A Politician, Not an Icon: Aung San Suu Kyi's Silence on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya

Lee, Ronan

doi:10.1080/09596410.2014.913850

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“…In the period leading from independence (1948) to the military coup (1962), Rohingya had full citizenship rights, and could serve in Parliament (Parnini, 2013; Lee, 2014). The ensuing decades of military rule saw the gradual derogation of Rohingya's civil, political, educational and economic rights (Rogers, 2012).…”

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The culture, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Rohingya refugees: a systematic review

Tay

Riley

Islam

et al. 2019

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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AimsDespite the magnitude and protracted nature of the Rohingya refugee situation, there is limited information on the culture, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of this group. This paper, drawing on a report commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis of the literature on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Rohingya refugees, including an examination of associated cultural factors. The ultimate objective is to assist humanitarian actors and agencies in providing culturally relevant Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Rohingya refugees displaced to Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries.MethodsWe conducted a systematic search across multiple sources of information with reference to the contextual, social, economic, cultural, mental health and health-related factors amongst Rohingya refugees living in the Asia-Pacific and other regions. The search covered online databases of diverse disciplines (e.g. medicine, psychology, anthropology), grey literature, as well as unpublished reports from non-profit organisations and United Nations agencies published until 2018.ResultsThe legacy of prolonged exposure to conflict and persecution compounded by protracted conditions of deprivations and displacement is likely to increase the refugees' vulnerability to wide array of mental health problems including posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. High rates of sexual and gender-based violence, lack of privacy and safe spaces and limited access to integrated psychosocial and mental health support remain issues of concern within the emergency operation in Bangladesh. Another challenge is the limited understanding amongst the MHPSS personnel in Bangladesh and elsewhere of the language, culture and help-seeking behaviour of Rohingya refugees. While the Rohingya language has a considerable vocabulary for emotional and behavioural problems, there is limited correspondence between these Rohingya terms and western concepts of mental disorders. This hampers the provision of culturally sensitive and contextually relevant MHPSS services to these refugees.ConclusionsThe knowledge about the culture, context, migration history, idioms of distress, help-seeking behaviour and traditional healing methods, obtained from diverse sources can be applied in the design and delivery of culturally appropriate interventions. Attention to past exposure to traumatic events and losses need to be paired with attention for ongoing stressors and issues related to worries about the future. It is important to design MHPSS interventions in ways that mobilise the individual and collective strengths of Rohingya refugees and build on their resilience.

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The culture, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Rohingya refugees: a systematic review

Tay

Riley

Islam

et al. 2019

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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“…However, enumerators were prevented from collecting data from more than one million people who wished their ethnicity to be recorded as "Rohingya", an ethnic identity the authorities do not acknowledge. Living mostly in Rakhine state, close to Myanmar's westerly border with Bangladesh, the Rohingya are a persecuted Muslim group and are denied citizenship rights by Myanmar's Buddhist dominated authorities (AI, 2017a;HRW, 2012;Lee, 2014). By 2018 the Rohingya represent one of the world's largest stateless groups and with this statelessness has come waves of destruction of Rohingya heritage (Ibrahim, 2018), as has been the case in other similar contexts (De Cesari 2010;Saunders 2008 The most populous ethnic group in Myanmar is the "Bamar" (also known as "Burman").…”

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Heritage destruction in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: legal and illegal iconoclasm

Lee

Zarandona

2019

International Journal of Heritage Studies

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In this article we map heritage destruction in Myanmar's Rakhine state. We outline the historic and contemporary political context in Myanmar explaining the background of the Rohingya Muslim ethnic group and addressing the contribution of religion and political change to anti-Rohingya discrimination and violence in Myanmar. We trace patterns of heritage destruction as legal and/or illegal iconoclasm and specify the key elements of heritage destruction in Rakhine state. Our analysis focusses on the use of heritage destruction in Rakhine state as a tool of genocide, and we suggest that heritage destruction in Myanmar's Rakhine state ought to be understood as part the authorities' policies of genocide against the Rohingya. We conclude the article with a call for UNESCO to act to extend its Unite4Heritage campaign to include the destruction of heritage by state actors.

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“…Even a regime that is expected to be democratic under the leadership of Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 2012 election with his Na-tional League for Democracy (NLD) party, cannot escape the issue of identity and history of the Rohingya ethnicity. The political interests of the elite put the Rohingya in no place for politicians in Myanmar to fight for [4]. The issue of identity and historical understanding maintained by the ruling regimes in Myanmar triggered large-scale human rights violations experienced by the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar.…”

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Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis of the Rohingya in Myanmar: A Comparison between the Role of State and NGOs

Kusuma

Firman

Harakan

et al. 2021

Journal of Human Security

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The present study discusses the role of NGOs in the efforts of the Indonesian Humanitarian Alliance for Myanmar (AKIM: Aliansi Kemanusian Indonesia Untuk Myanmar) to handle the humanitarian crisis experienced by Ethnic Rohingya groups in Myanmar in 2017. This phenomenon in Myanmar began to draw a lot of attention when the AKIM was able to contribute to the cause even though state actors and IGO attempts were blocked by the Myanmar government. In this case, NGOs were able to play a role outside the traditional structure of modern international relations that was inaccessible to state or international organizations (IGOs) or state governments. This phenomenon indicates that NGOs have more access to attempts to settle the humanitarian crisis being experienced by the ethnic Rohingya groups in Myanmar. This is notable because the Myanmar government has blocked the aid of other countries and IGOs and has denied the assistance offered by the United Nations. The qualitative method was used in this study, employing a case study model to observe the effects that occurred. During data collection researchers, used study documents, and then the data was processed through interpretive analytical techniques to draw conclusions and formulate a model for the study.

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A Politician, Not an Icon: Aung San Suu Kyi's Silence on Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya

Cited by 27 publications

References 6 publications

The culture, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Rohingya refugees: a systematic review

The culture, mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Rohingya refugees: a systematic review

Heritage destruction in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: legal and illegal iconoclasm

Responding to the Humanitarian Crisis of the Rohingya in Myanmar: A Comparison between the Role of State and NGOs

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