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Episode #306: John Quinley, a Director at Fortify Rights, notes that his initial interest in Myanmar arose during his high school years when he lived in Thailand, and he recounts a humanitarian mission into Shan State deeply impacted him during that time. He has been involved ever since.Quinley describes how before the coup, Fortify Rights led participatory training to build a knowledge of human rights, helping communities document abuses, and making connections with international legal mechanisms like the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 2021 coup shattered the country's tenuous transition to democracy, forcing Fortify Rights to pivot to providing emergency support—helping activists find safehouses, providing grants, and documenting the junta's abuses against peaceful protesters.Quinley speaks about the importance of regulating his own emotions while facing secondary trauma from witnessing and documenting human rights abuses. He emphasizes the need to remain empathetic while staying clinical, striving to support those in Myanmar without being overwhelmed by the suffering he encountered.A central theme of Quinley's message concerns the resilience of Myanmar's people. He highlights efforts by ethnic armed groups and the National Unity Government (NUG) to build an inclusive, democratic future, in contrast to the exclusionary policies of the military regime and even the past administrations of the National League for Democracy. To Quinley, the NUG's unprecedented step of appointing Rohingya representatives signals a shift towards greater inclusivity.Quinley remains hopeful, seeing the courage and determination of Myanmar's youth, the cooperation across ethnic lines, and the rise of local governance structures that operate independently of the junta. As he notes in closing, “The Myanmar people have said, 'We will still build a future, fight for our rights, and create alternative systems to meet our own needs.'”

Fortify Rights works to ensure and defend human rights for all. We investigate human rights violations, engage stakeholders, and strengthen initiatives led by human rights defenders, affected communities, and civil society. #NotepadWithIbrahimSani

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံနဲ့ပတ်သက်လို့ ကုလသဂ္ဂ လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီ ချမှတ်ထားတဲ့ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် ၂၆၆၉ ကို အကောင်အထည်ဖော်နိုင်အောင်နဲ့စစ်ကောင်စီ ကျုးလွန်တဲ့ ရာဇဝတ်မှုတွေအတွက် အရေးယူနိုင်အောင် ထောက်ခံဖို့ လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီကို ကုလသမဂ္ဂဆိုင်ရာ အမေရိကန်သံအမတ်ကြီး Linda Thomas-Greenfield က တောင်းဆို၊ မြန်မာအတိုက်အခံ တက်ကြွလှုပ်ရှားသူ ၃ ဦးကို ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံကနေ အတင်းအကြပ် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဘက် ပြန်ပို့ခဲ့တာကြောင့် အသက်အန္တရာယ်စိုးရိမ်ရတဲ့အတွက် ဒီကိစ္စကို စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးဖို့နဲ့ နောင် အလားတူမဖြစ်အောင် ဟန့်တားပေးဖို့ Fortify Rights လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအဖွဲ့ကြီးက ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံကို တောင်းဆို

The United Nations is appealing for nearly $900 million to help Rohingya who've fled to Bangladesh from their native Myanmar. So, how will the international community respond? And can the Rohingya ever hope for an end to the stateless limbo they're trapped in? Join host Mohammed Jamjoom. Guests: Razia Sultana - Founder of RW Welfare Society, a women's rights organisation.  Matthew Smith - Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Fortify Rights, a human rights organization. Regina De La Portilla - UNHCR Communication Officer for Cox's Bazar.

Western firms are facilitating the production of Myanmar's junta weapons, as a recent high-level report says companies from at least 13 countries are sending parts used for producing arms. Those weapons are then being used to commit human rights atrocities. While the military continues its oppression, the Rohingya community's exodus continues. For almost seven years, the Muslim minority has been fleeing persecution in Rakhine state, while internationally backed efforts to assist and protect them have mostly failed. Why is the international community not doing more to help civilians in the country? Guests: Yanghee Lee Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar Ronan Lee Doctoral Prize Fellow at Loughborough University London Kyaw Win Founder and Executive Director of Burma Human Rights Network Matthew Smith Co-Founder and CEO of Fortify Rights

ယူကရိန်းစစ်ပွဲ အတွက်ရုရှား ကာကွယ်ရေးပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်တဲ့ လုပ်ငန်းတွေမှာ အကျဉ်းသားတွေကို ခိုင်းစေနေပုံရတဲ့အကြောင်း ဗြိတိန် ကာကွယ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန ထုတ်ပြန်၊ ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံဟာ ရုရှားလိုနိုင်ငံက ရုပ်ကြွင်းလောင်စာ မှီခိုအားထားနေရတာကို ဖြတ်တောက်ဖို့ ကြိုးစားနေပြီးကနေဒါကလည်း အကူအညီပေးဖို့ ဂျပန်ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ပြော၊ အိန္ဒိယပိုင် လေပိုင်နက်ထဲ မြန်မာစစ်တပ်က တိုက်လေယာဉ်တွေမဝင်စေဖို့ နဲ့ နယ်စပ် က ချင်း နဲ့ အိန္ဒိယ အရပ်သားတွေကို အကာအကွယ်ပေးဖို့ လူ့အခွင့်အရေး အဖွဲ့တခုဖြစ်တဲ့ Fortify Rights အဖွဲ့က အိန္ဒိယအစိုးရကို တောင်းဆို

It's been described as crimes against humanity - back in 2015, Malaysian police discovered 139 mass graves in 28 abandoned migrant "prison camps” just over the border from Thailand in Wang Kelian, Perlis, following the discovery of similar graves in Thailand. The victims are believed to be Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis - victims of mass human trafficking from Myanmar and Bangladesh to Thailand and Malaysia from 2012 to 2015. Human rights NGO Fortify Right and Malaysia's SUHAKAM investigation into the matter found reasonable grounds to believe that a transnational criminal syndicate committed crimes against humanity against these trafficked persons. Though Malaysia set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the matter, no report was made public, with officials calling it an official state secret - that is, until Fortify Rights revealed that the report recently appeared on the Ministry of Home Affairs website. Among other things, the 211-page RCI report found that the torture and deaths of Rohingya refugees and others in Wang Kelian “should have been prevented by the authorities” and that Malaysian enforcement agencies failed to follow their own standard operating procedures, significantly impacting the quality of their investigation into the situation in Wang Kelian. We find out more from Patrick Phongsathorn, a Human Rights Advocacy Specialist at Fortify Rights about what the report details, and what actions they are calling for.Image Credit: Twitter/Fortify Rights

- မကွေးတိုင်း ဂန့်ဂေါမြို့မှာ စိတ်မနှံ့သူ အပါအဝင် လူ ၇ ဦး စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်ရဲ့ သတ်ဖြတ်ခံရ - ရိုဟင်ဂျာတွေကို လူမျိုးတုန်း သတ်ဖြတ်ဖို့ မြန်မာစစ်တပ် စီစဉ်ခဲ့လို့ Fortify Rights အဖွဲ့ ပြောကြား - မြန်မာပြည်အတွက် အကူအညီ စစ်ကောင်စီ ထိန်းချုပ်လို့မရအောင် ဝိုင်းဝန်းဖိအားပေးဖို့ ကရင်လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအဖွဲ့ တောင်းဆို - စစ်ကောင်စီ လူ့အခွင့်အရေး လေးစားလိုက်နာရမဲ့တာဝန် ပျက်ကွက်နေ - ချင်း တိုင်းရင်းသားဘာသာ အစီအစဉ်...စတာတွေ ကြည့်ရှု နားဆင်ရမှာပါ

Suzanne and Ruth are joined by John Quinley & Zaw Win of Fortify Rights, and Roger Polack of Yale Law School's Schell Center, co-authors of the '"Nowhere is Safe": The Myanmar Junta's Crimes Against Humanity Following the Coup d'État' report. The 193 page report, based on more than 120 interviews, exposes how the Myanmar military junta murdered, imprisoned, tortured, disappeared, persecuted, and forcibly displaced or transferred peaceful protesters, activists, political leaders, and other civilians throughout the country in the six months following the military coup on February 1, 2021. It provides the most extensive legal analysis to date, finding that the Myanmar junta is responsible for crimes against humanity under international law, and reveals the identities of 61 Myanmar military and police officials who should be investigated and possibly prosecuted, and the physical locations of 1,040 military units nationwide. ‘Nowhere is safe' reveals new information about the military chain of command and thorough legal analysis of the junta's widespread systematic attacks on the people of Myanmar. In this episode, John, Roger and Zaw Win discuss the report in detail and the need for the international community to address impunity by the military junta, hold perpetrators accountable, and end ongoing attacks on the people of Myanmar.The ah nah: Conversations with Myanmar podcast was born from a desire to bring into public consciousness the atrocities that are currently being committed in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Our goal is simply to keep the conversation going, and to let the people of Myanmar know that they have not been forgotten. You can continue to support the people of Myanmar by keeping this conversation going. You can subscribe to this podcast on all major podcasting apps, including Apple, Spotify and Acast. You can also follow us on all our social media pages, linked below. If you'd like to reach out, please email us or fill out this form to add your voice to the conversation (https://tinyurl.com/3ee7ssm9).Credits:Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”.Graphics: SelinaXinSound Effects: https://mixkit.co*Special thanks to John Quinley, Roger Polack and Zaw Win and all those who contributed to the Nowhere is Safe report and to everyone who continues to work hard to document human rights abuses committed by the Myanmar military so that one day those responsible may be finally held accountable. We are so grateful to John, Roger and Zaw Win for adding their voices to the conversation. You can read the full report here: https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-rep-2022-03-24/Follow ah nah:instagram.com/ahnahpodcastfacebook.com/ahnahpodcasttwitter.com/ahnahpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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ယူကရိန္းႏိုင္ငံ Mariupol ၿမိဳ႕ သံမဏိစက္႐ုံမွာ ပိတ္မိေနတဲ့ အရပ္သားေတြကို ေဘးလြတ္ရာေ႐ႊ႕ေျပာင္းေပးဖို႔ တတိယအႀကိမ္ ကယ္ဆယ္ေရး လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ေတြ လုပ္ေနၿပီလို႔ ကုလသမဂၢ အတြင္းေရးမႉးခ်ဳပ္ေျပာ၊ ျမန္မာျပည္သူေတြအတြက္ လူသားခ်င္းစာနာမႈ အကူအညီေတြ ေပးႏိုင္ဖို႔တိုးတက္မႈေတြ ရွိတယ္လို႔ ကေမာၻဒီးယား ႏိုင္ငံျခားေရးဝန္ႀကီးPrak Sokhonn ေျပာ၊ ထိုင္းႏိုင္ငံထဲကို ထြက္ေျပးလာတဲ့ ျမန္မာ ဒုကၡသည္ေတြကို ေနရပ္အတင္းအက်ပ္ ျပန္ပို႔တာမ်ိဳး မလုပ္ဘဲ အကာအကြယ္ေပးဖို႔ ႏိုင္ငံတကာ လူ႔အခြင့္အေရး အဖြဲ႕အစည္းတခုျဖစ္တဲ့ Fortify Rights အဖြဲ႕က ထိုင္းအစိုးရကိုေတာင္းဆို

Patrick Brown has devoted himself to documenting critical issues around the world often ignored by the mainstream media. His groundbreaking project on the illegal trade in endangered animals won a World Press Photo Award in 2004 and a multimedia award from POYi in 2008. Patrick's book Trading to Extinction was nominated in the ten best photo documentary books of 2014 by AmericanPhoto. In 2019 he published No Place On Earth which provides an intimate portrait of the survivors of the persecution of the Myanmar's Rohingya population in 2017. Patrick has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the 2019 FotoEvidence Book Award and two World Press Photo Awards. His work has been exhibited internationally at Centre of Photography in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokyo, Visa pour l'Image in France and his work is also held in private collections.Patrick is a regular contributor to a wealth of publications, including, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, TIME, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, National Geographic and Mother Jones, and has worked with such organisations as UNICEF, UNHCR, Fortify Rights and Human Rights Watch. On episode 175, Patrick discusses, among other things:His peripatetic upbringingHow the surgeon that saved his young life also changed its trajectoryFinding it difficult to photograph people he knowsMoving to ThailandThe Thai/Burmese borderTrading to ExtinctionWhy the book was such a ‘painful' experience he nearly quitNo Place On EarthWhy you have to go to editors and not wait for them to come to youThe ethical questions of documenting horrific situationsSuffering from ‘moral injury'Why he included images of tools in No Place On EarthHis involvement in the Alex Gibney film The Forever Prisoner Referenced:Josef KoudelkaJames NachtweySebastião SalgadoAdam FergusonEmphas.isStuart SmithDewi LewisAlex GibneySir Roger Deakins Website | Instagram“I'm always asking myself on these kind of stories, these kind of issues, ‘am I doing the right thing? Am I in the right position morally?' If you stop asking those questions I think you will fall off into the precipice. You really need to be constantly re-evaluating yourself.”

On December 6, Aung San Suu Kyi was handed down a prison sentence by a court loyal to Myanmar's military junta. Until February of this year, Suu Kyi was the de-facto civilian leader of Myanmar. Her party, the National League for Democracy, had just won re-election in a landslide victory -- the results of which were rejected by the military, which mounted a coup.  The military junta were not swayed massive protests throughout the country and began violently suppressing dissent. Now, violence seems to be escalating, prompting the UN's top human rights official to warn that Myanmar may be sliding into a civil war. My guest today, Matthew Smith, is the co-founder and CEO of Fortify Rights, a human rights organization long active in Myanmar. We kick off discussing the circumstances of Aung San Suu Kyi's criminal conviction before having a broader conversation about the escalating crisis in Myanmar.  Our conversation was recorded live on Twitter using the new Twitter Spaces platform. Twitter is partnering with the podcast to produce episodes recorded as Twitter Spaces. If you would like to participate in one of these live recordings, the best thing to do is follow me on Twitter @MarkLGoldberg.    

Suzanne and Ruth are joined by Nickey Diamond, a human rights specialist at Fortify Rights. Nickey is a human rights defender and an academic activist from Myanmar who has continuously defended the rights of marginalized communities and supported the victims and survivors of human rights abuses. Nickey quickly became a target of the Myanmar military for speaking out against the coup. Like many others in Myanmar, he and his family had to go into hiding to avoid being kidnapped, tortured and killed by the Tatmadaw. He has recently made it safely out of the country having received the Hilde-Domin fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) “Students at Risk” programme. He will pursue a Ph.D. in political and legal anthropology on the topic of “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar” at the University of Konstanz in Germany under the supervision of Professor Dr. Judith Beyer. Here Nickey shares his expertise, experience and story with us. *The day before this episode was recorded Nickey's father sadly passed away as a result of being unable to access basic medical care for Covid-19. Tragically this is the case for thousands of people in Myanmar right now. This is another symptom of the destruction the ruthless Tatmadaw, led by Min Aung Hliang, continue to leave in their wake as they allow their own people to die every single day. Credits:Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”.Graphics: SelinaXiSound Effects: https://mixkit.co**Special thanks to Nickey Diamond, and all human rights defenders and activists both inside and outside Myannmar who continue to risk their lives everyday to document the horrific human rights abuses being committed by the Tatmadaw. We are so grateful to Nickey for adding his voice to the conversation, you can follow Nickey on Twitter @NickeyMdy and FortifyRights @FortifyRights Follow ah nah:instagram.com/ahnahpodcastfacebook.com/ahnahpodcasttwitter.com/ahnahpodcastThanks for listening, and remember to #KeepTheConversationGoing! Myanmar, we have not forgotten you.Follow us at @ahnahpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nickey Diamond, (aka) Ye Myint Win, is a Human Rights Specialist with Fortify Rights in Myanmar. He joined Fortify Rights in September 2015. He is a human rights defender and an academic activist. Nickey founded Youth for Social Change Myanmar (YSCM) in 2007 and he holds an M.A. in human rights from the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Now he is pursuing a Ph.D. in political and legal anthropology on the topic of “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar” at the University of Konstanz in Germany.

Nickey Diamond, (aka) Ye Myint Win, is a Human Rights Specialist with Fortify Rights in Myanmar. He joined Fortify Rights in September 2015. He is a human rights defender and an academic activist. Nickey founded Youth for Social Change Myanmar (YSCM) in 2007 and he holds an M.A. in human rights from the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. Now he is pursuing a Ph.D. in political and legal anthropology on the topic of “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar” at the University of Konstanz in Germany.

Wai Wai Nu was born in Rakhine State, located on the western coast of Myanmar where most Rohingya reside. A predominantly Buddhist country, the Rohingya are a Muslim minority in Myanmar who have been rendered stateless since 1982. Through the lens of a young woman whose family was imprisoned and displaced to internment camps, this episode unravels the ongoing conflict in Myanmar and the military crackdown on Rohingya civilians. Ongoing violence against the Rohingya has resulted in the fastest refugee outflow since the Rwandan genocide, with over 742,000 Rohingya fleeing to neighboring Bangladesh. This episode dives into the problematic citizenship laws of Myanmar and the allegations of atrocities against the Rohingya, which many in the international community are calling a crime of genocide. On the podcast, we also discuss statelessness, its causes, and the important action required to prevent human rights abuses. Featuring policy and advocacy insights from experts: Ambassador David Scheffer, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Matthew Smith, CEO and Co-Founder at Fortify Rights. The Elders Special Segment Guest: Ban Ki-moon, Former UN Secretary-General and Deputy Chair of The Elders. Host: Hazami Barmada, Founder and CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation. -- Finding Humanity is a production of Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. Subscribe, rate, and leave us a review. For more information, visit findinghumanitypodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter @find_humanity and on Facebook @findinghumanitypod.

Following the coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi two weeks ago, several members of the international community, including US President Joe Biden declared 'the world is watching'. Despite internet shutdowns, scenes of resistance have made their way around the globe: students, monks, and factory workers, banging pots and pans, waving signs and singing revolutionary songs. World powers decried the takeover. The UN has passed resolutions, while the US has re-imposed sanctions and frozen a billion dollars in government aid. But to little effect. In a televised address to the nation, the man now in charge of Myanmar made no mention of the coup or the demonstrations. Instead General Min Aung Line - taking a page from the military's old playbook, spoke of the need for discipline and unity. And shots have now been fired in some cities, indicating the military could be hardening its crackdown. But how far are they willing to go to reign in a new generation of protesters? Guests Min Zaw Oo The director of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security Wai Hnin Pwint Thon Officer at Burma Campaign UK, daughter of detained activist Mya Aye Maung Zarni Co-founder of Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia Matthew Smith Co-founder and CEO of Fortify Rights

Bangkok-based journalist and writer and Regional Director of Fortify Rights, Ismail Wolff, joins Bryan Crump with the latest on the coup in Myanmar.

Because Myanmar has refused to alienate itself from China, all kinds of games are being played against it. Recently, 2 Myanmar soldiers were transferred by the Arekon Army to the Hague. This is an illegal process that denies the rights of these soldiers, despite the applause of Bob Rae and the CBC. An American-sponsored publication called "Fortify Rights" has been one of the main cheerleaders of this action. The UN rapporteur on Myanmar, former U.S. Congressman Thomas Andrews, happens to be a member of that group. This is all very crooked, and people can see it.

Major media outlets are promoting a dubious story about Myanmar soldiers "confessing" to war crimes. Although video evidence shows that the soldiers made statements under questioning by a rebel army fighting Myanmar's government, statements under these conditions are not credible. But the press downplayed the context of the statements, with the Toronto Star editing out the reference to the rebel army, in a story reprinted from the NY Times. According to the NYT, the alleged confession was made to the Arakan Army, a rebel militia in Myanmar. The Arakan Army, in turn, turned over the video of the "confession" to a Harvard fellow, who represents a group called Fortify Rights. The two soldiers were then transferred to Bangladesh, a country that does not have friendly relations with Myanmar. It also isn't clear how the two soldiers were sent to the ICC in the Hague, where they have not yet seen lawyers or representatives of the government of Myanmar. Phil argues that it is reprehensible that the Dutch government has removed these two soldiers illegally from their country and that Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the UN, regards the statements made under duress from captured soldiers as a "confession" of malfeasance by the Myanmar government.

Matthew Smith – co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortify Rights, and Fellow at the Carr Center – discusses the Rohingya crisis, the importance of documentation, and the role of power in constructing narratives around human rights.

Matthew Smith – co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fortify Rights, and Fellow at the Carr Center – discusses the Rohingya crisis, the importance of documentation, and the role of power in constructing narratives around human rights.

Human rights allow us to work and to move freely. On the move, refugees and migrants are also entitled to rights and protections. But, what happens when these rights are violated or abused. Who is responsible for ensuring these rights and for investigating abuses? Who are Human Rights Defenders? Large international organisations or people like you or me? In this episode we’re trying to answer these questions by speaking to Christian Friis Bach, Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council, Erin Kilbride, of Front Line Defenders and Matt Smith, co-founder and CEO of Fortify Rights. Danish Refugee Council: [@DRC_dk](https://twitter.com/DRC_dk) Christian Friis Bach: [@christianfbach](https://twitter.com/christianfbach) Frontline Defenders: [@FrontLineHRD](https://twitter.com/FrontLineHRD) Fortify Rights: [@FortifyRights](https://twitter.com/FortifyRights) Matthew Smith: [@matthewfsmith](https://twitter.com/matthewfsmith) Picture Caption: Stranded on the Myanmar border for up to three weeks, Rohingya refugees cross the Naf River into Bangladesh—a five to seven-hour-long journey—on makeshift rafts made of bamboo, tarp, and empty palm-oil cans. Patrick Brown © Panos/UNICEF 2018 #rohingya #danish #council #front #line #defenders #HRDs #fortify #rights #human #abuse #violation #Moria #Greece #asylum #centre #camp #advocacy #campaigns #research #SAR #account #crisis #migrant #Bangladesh #refugee #burma #NGO #muslim #minority #bangladesh #camps #myanmar #rakhine #aid #station #shamlapur #unchiprang #podcast #MOAS #migrantoffshoreaidstation #moaspodcast #nayapara #kutupalong #balukhali #megacamp

For over 40 years, the fundamental rights of university students to fully participate in politics have been restricted by laws governing tertiary institutions. The Universities and University Colleges Act - better known by its Malay acronym AUKU - is legislative centerpiece in the control of campus life. Today we speak to Fortify Rights: a non-profit human rights organisation based in Bangkok that commissioned the report. A report that documents recent violations of Malaysian university students’ rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.

For over 40 years, the fundamental rights of university students to fully participate in politics have been restricted by laws governing tertiary institutions. The Universities and University Colleges Act - better known by its Malay acronym AUKU - is legislative centerpiece in the control of campus life. Today we speak to Fortify Rights: a non-profit human rights organisation based in Bangkok that commissioned the report. A report that documents recent violations of Malaysian university students’ rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association.

David Baulk, Mandy Sadan and Kai Htang Lashi speak at St Antony's College on 2 November 2017 As the world watches the Myanmar military decimate the country's Rohingya Muslim population, in northern Myanmar the military is fighting a war by other means. Across Kachin and northern Shan state, an estimated 120,000 people displaced by conflict are lacking food, shelter, and healthcare. As the conflict has intensified, the Government of Myanmar has tightened restrictions on groups working to defend human rights and provide aid to internally displaced persons in conflict-affected areas. Access to these areas is now more limited than at any point since the conflict in northern Myanmar resumed in 2011. The Myanmar military has called for aid to displaced persons in areas controlled by ethnic armed organizations to be stopped entirely. In this talk, David Baulk, Myanmar human rights specialist with Fortify Rights, discusses his research in conflict-affected areas of Kachin and northern Shan states, considers the implications of restrictions on humanitarian and human rights groups in Myanmar, and discusses what the international community can do to ensure the Government of Myanmar meets its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law.

2015 Global Thinker Wai Wai Nu and Fortify Rights executive director Matthew Smith warn that democracy will mean little unless Muslims get a seat at the political table.

The Rohingya are a religious and ethnic minority in Myanmar that faces horrid abuse and discrimination by Burmese authorities. As the politics of Myanmar lurches toward representative democracy, this group is still excluded from sharing even basic rights of citizenship. Even the lauded Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is shamefully silent about their situation. On the eve of President Obama's second visit to Myanmar, Mark speaks with Matthew Smith of the human rights group Fortify Rights about the plight of the Rohingya and what the international community can do to improve human rights in Myanmar as it opens up to the world.