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SUMMARY:Launch of Photo Exhibition “Endless Escape: Fleeing Myanmar to Thailand”
DESCRIPTION:The photo exhibition “Endless Escape: Fleeing Myanmar to Thailand” will be officially launched with a discussion on 8 October 2022\, 5.00-6.30 pm at SEA Junction. \nSpeakers: \n\nPatrick Phongsathorn\, Human Rights Advocacy Specialist at Fortify Rights\nAung Naing Soe\, Multimedia Journalist\nLaure Siegel\, Founder of Visual Rebellion Myanmar\nYan Naing Aung\, Photojournalist\nZin Koko\, Photographer\n\nModerator: \n\nRosalia Sciortino\, Founder & Executive Director of SEA Junction\n\nSince the coup d’état led by General Min Aung Hlaing in February 2021\, many have been displaced within Myanmar and across borders. Hostilities and armed conflict in Myanmar\, especially Chin State\, Sagaing and Magway Regions in northwestern; Karen and Karenni (Kayah) States in southeast\, have forced a considerable number of people to flee. According to the UN\, in a year and half at least 986\,000 people have been newly displaced internally\, adding to the 370\,000 who had previously left their homes. An additional 47\,200 are estimated to have crossed over to neighboring countries or settled along the border. \nAs of February 2022\, the Thai government estimated that 17\,000 Myanmar refugees had crossed into Thailand. These can be broadly defined into two groups: internally displaced villagers in bordering states seeking temporary refuge due to intensified conflict; and CDM protestors and high-profile individuals seeking longer-term refuge\, whether in Thailand or third countries. The photo exhibition “Endless Escape: Fleeing Myanmar to Thailand” held by SEA Junction in collaboration with Asia Democracy Network at BACC (Curved Wall\, 4th floor) focuses on the first group. Aung Naing Soe\, Visual Rebellion\, Yan Naing Aung and Zin Koko capture the cross-over into Thailand and the settling along the 1500 km porous borders when fighting and airstrikes became particularly intense such as in December 2021 and March 2022. \nFew photos also show Mae La\, the largest refugee camp of the nine along the Thai-Myanmar border that was established in 1984 to remind us of the “endless escape” of Myanmar people from violence and the plight of new generations growing up in camps excluded from the wider society. Realizing this hopefully encourage us to do more to sustain a democratic Myanmar and to integrate displaced peoples and refugees in our midst. On the short term the extensive humanitarian needs of people in temporary settlements along the border including access to safe drinking water\, medicine\, and sanitation facilities ought to be met. \n \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on twitter and Instagram @seajunction \nAsia Democracy Network (ADN) is active in more than 40 countries in Asia. Our core values are to promote and practice the principles of democracy through the development of inclusive governance\, advancement of human rights\, equality and inclusivity\, prevention of discrimination\, human security\, promotion of free\, fair and meaningful elections\, democracy education\, & press freedom and responsibility. For more information\, see https://adnasia.org/. \nShare on FacebookTweetFollow usSave
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/launch-of-photo-exhibition-endless-escape-fleeing-myanmar-to-thailand/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, 4th floor\, BACC
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