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Treatment of Ethnic Minorities: Presentation About Ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar
Treatment of Ethnic Minorities: Presentation About Ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar
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Presentation about ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar
By
Takumi Ogawa
Mafaskhan Effekt
Contents
♨ About Myanmar
♨ Rohingya
♨ Conclusion
Myanmar
Location: Southeastern Asia,
between Bangladesh and
Thailand.
Source:
http://5starmyanmar.com/Myanmar-
Myanmar
Religions
Buddhist
Christian
Muslim
Animist
Other
Economy
Rich in natural resources, especially gas but
mismanagements by the government
It is said that there are 135 races, major ethnic groups are
divided into 8 groups
Burman
Shan
Karen
Rakhine
Chinese
Indian
Mon
Other
Brief Modern History of
Myanmar
1885 Annexation to the British Empire
Promised
) open economy & Multi-party democracy.
However, repression continued, political activists
from every ethnic group arrested
large-scale persecution,
genocide, ethnic-cleansing,
extermination by Junta.
♨ According to ARNO, there are 3.5 millions Rohingya
♨ 1,5 millions: departed or forced to flee.
Article 7
Economic Pressures
(unemployment, forced labour, land confiscation ,
underpayment , debt etc)
Political Pressures
(policies , laws (citizenship law) , insurgency, denial
of legal documents etc )
Social Pressures
(Religion, rejection from other ethnicities, violence
etc)
Stateless
/Homeless/Rightsless
The root cause of Rohingya community are stateless
within their own country is the citizenship law.
http://www.myanmar-embassy-tokyo.net/about.htm
Global Conversation
http://www.globalconversation.org/2010/08/03/statelessness-case-study-2-rohi
ngya-
burma
World factbook-Myanmar
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/