32 Papers, cards, and perilous encounters with the state
Notes
1 In53, 27/09/2018, extension 4.
2 ‘Megacamp’ was the unofficial term used to describe all the connected camps for
Rohingya in the Coxes Bazar area that comprise the largest refugee camp in the
world.
3 The stamp bearing the unit of currency and the King’s head indicated it was official documentation issued when Myanmar was administered as part of British
India.
4 NaSaKa refers to the security forces that operated in Rakhine State at the time.
5 Fg6, 26/07/2018, Kutapalong. See also Greg Constantine’s Photographic Work,
“Burma’s Path to Genocide” https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/burmas-pathto-genocide (accessed 09/06/2021).
6 The significance of oral traditions within Rohingya households is illustrated in
Habiburahman and Ansel (2018).
7 See also Green, McManus et al. (2015).
8 These included advocacy and practitioner engagement events at the National Assembly in Paris, Columbia University, the Hague, LSE, UCL, and a think-tank in
New Delhi.
9 Articles include Brinham, N. (2017). Breaking the Cycle of Expulsion, Repatriation and Exploitation for Rohingya. Available at: www.opendemocracy.net/
beyondslavery/natalie-brinham/breaking-cycle-of-expulsion-forced-repatriationand-exploitation-for-r (accessed 30/01/2018), Brinham, N. (2018). ““Genocide
cards”: Rohingya Refugees on Why They Risked Their Lives to Refuse ID Cards.”
OpenDemocracy, Brinham, N. (2019). “When Identity Documents Produce Exclusion: Lessons from Rohingya experiences in Myanmar”, Brinham, N. and Y.
Cowper-Smith (2019). “Rohingya Poets Turn Words Into Art of Resistance”,
Brinham, N., A. D. Tiwari, J. Field, J. Ealom, J. M. Arraiza and A. de Chickera
(2020). Locked in and Locked Out: The Impact of Digital Identity Systems on
Rohingya Populations, Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion and UN Special
Rapporteur on Racism, Zarni, M. and N. Brinham (Jun 2019). New Secretive
Deal between UN, Myanmar Smells Foul. Additionally, I assisted activist groups
with statements, advocacy, and participated in online conferences/events for practitioners on the preventing refoulement and analysing the production of statelessness in Myanmar.
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