
Tag: Rohingya

David Mathieson
David Scott Mathieson is the senior researcher on Myanmar/Burma in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.
Arakan Rohingya Union
The Arakan Rohingya Union is an umbrella organization of about two dozen international Rohingya groups that works for the minority group’s human and civil rights. Wakar Uddin is director general. Contact through the website.
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation is a London-based advocacy group that seeks self-determination and other human rights for the Rohingya of Burma (Myanmar).
David Scott Mathieson
David Scott Mathieson is a senior researcher in the Asia division of Human Rights Watch. He is an expert on Burma/Myanmar and the Rohingya. Contact via Emma Daly, HRW’s communications director.
Ba Sein
Ba Sein is a Rohingya Muslim and a blogger at Rohingya Blogger, which has become a clearinghouse of information, news and resources concerning the Rohingya. He is based in the United Kingdom. Contact via Nay San Lwin.
Greg Constantine
Greg Constantine is an American photographer currently based in Southeast Asia. He has spent years documenting the plight of the Rohingya, visiting them at refugee camps and following them on their migration. His work can be seen in Exiled to Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya, a book and website of his work.
Valerie Hoffman
Valerie Hoffman is the head professor in the department of religion at the University of Illinois in Champaign, and the former director of its Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. She is an expert on Islam and in 2012 organized and participated in a conference on the Rohingya at the center.
Wakar Uddin
Wakar Uddin is director general of the Arakan Rohingya Union, an umbrella organization of Rohingya advocacy groups worldwide. He is also a professor of plant pathology and microbiology at Penn State University.