Myanmar's Rohingya genocide: identity, history and hate speech / Ronan Lee

"The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. This unique study draws on thousands of hours of interviews and testimony...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lee, Ronan, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Taurus, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Background to Rohingya's situation History
  • Chapter 2. Burma pre-colonial history focussing on Arakan (Rakhine state) area
  • Chapter 3. Archival research outcomes : new research outlining strong Rohingya claim to pre-colonial history
  • Chapter 4. Burma/Myanmar's post-independence history impacting the Rohingya
  • Identity
  • Chapter 5. Fieldwork research with Rohingya (in Myanmar and diaspora)
  • Chapter 6. Development of modern Rohingya identity; Who do the contemporary Rohingya say they are?
  • Contemporary situation
  • Chapter 7. Myanmar's transformation 2010-2015
  • Chapter 8. 2015-2019 period in Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi comes to office, online hate speech increases, 2017 military action in northern Rakhine state, and the Rohingya's forced migration
  • Chapter 9. The Rohingya's future
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index