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| At a recent POHAM discussion on the Rohingya issues held on May 19, 2016 at BAC-PJ campus |
Datuk Denison Jayasooria
will present “HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
& REMEDIES: THE ROHINGYA CASE”, an Ethnic Studies Paper, published by
KITA-UKM in March 2016, which documents the issues and concerns of the Rohingya
people.
The Rohingya concerns are
articulated from the basis as a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (UDHR) as well as violation of UN Human Rights Conventions such as the
civil and political rights as well as the Convention on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights. The discussion on the Rohingya community enhances our
understanding on how to analyse ethnic and religious concerns of minorities
from a human rights framework. This enables a holistic approach in ensuring
that all communities, however diverse from the dominant community, have their
rights and freedoms respected, recognised and protected.
This presentation on 18
June, 2016 at 1.30 pm in White Box, Publika, will review this new publication
and provide an update of the contemporary situation of the Rohingya community.
PROHAM is working to ensure that both Malaysia and ASEAN plays an active role
in effectively addressing the issues and concerns of ethnic and religious
minorities including the concerns of the Rohingya community.
AFP’S
IMAGES FROM THE ASIA AND EUROPE REFUGEE CRISES.
The presentation is held
at WHITEBOX@Publika, where the Odysseys Photographic Exhibition has been held
from 7 – 18 June 2016.
The Exhibition, jointly
organised by Agence France-Presse (AFP), The European Commission’s Humanitarian
Aid Department (ECHO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), depicts AFP’s images from the Asia and Europe refugee crises.
In May 2015, photos of
rickety boats stranded in the Andaman Sea packed with desperate men, women, and
children from Myanmar and Bangladesh made international headlines, a searing
reminder that Europe was not the only continent experiencing a refugee crisis.
Agence France-Presse
(AFP), in partnership with the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid
Department (ECHO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), revisits its coverage from Europe and Asia with an exhibition of
photos from the twin crises, entitled “Odysseys.”
The exhibition, which
kicked off in Bangkok and now is in Kuala Lumpur before continuing on to
Jakarta, documents the desperation and suffering endured by these families as
they sought a better life.
The images depict anxious
parents helping children over razor-wire fences on the Syria-Turkey border;
mass graves at Thai and Malaysian jungle prison camps; exhausted refugees
marching down Eastern European roads; packed shelters in Indonesia; and wrecked
boats lying in a haunting sea of discarded life jackets on the Greek coast.
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