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Genocide of the Rohingya: Preventing Mass Atrocities Four Years Later

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A woman and child in the internally displaced persons camps outside of Sittwe in Rakhine State, Burma. March 2015, courtesy of Paula Bronstein Getty Images Reportage for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

A woman and child in the internally displaced persons camps outside of Sittwe in Rakhine State, Burma. March 2015, courtesy of Paula Bronstein Getty Images Reportage for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Four years ago this August, Burmese military forces perpetrated brutal attacks on the Rohingya people, torching villages and decimating families. These attacks were part of the Rohingya genocide that has destroyed communities and forced more than 700,000 people to flee dangerous conditions there, with many crowded into refugee camps in Bangladesh. Burma’s Rohingya Muslim minority has suffered decades of government-led persecution, exclusion, and violence, including mass killing, torture, arson, and rape.

Hear Rohingya survivors and experts discuss the deadly risks still facing Rohingya in Burma today, and what can be done to prevent further mass atrocities and dehumanization of this community. We will also virtually tour the Museum’s latest special exhibition, Burma’s Path to Genocide. The event will be available in English, Rohingya, Burmese, and Arabic.

Speakers

Kyra Fox, Research Associate, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Tun Khin, President, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK

Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Khin Maung, Founder and Executive Director, Rohingya Youth Association

Wai Wai Nu, Founder and Executive Director, Women's Peace Network

Yasmin Ullah, Independent Rohingya Social Justice Activist

Watch live at facebook.com/CenterForThePreventionOfGenocide. You do not need a Facebook account to view our program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum’s YouTube pages.

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  • Genocide Prevention

    The Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide works to do for the victims of genocide today what the world failed to do for the Jews of Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.

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  • Country Case Studies: Burma

    After decades of persecution, Burma’s Rohingya minority suffered attacks at the hands of the Burmese military in August 2017 that included mass killing, rape, torture, arson, arbitrary arrest and detention, and forced displacement of more than 700,000 people. These attacks, which are part of a broader campaign of genocide, are documented in our bearing witness reports. These reports also detail the ongoing threats to the Rohingya and other ethnic groups in Burma. 

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  • Burma’s Path to Genocide

    This exhibition explores how the Rohingya went from citizens to outsiders—and became targets of a sustained campaign of genocide.

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