Suzanne and Ruth are joined by Ro Nay San Lwin, a prominent Rohingya activist from Myanmar. Since his departure from Myanmar 18 years ago, he has been documenting human rights violations in his home country and bringing international awareness to the plight of the Rohingya. He is a passionate campaigner for human rights who, despite threats to his life and public attacks from both the Myanmar presidential office and the state counselor's office, refuses to be silenced. Since the coup in Feb 2021, he has continued to campaign to draw awareness to the ongoing situation in Myanmar.  A long term activist for the Rohingya struggle, he views his prime role as a passionate campaigner, providing an up-to-date fact checking service, including situation updates and analysis. He also advises and provides information to various governments, human rights organizations, United Nations staff, journalists and others in order to assist their efforts in bringing focus to the Rohingya and the Myanmar Military's genocidal strategies. Here he talks about the frustrations concerning the continued lack of action from the International community, the ongoing plight of the displaced Rohingya who are virtually interned in refugee camps with no hope of a life beyond, and how now, more than ever, is a time for people across Myanmar to unite to finally put an end to the military’s mass slaughtering of its people.

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 Ro Nay San Lwin and all activists both inside and outside of Myanmar who continue to use their voice to let the world know what is happening in Myanmar. We are so grateful to Nay San Lwin  for adding his voice to the conversation, you can follow him on Twitter and Facebook @nslwin

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