RT Article
T1 The Victimization of Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh: Breaking the Silence - Postcolonial Criminology, Ethnography and Genocide
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 4
SP 881
OP 895
A1 Soundararajan, Manikandan
A2 Jaishankar, K. 1973-
A2 Bushell, Mark
A2 Telford, Luke
A2 Treadwell, James
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898068496
AB This paper gives voice to the victims of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. Using criminological ethnographic research in refugee camps in Bangladesh, we examine the qualitative accounts of violence and persecution and ‘break the silence’ by giving voice to Rohingya people who had fled military violence. We place the Rohingya’s testimonies within a wider theoretical and historical discussion that also addresses the condition of criminology when it comes to understanding and analysing the crime of all crimes—genocide. In recent years, the potential for postcolonial criminology in explaining global inequalities and injustices has been much discussed. However, we critique parts of this debate and instead emphasize the importance of foregrounding the realities of extreme victimization of powerless individuals such as the Rohingya.
DO 10.1093/bjc/azad069