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Thu Feb 18, 2021, 09:49 AM Feb 2021

From AlJazeera Inside Story: Is the Myanmar coup a turning point for the Rohingya?

This story includes a lengthy video and text.

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/2/17/is-the-myanmar-coup-a-turning-point-for-the-rohingyas

Text from article: 'Many people say they are only now realising the extent of the army’s crackdown on ethnic minorities including Rohingya.

Protesters in Myanmar continue to defiantly demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders who were detained in a military coup.

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Some Rohingya have joined the protests in solidarity.

But will this outpouring of sympathy lead to justice for some of the world’s most persecuted people?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Aung Kyaw Moe – Rohingya humanitarian worker and human rights advocate

Debbie Stothard – Founder and coordinator, ALTSEAN-Burma network

Ronan Lee – Visiting scholar, Queen Mary University of London’s International State Crime Initiative

Yasmin Ullah – President, Rohingya Human Rights Network'

I support justice for the Rohingya minorities and their right to return.

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