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How Social Media Spurred Myanmar's Latest Violence

Everybody will end up losing if hate speech is left unchecked.
Challenging Hate Speech Head-On in Burma

Team of monitors will identify anti-minority rhetoric and engage with those who spread it as well as audiences likely to be swayed by it.
IWPR Launching Anti-Hate Speech Drive for Burma

Consensus for tolerance needed in the face of widespread hostility to Rohingya minority.
Supporting Democracy in Myanmar: Are Donors Doing Enough?

Thousands of Rohingya continue to cross the border into Bangladesh after violence erupted in Myanmar's Rakhine state. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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How Social Media Spurred Myanmar's Latest Violence

Alan Davis

12 Sep 17

Everybody will end up losing if hate speech is left unchecked.

Training session for media monitors in Yangon. (Photo: Alan Davis)

Challenging Hate Speech Head-On in Burma

IWPR

1 Dec 15

Team of monitors will identify anti-minority rhetoric and engage with those who spread it as well as audiences likely to be swayed by it.

Buddhist monks demonstrate against the UN and the return of Rohingya Muslims, May 2015. (Photo: Jonas Gratzer/Getty Images)

IWPR Launching Anti-Hate Speech Drive for Burma

IWPR

11 Sep 15

Consensus for tolerance needed in the face of widespread hostility to Rohingya minority.

Myanmar's economy is booming, but the country's economic reforms do not automatically translate to democratic gains. (Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Supporting Democracy in Myanmar: Are Donors Doing Enough?

Alan Davis

3 Dec 13

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