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

Citizenship and Immigration committee   million people, are in situations of forced migration. Most of those people come from five countries: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Burma and Somalia. Development and Peace-Caritas Canada supports local partners in those countries. Migrants and refugees are more than figures

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   tomorrow. At best, they will be able to eat rice once a day, rice that was perhaps brought from Burma, which is ironic in a way. I hear heartbreaking stories from people reporting about it, that when young children fled from the massacre last year in Myanmar, the only thing they took

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

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, the military has the policy of Burmanization. It is not only in one ethnic area, but it's across Burma. In the Kachin, Karen, Shan and Arakan states, human rights violations have been going on. It's getting worse and worse. Burma is going backwards now, in 2018.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  May I add to that? Because the Rakhine state is one of the most deforested areas in Burma, even though the entire area is already gone and the resources have already been extracted, it's still being used as a route to smuggle timber and teak from other areas, such as Shan State

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, members of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights, for inviting me to testify here today. I was born in a town called Buthidaung, in Arakan State, Burma, but raised in various other cities as my parents were transferred from town to town as government service

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. It is an honour for me to be here today. My name is Slone Phan. I was born in Karen State, Burma. When I was 12, my village was attacked by the Burmese military, which is the same military that attacked other ethnic minorities in Burma, including the Rohingya. I

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee   never questioned about their origin. It was understood that we were part of a larger mix of various minority groups who were local to the land that became Burma, or Myanmar as it is known today. However, in the 1970s, the military took control of the government and slowly changed

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I understand the urgency. We have seen far too often acts of genocide, whether in Rwanda, in northern Iraq or even in Burma. It is unfortunate that countries and states are acting after the fact. It is unfortunate that this still happens. The member said

Foreign Affairs   have been always willing to raise and confront issues of fundamental human rights, whether that involves Iran, Saudi Arabia, China or the government of Burma. However, the Liberal government has been very slow and often unresponsive. I will ask again the question that I asked

Sikh Heritage Month Act   in that horrible conflict. They also fought bravely against the Japanese during World War II, in places like Malaysia, Burma and Italy. Long before large numbers of Sikhs opted to become Canadians, they shared a proud and honourable history with their Commonwealth allies. It is one

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. However, this goes well beyond the issue of elections. It's a much larger problem than elections. It's a problem of great magnitude, and we've seen it in other countries, like Burma, where some terrible things have been happening because social media is basically