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Citizenship in Myanmar: Past and Future
Tuesday 16 November 2021 at 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
A roundtable bringing together researchers working on issues of citizenship, statelessness and civil documentation among minority communities in Myanmar.
Myanmar’s ‘unofficial minorities’ – or those not recognized as belonging to one of the state’s 135 official ‘ethnic nationalities’ – face severe challenges and discrimination in accessing citizenship documentation and by extension, government services and rights including education, housing, and freedom of movement.
The citizenship and identity card system has functioned to maintain a system of segregation and apartheid for Rohingyas in Rakhine State. Elsewhere religious minorities including Muslims and Hindus, people mixed ethnic and religious backgrounds, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returned refugees are amongst those that face discrimination in accessing citizenship documents and rights.
Speakers in this online roundtable will share recent research on citizenship and comment on ongoing threats faced by communities since the February 2021 military coup.
Please visit the Eventbrite page to register and receive the Zoom link.
Chair: Elizabeth Rhoads, Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Rights Studies/Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Welcome: Bridget Anderson, Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol.
Speakers:
- Maung Zarni, activist and scholar, Fellow of the (Genocide) Documentation Centre, Cambodia, and co-author of Essays on Mynamar’s Genocide of Rohingyas (2018).
- Natalie Brinham, PhD student, Queen Mary University London, and co-author of Essays on Mynamar’s Genocide of Rohingyas (2018).
- Kathy Win, Research Fellow, SOAS, University of London.
- Aung Ko Ko, Graduate Student, Masters in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence, Brandeis University.
- Nan Tinilar Win, freelance researcher, based in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
- Htike Htike, PhD researcher, SOAS, University of London.
Image: Yangon, Myanmar, March 2021 (Zinko Hein on UnSplash)