Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Chair. There's a lot that concerns me in both of our witnesses' testimonies. I'd particularly like to focus on Mr. Naing's testimony. Mr. Naing, you mentioned that there's purposeful use of Facebook by the government of Burma to spread hate. I'm wondering

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   people for playing a proactive role in ending the Rohingya crisis. As my fellow journalist mentioned, after Burma gained independence from Britain in 1948, there were only a few years of civilian rule. When dictator General Ne Win took over in 1962, the country was very isolated

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   chilling effect on journalists working in the country. I will give you a few examples of the use of criminal laws against journalists in Myanmar. Lawi Weng of The Irrawaddy and two reporters from the Democratic Voice of Burma were arrested after they went to an area controlled

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  I would divide it into three parts: one media in Burma, the media in the international community, and then the media in China, you may say. The first media, in Burma, is one of the key tools that is propagating anti-Muslim hate speech. These media are owned by the cronies

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  , there was one boat arrested by the Burmese navy in southern Burma. They were fleeing to Malaysia by boat, and there were 93 people, 60 adults and 33 children. They are now going to be sent back to Sittwe again and they are going to have an NVC, a nationality verification card. The card

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  Thank you and good afternoon. Inter Pares is a Canadian social justice organization. We began working with people from Burma in 1991. We have significant support from Global Affairs Canada for our Burma program. My colleagues Nikki Richard and Samantha McGavin are here with me

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

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Madam, for giving me a chance to speak here today. Hi and thank you to everyone in the room. I would like to first introduce myself. I'm an executive director and the founder of the Burma Human Rights Network. We're based in London and we operate across