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WHAT IDEOLOGIES MYANMAR USES IN ROHINGYA CRISIS
WHAT IDEOLOGIES MYANMAR USES IN ROHINGYA CRISIS

Author(s): Kaisayr Husein
Subject(s): Civil Society, Government/Political systems, Studies in violence and power, Migration Studies, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Myanmar ideologies; Rohingya crisis; citizenship; refugees; persecution;

Summary/Abstract: The Rohingya, a minority Muslim ethnic group in Rakhine State of Myanmar considered is one of the most persecuted, destitute and oppressed minorities in the world. Rohingya have been facing persecution by the Buddhist majorities in Myanmar for almost seven decades and they are the victims of various forms of oppression in their ancestral land, such as land confiscation, arbitrary taxation, brutally tortured, destruction of mosques, restriction on movements, ill-treatment, extrajudicial executions, financials restrictions on marriage, force eviction and house destruction and so on. Since the 1970s, Rohingyas are being forced to flee into the neighboring countries due to a number of crackdowns on Rohingyas. This analytical paper is going to discuss underlying reasons and the ideologies of Myanmar in Rohingya crisis as well as the situations of Rohingya plight. This paper is also witnessed the suffering of persecuted Rohingya refugees and key events happened in Arakan and Myanmar throughout the life of Rohingyas in across Myanmar. Their personal life, family and relatives have been being affected due to the violation of Rohingya rights by the successive Myanmar governments. They have lived, studied and worked in Myanmar for almost seven decades. The following discussions are interviews via zoom meeting with some Rohingya community leaders, elites and other fellow activists who are actively working to end the crisis of Rohingya in Myanmar and around the world.

  • Issue Year: 13/2021
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 282-289
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English