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General Khin Nyunt and the Institutional Persecution of the Rohingya
General Khin Nyunt became one of the most powerful figures in Myanmar's military-security establishment between 1988 and 2004. This article examines his rise through Military Intelligence and SLORC/SPDC, the transformation of northern Arakan through militarisation, NaSaKa, forced labour, model villages and land confiscation, and his documented role in advancing the state narrative that portrayed Rohingya as outsiders. It distinguishes documented evidence from Rohingya oral testimony while assessing his place in the longer history of Rohingya persecution.
Genocide of the Rohingya. Part I
An introduction to the historical processes that preceded the genocide of the Rohingya, tracing major developments from the communal violence and displacement of 1942 through parliamentary Burma, military rule, citizenship exclusion, repeated refugee crises, segregation and the mass atrocities of 2016–2017. The article also explains the distinction between the longer history of persecution and genocide as a specific crime under international law.