Tag: Myanmar

In Loving Memory | Gary Kilgallen

In Loving Memory | Gary Kilgallen

Rohingya Action Ireland is extremely saddened to hear the news of Gary Kilgallen’s passing on April 9. Gary was a life-long campaigner of human rights, peace, justice and accountability. His decades of activism had brought human rights abuses across the world into the spotlight. Through Burma Action Ireland, Gary had spent over twenty years lobbying and campaigning for democracy and…

VISUAL Carlow, a centre for visualisation of Rohingya Plight

VISUAL Carlow, a centre for visualisation of Rohingya Plight

VISUAL Carlow, a centre for visualisation of Rohingya Plight On November 25, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & George Bernard Shaw Theatre concluded “The Stateless” – the archival exhibition documenting the journey of the Rohingya community in Ireland, the ongoing persecutions of Rohingya in Myanmar and the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The exhibition launched on September 21 as…

Ireland Remembers Rohingya Victims of Genocide

Ireland Remembers Rohingya Victims of Genocide

IRELAND REMEMBERS ROHINGYA VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE August 25, 2018 As Rohingya across the globe marked one of the greatest tragedies of the modern time, Rohingya Action Ireland hold Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day on Saturday, August 25. The remembrance day was jointly organised by academics, students, local Irish organisations, volunteers and people from the diverse walks of life in Carlow –…