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Experiencing Forced Displacement: Burma
April 28, 2022
Between August 25 and September 4, 2017, Rohingya villages across Burma’s Rakhine State experienced what they would each come to know as their own “Massacre Day.” Read about their experiences of forced displacement.
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Museum Calls Attention to Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya in Burma at Special Event at US Senate
February 16, 2018
In an effort to highlight the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya community by the Burmese government, the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide and the American Jewish World Service (AJWS) hosted a photo exhibition, Exiled to Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya, which was on display in the Senate Russell Rotunda from February 12 to 16, 2018.
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Simon-Skjodt Center and Fortify Rights Release New Report on Mass Atrocities Against Rohingya
November 20, 2017
The report finds crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and mounting evidence of genocide against the Rohingya minority in Burma.
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Simon-Skjodt Center Testifies at House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Burma
September 29, 2017
Simon-Skjodt Center staff briefs the House Foreign Affairs Asia and Pacific subcommittee about crimes perpetrated against the Rohingya, resulting in the flight of more than 400,000 from Burma in the last month.
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In Burma, Latest Attacks on Rohingya Demand Urgent Response
September 1, 2017
Escalated attacks against Rohingya civilians in Burma present a new urgency for protecting civilians and dismantling systems of violence against minorities.
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The Portal: A Real-Time Conversation with People Forced to Flee Violence
July 24, 2017
An immersive audio visual experience that connects strangers across the world in real time.
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Holocaust Survivor Margit Meissner Speaks at US Capitol Event Focused on Assad Regime Atrocities
July 16, 2015
Holocaust survivor and Museum volunteer Margit Meissner urged listeners to transcend politics and create an effective response to the crisis in Syria.
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Marking the Fourth Anniversary of the Syrian Conflict
March 13, 2015
On the fourth anniversary of the uprising in Syria, the Museum calls for effective and sustained efforts to end the horrific suffering of the Syrian people, who are in the midst of the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II and facing the threat of genocide.
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In Darfur, the War Continues
October 8, 2009
