Suzanne and Ruth are joined by John Quinley & Zaw Win of Fortify Rights, and Roger Polack of Yale Law School’s Schell Center, co-authors of the '"Nowhere is Safe": The Myanmar Junta’s Crimes Against Humanity Following the Coup d’État' report. The 193 page report, based on more than 120 interviews, exposes how the Myanmar military junta murdered, imprisoned, tortured, disappeared, persecuted, and forcibly displaced or transferred peaceful protesters, activists, political leaders, and other civilians throughout the country in the six months following the military coup on February 1, 2021. It provides the most extensive legal analysis to date, finding that the Myanmar junta is responsible for crimes against humanity under international law, and reveals the identities of 61 Myanmar military and police officials who should be investigated and possibly prosecuted, and the physical locations of 1,040 military units nationwide. ‘Nowhere is safe’ reveals new information about the military chain of command and thorough legal analysis of the junta’s widespread systematic attacks on the people of Myanmar. In this episode, John, Roger and Zaw Win discuss the report in detail and the need for the international community to address impunity by the military junta, hold perpetrators accountable, and end ongoing attacks on the people of Myanmar.

The ah nah: Conversations with Myanmar podcast was born from a desire to bring into public consciousness the atrocities that are currently being committed in Myanmar (also known as Burma). Our goal is simply to keep the conversation going, and to let the people of Myanmar know that they have not been forgotten. You can continue to support the people of Myanmar by keeping this conversation going. You can subscribe to this podcast on all major podcasting apps, including Apple, Spotify and Acast. You can also follow us on all our social media pages, linked below. If you’d like to reach out, please email us or fill out this form to add your voice to the conversation (https://tinyurl.com/3ee7ssm9).

Credits:

Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”.

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*Special thanks to John Quinley, Roger Polack and Zaw Win and all those who contributed to the Nowhere is Safe report and to everyone who continues to work hard to document human rights abuses committed by the Myanmar military so that one day those responsible may be finally held accountable. We are so grateful to John, Roger and Zaw Win for adding their voices to the conversation. You can read the full report here: https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-rep-2022-03-24/

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