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Author Ibrahim, Azeem, author.

Title The Rohingyas : inside Myanmar's genocide / Azeem Ibrahim.

Publication Info. London : Hurst & Company, 2018.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  959.1 I14R    Check Shelf
Edition Revised and updated edition.
Description xviii, 239 pages : illustration, maps, facsimilies ; 22 cm
Contents A short history of Burma to 1948 -- Form independence to democracy (1948-2010) -- The return to democracy (2008-2015) -- Implications for the Rohingyas (2008-2015) -- Genocide and international law -- Current situation -- What can be done?
Note Previous edition published 2016.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.
Summary The Rohingya are a Muslim group who live in Rakhine state (formerly Arakan state) in western Myanmar (Burma), a majority Buddhist country. According to the United Nations, they are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. They suffer routine discrimination at the hands of neighboring Buddhist Rakhine groups, but international human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch (HRW) have also accused Myanmar's authorities of being complicit in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya Muslims. The Rohingya face regular violence, arbitrary arrest and detention, extortion, and other abuses, a situation that has been particularly acute since 2012 in the wake of a serious wave of sectarian violence. Islam is practiced by around 4% of the population of Myanmar, and most Muslims also identify as Rohingya. Yet the authorities refuse to recognize this group as one of the 135 ethnic groups or 'national races' making up Myanmar's population. On this basis, Rohingya individuals are denied citizenship rights in the country of their birth, and face severe limitations on many aspects of an ordinary life, such as marriage or movement around the country.0This expose of the attempt to erase the Rohingyas from the face of Myanmar is sure to gain widespread attention.
Subject Minorities -- Burma.
Muslims -- Burma.
Ethnic conflict -- Burma.
Rohingya (Burmese people) -- Civil rights.
Burma -- Ethnic relations.
Rohingya (Burmese people) -- Burma.
Rohingya (Burmese people) -- Violence against.
Ethnic conflict. (OCoLC)fst00915943
Minorities. (OCoLC)fst01023088
Muslims. (OCoLC)fst01031029
Rohingya (Burmese people) (OCoLC)fst01099604
Burma. (OCoLC)fst01207835
ISBN 9781849049733 (paperback)
1849049734 (paperback)
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