Citizenship denied, deferred and assumed: a legal history of racialized citizenship in Myanmar

Rhoads, Elizabeth

doi:10.1080/13621025.2022.2137468

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“…Being a member of a national race that is recognized by the Burmese government has become the primary path for an individual to have the right to claim that they are a Burmese citizen. 58 Birthright citizenship is only conferred to those who are born to parents who are already a member of one of the national races recognized by the government, while those who do not belong to a non-recognized ethnic community must provide extensive genealogy to prove their claims. While denial of citizenship to those who belong to a non-recognized ethnic community is rare, the granting of citizenship is continuously deferred by the relevant authorities leaving some in a perpetual state of limbo as they seek to become a Burmese citizen.…”

Section: ) Republic Of the Union Of Myanmar A) A Highly Racialized Ci...mentioning

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Segregation by Design: An Analysis of Apartheid-Enabling Constitutional Provisions

Albar,

Kusumadi,

Alfarizi

2024

Constitutionale

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This paper is a critical examination of constitutional provisions that enable apartheid systems, with a focus on how they allow segregation and discrimination to be established and perpetuated. Despite the global condemnation of apartheid following its horrors in South Africa, similar traits are still visible across a number of jurisdictions today, notably in Israel's treatment of Palestinians and Myanmar's oppression of the Rohingya. This study investigates three of such highest laws of the land, analyzing the roles they play in legitimizing such regimes and how they are instrumentalized to sustain segregation by design. Employing a substantive and structural comparative analytical approach, the research scrutinizes the constitutions of South Africa, Israel, and Myanmar, unearthing common denominators that facilitate apartheid practices. These include the creation of identity-based citizenship conditions, provisions allowing discriminatory treatment, constraints on the political participation of marginalized groups, and the entrenchment of power that hinders reformative action. The findings reveal that apartheid-enabling provisions do not necessarily explicitly endorse segregation. Instead, they often afford broad legislative powers that can be exploited to this end, as was the case in Apartheid South Africa. Similarly, the constitutions of Israel and Myanmar offer constitutional protection to selected ethnic groups, legitimizing and institutionalizing segregation. The research concludes with the identification of at least four key elements common across the studied constitutions that contribute to the maintenance of apartheid systems: differentiated citizenship status, legitimized segregationist practices, limited political participation for certain demographics, and entrenched power structures resistant to change.

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Section: ) Republic Of the Union Of Myanmar A) A Highly Racialized Ci...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Segregation by Design: An Analysis of Apartheid-Enabling Constitutional Provisions

Albar,

Kusumadi,

Alfarizi

2024

Constitutionale

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“…The book I Am a Rohingya: Poetry from the Camps and Beyond is the first English-language collection of poetry written by Rohingya poets, and these significant poems have attracted public attention by commemorating individuals and places in Rohingya and fighting against the deliberately planned depredations of genocide (Disney, 2019). Rhoads (2023), indicated that many people in this book express their ambition to acquire full citizenship in Burmese. This study explores two poets, Yar Tin, and Yasmir Ullah.…”

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2024

ELLR

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This article attempts to examine the use of stylistic analysis in Yar Tin and Yasmir Ullah"s poetry as a style of foregrounding in the poems of Too Much Bitterness and The Unfamiliar Home from the book I Am a Rohingya: Poetry from the Camps and Beyond. The present study explores the effects and implications, similarities, and differences that underlie the use of parallelism and deviation in the poems. Stylistics, outfitted with linguistics tools and methodology, may help with a logical and academic interpretation of literary works. In other words, stylistics explores unique language expressions and explains their purpose and impact. From the perspective of stylistic analysis, the two poems are analyzed through stylistic tools of foregrounding and its types. Language stands out by employing four techniques: parallelism, phonological deviation obtained using assonance, semantic variation attained using simile and paradox, and graphological variation including italicization and shape. By comparing the two poems by Rohingya poets, the study mainly focuses on analyzing the content and linguistic features to highlight the theme of desolation and the emotions expressed by the two poets. Additionally, through accessing these unconventional linguistic features, readers are supposed to deepen their comprehension and appreciation of the essence of poetry.

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Half a Decade of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: The Threats to Peace and Sustainability in Bangladesh

Bakebillah,

Ahmad

2024

World Sustainability Series

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Citizenship denied, deferred and assumed: a legal history of racialized citizenship in Myanmar

Cited by 10 publications

References 53 publications

Segregation by Design: An Analysis of Apartheid-Enabling Constitutional Provisions

Segregation by Design: An Analysis of Apartheid-Enabling Constitutional Provisions

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Half a Decade of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis: The Threats to Peace and Sustainability in Bangladesh

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