In western Myanmar, the Rohingya Muslims have faced more than 60 years of persecution, segregation and dehumanization at the hands of a brutal military regime that is set to eliminate them from the country - by all means.
In 2009, Canadian photojournalist Steve and his Thai partner (and wife) , producer Am Sandford, begin a troubling journey documenting the ill-treatment of the ethnic group, after published photos reveal Thai security forces detaining a boatload of desperate Asian migrants in Southern Thailand.
For decades, the Rohingya population have been wrongly labelled by the Burmese junta as ‘stateless’ intruders from Bangladesh and - as the human rights atrocities increase - desperate civilians are seeking all means of escape.
‘Witness to Genocide’ delivers first-hand coverage of key moments including the aftermath of the deadly 2012 attacks on the Rohingya civilians in the Rakhine capital of Sittwe, encounters with human traffickers on border islands, coverage of the Kofi Annan Yangon conference on the eve of the 2017 genocidal ‘clearance operations’ and ultimately coming face to face with the Burmese security forces that are setting Rohingya villages ablaze. (includes 56 photos from 4 countries.) Now available on Amazon books.
Witness to Genocide - a timeline of the journey.
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