Materials ANTI-ROHINGYA LAWS TIMELINE

A police checkpoint with closed-off Rohingya area, , 2014. (WikiCommons/Adam)

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1942 January 4, 1948 March 2, 1962 1978 October 15 August 8 Attempts by Burmese and June 2-14 and October governments British Burma is occupied Burma’s Independence from becomes a “”: Citizenship Law: the “”: failed Rakhine State Riots: a series to repatriate Rohingya from by the Imperial Japanese Great Britain. dictatorship ruled by the launches a Rohingya are no longer pro-democracy protests of riots in the state of Rakhine Bangladesh refugee camps . Muslim Rohingya in the (Tatmadaw). “clearance operation” against recognised as one of the bring Suu Kyi, after a local ethnic Rakhine to Myanmar. More Rohingya Rakhine (formerly ) the Rohingya causing 135 “national races” and daughter of Burmese woman was allegedly raped and flee Myanmar at the same time State are armed in support more than 200,000 to flee become stateless. independence leader murdered by three Rohingya and as conditions there have not of the British, while the Myanmar and go to refugee Aung San and leader a Rakhine mob murdered ten improved. Buddhists of Rakhine support camps in Bangladesh. of the newly formed Muslims in response. the Japanese. National League for Democracy, into the public spotlight.

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2013 2014 May 23 October 9 August 25 March 2018 A law prohibiting inter- Census: A nationwide Population Control Healthcare Law: women 2016 “Clearance Operation”: Villages are burnt: Watch Satellite imageries ethnicity and inter-faith census is held for the in some regions are subjected to three- Tatmadaw launches a “clearance “Clearance Operation”: after confirm the Burmese government is bulldozing the burned marriages is passed. first time since 1983; year birth spacing by the government. operation” against Rohingya another series of clashes with remains of the villages. The same year, another the government omits villages in response to attacks a Rohingya militant group, law prohibits Rohingya “Rohingya” from the August 26 commited by a Rohingya militant Tatmadaw conducts another August 24 “clearance operation”. The families from having more census and excludes the Buddhist Women Special Marriage Law: group. Villages were burned UN’s Independent Fact Finding Mission concludes that top number of Rohingya refugees than 2 children. Rohingya population from marriage between Buddhist women and and civilian inhabitants were military leaders of men must be applied for and approved by in Bangladesh reaches over the count. non-Buddhist men must be applied for and brutalized, raped, and murdered. government authorities. A Buddhist wife also has the right to 723,000. approved by government authorities. A Around 90,000 Rohingyas are divorce her husband should he attempt to convert her to his Buddhist wife also has the right to divorce displaced, many of whom flee to religion, or insult Buddhism. her husband should he attempt to convert Bangladesh. her to his religion, or insult Buddhism. September 20 The Canadian Parliament recognises the murders of the August 28 Rohingya as genocide. Law Concerning Religious Conversion: religious conversion must be overseen by October 2 government authorities. The Canadian Parliament revokes ’s honorary Canadian citizenship. Map of Myanmar. The coloured November 8 areas represent the country’s The National League for Democracy, different regions. (WikiCommons/ NordNordWest) headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, wins the election and brings the country under a civilian government for the first time since 1962.