Why Donât More People Know About the Atrocities in Myanmar?
Iâm waiting for the day when the plight of the Rohingya appears on the front page of every major American newspaper and is championed by every leader in the Muslim word.
Tabby Refael (on Twitter @RefaelTabby) is a Los Angeles based writer, speaker and activist.
Residents of the Tamwe area protest against the military coup while shouting slogans during a candle light vigil on April 03, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
Myanmar (also known as Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation that borders Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand, China and India. This February, the Burmese military junta staged a coup and nullified election results from November 2020, in which the civilian political party National League for Democracy, won 83% of the seats in parliament. Since then, the military has brutally suppressed peaceful protests, arresting hundreds of people (including politicians and civil society activists) and killing over 700 people, including children. Last Friday, the military butchered over 80 protestors near Yangon. Thousands of others have disappeared.