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Myanmar, Rohingya, and What ASEAN Can Do with U Shwe Maung

ADVOCATE by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights

English - June 24, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB - ★★★★ - 2 ratings
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U Shwe Maung is a Rohingya rights activist and former politician, who served as a member of parliament in Myanmar’s House of Representatives from 2011 to 2016. As well as being a Board Member of APHR, he is also a founding member of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB) and serves as President of the Arakan Institute for Peace and Development.

In this episode, U Shwe Maung talks about the Five Point consensus, Myanmar’s current situation, the role of Myanmar’s MPs and Southeast Asian’s MPs.