractable Rohingya genocide and the humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh requires looking at all possible international legal options. The continued (in)action of the Burmese government demonstrates that state officials are unwilling to bring the perpetrators to account. As international pressure mounts for Myanmar’s government to change its conduct, various countries and actors in the international system have started to consider various legal channels. This article articulates a few means of recourse that can be used to introduce a modicum of accountability. The International Criminal Court

Myanmar, India and China have all pursued UNESCO World Heritage status for sites of mass victimisation of minorities.By Azeezah Kanji | Published by Al Jazeera on August 4, 2019 On July 6, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced the success of Myanmar‘s application to recognise the ancient Buddhist city of Bagan as a World Heritage Site – a boon for the image and tourism industry of a country accused by the UN‘s own fact-finding mission of committing genocide and crimes against humanity. While preserving the archaeological remnants of “the heart of the largest Buddhist empire of its time” (from the 9th to