Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   I was able to leave the country. I am lucky to be here today. Like me, more than one million Rohingya students cannot study, and their lives are being destroyed. That is what happened from 1962 to 2010. After 2010, when so-called democracy came to Burma, hate speech spread

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   investments ourselves. In building that coalition, that group of like-minded countries, we have to recognize that while you say we've invested millions in Burma, we have historically done very little in Burma. For a long time there was virtually no economic or political relationship

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion: (a) what projects, research and activities have been undertaken in Burma since October 2015; (b) What are the details of each project referred to in (a), including the (i) project name, (ii) date, (iii) budget

Petitions   300,000 people. Witnesses of the Nanjing massacre described these atrocities as hell on earth. The military sexual slavery system of the Japanese military expanded rapidly, affecting an estimated 200,000 women from Korea, the Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other countries

International Trade   and approximately 300,000 people were killed; that, after the Nanjing massacre, the military sexual slavery system of the Japanese military expanded rapidly, and an estimated 200,000 women from Korea, the Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other Japanese occupied territories were tricked

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  , or there are things that are going to happen on the ground, these are the kinds of moments in which we can highlight those issues and we can continue those issues. For example, in March, there will be UN human rights sessions in Geneva where they are going to talk about the issues in Burma. All

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   are advocating about the funding for the IIIM, the new mechanism. It is also very important to support this new mechanism to receive a budget, as it should, because a failure of accountability is going to risk millions of people's lives in Burma.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   that are in Burma, are any discriminated against and persecuted to the degree of the Rohingya?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   of creating a nation. Burma has never really been a nation. If we only look at the Rohingya, we're not looking at the bigger picture of the conflict, or the fact that various other ethnic groups are also trying to seek rights for self-determination.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   with accountability and put more pressure and economic sanctions on Burma. Thank you very much.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   manager; and Nikki Richard, the same thing, program manager. From the Burma Human Rights Network, we have Kyaw Win, by teleconference. He is going to be speaking to us from Geneva, Switzerland. I would like to start with Mr. Win, by teleconference. You have opening remarks, and you

Petitions  , and approximately 200,000 women from Korea, the Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other Japanese-occupied territories were tricked, kidnapped or coerced into working in “comfort stations” to serve as “comfort women” to the Imperial Japanese Army. The crimes against humanity perpetrated

Indigenous Affairs   killed; that, after the Nanking massacre, the military sexual slavery system of the Japanese military expanded rapidly, and an estimated 200,000 women from Korea, the Philippines, China, Burma, Indonesia and other Japanese occupied territories were tricked, kidnapped or coerced

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I think so. Absolutely. Until Burma has given us full citizenship or safety, and until international peacekeeping forces or other international governments are there, we must denounce it because there will be another genocide, as my colleague said.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I left my country when I was 24 years old. I was raised there. I graduated over there, and only less than 1% do. I'm very lucky to have had that chance. I have various friends. Actually, Burma is a very diverse country. We have various ethnicities. We go to school together