Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
By Chris Lewa, Forum Asia, BangkokDelivered at the Medecins Sans Frontieres Conference:“10 Years for the Rohingya Refugees: Past, Present and Future”Dhaka – 1 April 2002As long as the situation in Rakhine State does not show any fundamental...
Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
ROHINGYA CHILDREN IN MYANMAR (BURMA)SUBMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDFor the Examination of the 2nd periodic State Party Report -MYANMAR-November 2003By Chris LewaSubmission to the Committee on the Rights of the ChildFORUM-ASIA wishes to draw...
Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
THE ROHINGYA:FORCED MIGRATION AND STATELESSNESSChris Lewa[i], Paper submitted for publication in a book edited by Omprakash Mishra on "Forced Migration in South Asian Region", Centre for Refugee studies Jadavpur University, Calcutta and Brookings...
Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
By Chris LewaConsultant and Coordinator of the Arakan Project Delivered at the Burma/Myanmar Forum 2006 A Conference organised by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) Panel I – Challenges: Working in...
Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
By Chris Lewa On 25 November 2007, a trawler and two ferry boats carrying some 240 Rohingyas being smuggled to Malaysia sank in the Bay of Bengal. About 80 survived; the rest drowned. A week later, another boat sank, allegedly fired at by the Burmese Navy. 150...
Jan 21, 2008 | Chris Lewa
December 3, 2007 Mr. Chair, Honorable Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for inviting me before this commission. Having worked with ethnic people from Burma and, more specifically with the Rohingya minority for the last 7 years, I am...
