Burma Update August 22, 2022

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This Week:

1. Marks 5^th Year of Rohingya 2017 genocidal mass displacement
2. OHCHR Commissioner visits Rohingya Camps, Urges Education and Better Security
3. UN Special Envoy visits Burma, Makes Strong Statement Amid Criticism
4. India withdraws Promises to Help Rohingya, Threatens Deportation
5. Join Burma Task Force at ISNA Sept 2-4
6. Imam Malik Mujahid to speak at Georgetown University Panel on Genocide

BTF News: In addition to organizing events below, this week Burma Task Force met with UNHCR to discuss deteriorating conditions in the camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Genocide and its Impact on Rohingya Children’s Education
On Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 10 AM EST, Burma Task Force will host an MNTV discussion with special video testimony from Rohingya Educator Mohammed Forkhad and from Rohingya Videographer Abdullah Habib, regarding the struggle to maintain schools in the refugee camps, featuring Rohingya children.

• With Phil Robertson, Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch Asia Division;
• Raiss Tinmaung, Rohingya Human Rights Network, and network of refugee camp schools;
• Sharifah Shakirah, Rohingya Women’s Development Network, and BTF Program Associate

Displaced Rohingya Children Are Still Without School. Refugee Host Nations Deny that Education is a Right. Destroying a community’s future is an extension of genocide. It is certainly not consistent with the Islamic faith for Bangladesh to be taking this approach.

Rohingya Genocide Commemoration August 24 at 9 AM EST

To strengthen solidarity among Burmese ethnic leaders, on the Fifth Anniversary of the Brutal 2017 Mass Displacement of Rohingya

Labor Day Refugee Event
To mark the Labor Day holiday, Burma Task Force will be joined by speakers from Refugees International to discuss a new report describing the many limits imposed on refugee employment, with discussion focusing on both Muslim refugees and refugees in Muslim nations. Are these policies contrary to Islam?

Join Burma Task Force at ISNA: Sept 2-4
Please check in with us next week! We will also be at the ISNA Conference in Chicago- do visit our Justice For All booth.