Actions taken | ACTIONS EFFECTUÉES
Highlights of our actions and campaigns as a network
Jan 2021 highlights: Met with several MPs, interviewed and wrote for Sudostasien, wrote Rights Con article section, created videos on projects at the camps, updated all financial reports
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gAiVo5JHe70QQ3dBCMPJ6iUoi31l7n2NF4HLmZvPTVo/edit?usp=sharing
Dec 2020 highlights: Met with Parl Secreataries, also met with the Minister of Int. Development, conducted virtual press conference on Human Rights Day, presented at a USC Shoah and Mgrublian Center event
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1POEKsV9AK3kaqi52g9GrHzI4Cr6JkiMZcPA388cjSqs/edit?usp=sharing
Nov 2020 highlights: Attended the Rohingya National Forum, Promoted Lessons Never Learned and Kyal Yi Lin Six's film, presented at JWW with USC Shoah, issued statement during Holodomor
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_AOQrKBZhdVS7U8xayIjbJ75wPu5zwSgpwiixZD2uY/edit?usp=sharing
Oct 2020 highlights: Met with Parl Sec to DoJ, gave podcast interviews, presented at the Asia Center's 5th Annual Conference, endorsed numerous letters
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16vkJC0MNIS3vzpIu731QqX1Y_JtKCyrbO8yOoab4JfM/edit?usp=sharing
Sep 2020 highlights: Met with full delegation of GAC members working on Myanmar; interviewed with CTV's Jill Macyshon, and with OMNI TV, connected with UN's IIMM
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OzIJYTQUupQR0i7so4TlU3rh46_aY5A48OnqiIjlEHA/edit?usp=sharing
Aug 2020 highlights: Presented at commemoration event with Maung Zarni and 47 activists from 6 continents, Presented at commemoration event with U Shwe Maung, Op Ed published by Fareed
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FOtNfrJxILqaBtG8r7AXH00I3vo4NHHiMBXLAnAAJ4I/edit?usp=sharing
Jul 2020 highlights: Presented at Rights Con on utilizing technology to map mass atrocities, formed alliances with local nnot for profits and charities + more
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ej6p38y2OPCdVRmlPYKyADOn65UnoTlvTAAF9NCuUKc/edit?usp=sharing
Jun 2020 highlights: launched Rohingya Writers, a newsletter and webpage that will publish writings from Rohingya writers and activists from inside the refugee camps, villages and diaspora + more
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vUoQXpRDmM7EDJOOTmvY_Ipgo2Eb8BPsrK88puCf2yI/edit?usp=sharing
May 2020 highlights: produced interactive content to fundraise for schools and vocational training programs at refugee camps and villages; produced year end report for donors of schools and training programs + more
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mhPiTjBVj2n1TrKItvcq7G5WZiPzq6kRD4hGX48Tlio/edit?usp=sharing
Apr 2020 highlights: introduced new volunteer members including an internship student into the network; solicited civil societies support for international action in face of COVID-19 risk at the camps + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1USv6Bd9yuB47tIQsaSQ235l45GZ1dW7l/view?usp=sharing
Mar 2020 highlights: visited Auschwitz through Free Rohingya Coalition; collaborated with NCC to produce an academic journal article post ICJ; evaluated applications of internship for RHRN + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PlEfYXAhQKbeyf0fDJtvinreHGu7RCDB/view?usp=sharing
Feb 2020 highlights: solicited funding from new donors for projects at the camps; created prelimiary proposal for Rohingya National Repository; followed up with 30+ organizations for screening of Exiled + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jfHQf7Tr8INUokaok3Hrk6YTpadBaKv4/view?usp=sharing
Jan 2020 highlights: organized a delegation of doctors to visit education programs at refugee camps and initiate a 2 new vocational training programs in 2020; inaugurated the opening of Rohingya exhibit at the Musee national des beaxu arts de Quebec + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vENKPlb3J5CvxJbWwGQ8yVvH4TKUbAE-/view?usp=sharing
Dec 2019 highlights: organized meetings with key donors for schools and vocational training at refugee camps and villages; attended preliminary hearings at the International Court of Justice; solicited screening of film Exiled from 30 organizations across Canada + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i-peZjWIONuBYTz5r5I5J_zKXQwQthTy/view?usp=sharing
Nov 2019 highlights: prepared and published official responses to new developments at the International Court of Justice; attended the Rohingya Youth Conference organized by BROUK + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Uy9eraVBV6ToJ7uGfMU61IzsOWF25fN/view?usp=sharing
Oct 2019 highlights: organized and produced educational materials on the history of Rohingya to be presented at an Islamic history exhibit in Toronto; reorganized financial reporting structure for projects at refugee camps and villages + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kugva-uRCds_NFuPce0vcLn2WS6_yO68/view?usp=sharing
Sep 2019 highlights: revised budget estimate for schools and vocational training programs at refugee camps and villages; wrote letters to party leaders in anticipation of Canadian national election of 2019 + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12KiDfLw6caizuOBMLm5kLW0KmKpjlOQ0/view?usp=sharing
Aug 2019 highlights: massive campaign to organize peaceful concurrent rallies and banner signing in 10 different cities across Canada to commemmorate the 2 year anniversary of 2017 massacre of the Rohingya and to invoke the genocide convention + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10zNHqE7YyN9i9Yz6Nr89rszVMs_iGaib/view?usp=sharing
Jul 2019 highlights: organized visits of dignitaries to the Rohingya exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, prepared funding proposals for vocational training programs at the refugee camps + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16wPAVyFmFkIjcQpCCgel4P0jIm4d2ZHx/view?usp=sharing
Jun 2019 highlights: prepared tax receipts and comprehensive annual reports for donors of our schools and vocational training programs; met with Foreign Affairs staff and special envoy + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dc2GWDOjAIy0PUTOB97GeiIh-a_BEhCY/view?usp=sharing
May 2019 highlights: massive online and door to door campaign to fundraise for our schools and vocational training programs at the refugee camps and villages; met with All Party Group for the Prevention of Genocide to release a letter asking the governmnet to invoke the genocide convention + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NRqlFflY6gEAJ6RTNzb_XaZjB0D5Wita/view?usp=sharing
Apr 2019 highlights: invited other municipalities across Canada to come on board with Montreal to request the federal government to invoke the genocide convention; organized Rohingya participation in provincial government's motion on genocide awareness and education + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xcFbB4okkapPnirV_GLias9FB8GVRcYn/view?usp=sharing
Mar 2019 highlights: obtained copies of the National Verification Card for the exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights; wrote the motion for Montreal City and other municipalities to demand the federal government to invoke the genocide convention on Myanmar + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NDTrmP4fXr18M-UXwXPg-puLkTfhYeio/view?usp=sharing
Feb 2019 highlights: formed collaboration with donors for schools and vocational training projects at the refugee camps; organized participation of Rohingya community in the creation of a new exhibit destined for Musée National des Beaux Arts du Quebec + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QScTL4TmMZR8JATuBFh5ElEcBM2Gwmsq/view?usp=sharing
Jan 2019 highlights: renewed demands to the Canadian government for concrete action on the Rohingya file in 2019; solicited funds for projects at the refugee camps; setup online crowdfunding for schools at the camps + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oR3Aha3MP_yjyozItdqnMr4X8n7Zdy7w/view?usp=sharing
Dec 2018 highlights: organized Parliamentary press conference on the International Human Rights Day; met with Bloc Quebecois members of Parliament who brought the motion to revoke Suu Kyi's citizenship + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fNLkaVy7nGI4-VNmc_zEUhIaiFcbnezh/view?usp=sharing
Nov 2018 highlights: organized meetings with Global Affairs Canada, Amnesty International, Refugee Hub, etc.; organized a delegation of Rohingya to present at the House of Commons and the Senate + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VOKl_3qPE9UO1yJQAmQ2Qyx8pd85N2aC/view?usp=sharing
Oct 2018 highlights: participated in events organized by Association Burundaise du Canada; translated 71,500 words of interviews conducted by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12RGAARlvl1_JUg0buSxxmoq_Dw2DGiJe/view?usp=sharing
Sep 2018 highlights: organized the attendance of Razia Sultana at Women Foreign Minister's Meeting; solicited signatures from academics, prominent lawyers, and think tanks on an open letter to Prime Minister to recognize Rohingya genocide + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xLP4ycu5xQwGMe21cMyjEWxg6YqIyY8S/view?usp=sharing
Aug 2018 highlights: set up a massive wide scale campaign to organize peaceful concurrent rallies in 10 different cities across Canada to commemmorate the 1 year anniversary of 2017 massacre of the Rohingya + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16PYrEbN5EPD6hS1xxk2uIynd6Q8KpRgf/view?usp=sharing
Jul 2018 highlights: organized 2 weeks of interviews with Rohingya genocide survivors living in Kitchener, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Vancouver for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ClPI40yF7Z9pF6KV_4cO52b1Hu1nmFu/view?usp=sharing
Jun 2018 highlights: organized the formation of new chapter in New Brunswick, connected with Karen Community of Canada in new collaborations, contributed to virtual exhibit on genocide at the Montreal Holocaust Museum + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c5jXT_MwlWF9u-B5OTEWS5GfKOW2LGvY/view?usp=sharing
May 2018 highlights: met with Canadian Ambassador to Myanmar, attended International Humanitarian Law course at UOttawa, connected with Kachin Alliance, organized day of lobbying with a delegation of doctors from Toronto + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wOv_CBd-CGhRinsOBNoy6-5B06IEgv4Q/view?usp=sharing
Apr 2018 highlights: organized participation of Ottawa chapter in Tutsi Rwandan community's commemmoration events, cooperated with local NGOs for fundraising for projects at refugee camps + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-sgOar5BaPwt402FtipUxyb4rjtswSOR/view?usp=sharing
Mar 2018 highlights: organized cross Canada Rohingya community engagement with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights for the production of a new exhibit, initiated new vocational training porgrams at the camps + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ztuak4VjipfYuGm7vj8q26eTQXnRvxWR/view?usp=sharing
Feb 2018 highlights: organized meetings with Global Affairs, organized meetings with parliamentarians from All Party Group for Prevention of Genocide; initiated websites for RHRN and Rohingya Children's Projects + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TDOGCQldtGTmM6EbJQQV7vJUkTpF6Cms/view?usp=sharing
Jan 2018 highlights: organized detailed in-depth interviews done with 100+ survivors from 4 different townships: Maugdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Akyab, lobbied against repatriation + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CMOvZ7pkc2qgNy-TK-iAGmqP_sbI574W/view?usp=sharing
Dec 2017 highlights: organized parliamentary press conference on Human Rights Day, connected with multiple civil societies to invoke Magnitsky Act on Myanmar's generals, organized 1 month visit to the camps + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LDAml0aoxvkrU2RdYtrqNJdLvzHA_1Qe/view?usp=sharing
Nov 2017 highlights: organized chapter meetings with parliamentarians in constituencies across Canada, organized day of lobbying in Ottawa, wrote petition and solicited signatures for the revocation of honorary citizenship of Suu Kyi + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qnve2yN3JZJDN5USXLltaJAcJZgZ_T31/view?usp=sharing
Oct 2017 highlights: organized first set of concurrent peaceful protests across Canada; organized a Parliamentary press conference on the petition to invoke genocide convention on Myanmar + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IN3Il5K2qWRuyb4yUNO_jfgSV9N6TNmI/view?usp=sharing
Sep 2017 highlights: formation of the network through 8 different chapters across Canada and in refugee camps in Bangladesh, initiated and facilitated connections between chapters' organizing members + more
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wEnz3TSeOxHrrVMAGQYaG498QPA3fbpL/view?usp=sharing
