"Nickey Diamond"

Suzanne and Ruth are joined by Nickey Diamond, a human rights specialist at Fortify Rights. Nickey is a human rights defender and an academic activist from Myanmar who has continuously defended the rights of marginalized communities and supported the victims and survivors of human rights abuses. Nickey quickly became a target of the Myanmar military for speaking out against the coup. Like many others in Myanmar, he and his family had to go into hiding to avoid being kidnapped, tortured and killed by the Tatmadaw. He has recently made it safely out of the country having received the Hilde-Domin fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) “Students at Risk” programme. He will pursue a Ph.D. in political and legal anthropology on the topic of “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech in Myanmar” at the University of Konstanz in Germany under the supervision of Professor Dr. Judith Beyer. Here Nickey shares his expertise, experience and story with us. *The day before this episode was recorded Nickey’s father sadly passed away as a result of being unable to access basic medical care for Covid-19. Tragically this is the case for thousands of people in Myanmar right now. This is another symptom of the destruction the ruthless Tatmadaw, led by Min Aung Hliang, continue to leave in their wake as they allow their own people to die every single day. Credits: Song: Kabar Makyay Bu (Until the End of the World), was written and recorded by Naing Myanmar, it became the revolutionary anthem of the 1988 pro-democracy movement and could be heard once again all over Myanmar during the 2021 Coup. Naing Myanmar maintains that the song is no longer his, since the '88 uprising “it belongs to everyone”. Graphics: SelinaXi Sound Effects: https://mixkit.co **Special thanks to Nickey Diamond, and all human rights defenders and activists both inside and outside Myannmar who continue to risk their lives everyday to document the horrific human rights abuses being committed by the Tatmadaw. We are so grateful to Nickey for adding his voice to the conversation, you can follow Nickey on Twitter @NickeyMdy and FortifyRights @FortifyRights Follow ah nah: instagram.com/ahnahpodcast facebook.com/ahnahpodcast twitter.com/ahnahpodcast Thanks for listening, and remember to #KeepTheConversationGoing! Myanmar, we have not forgotten you. Follow us at @ahnahpodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.