Sittwe is a internationally co-produced short documentary film about two teenagers, a Muslim Rohingya girl and a Buddhist boy, in Rakhine State, Myanmar who were separated by conflict in the state. [3]. The film was banned to premiere at the Human Rights, Human Dignity International Film Festival in Myanmar by government censors. It will be shown at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand in Bangkok at 7pm, Wednesday July 5, Both teens saw their homes burned down during communal violence that erupted in Sittwe in
August 16, – “When I was a child, before I knew where or what exactly Sittwe was, I knew that it was a place of exile,” writes Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint in her new book, ‘Names for Light.’. Para David Morona, ser gay em Myanmar significou ser expulso da casa de sua família. Nascido num pequeno vilarejo na fronteira de Myanmar com a Índia, David explica que sempre soube que não se encaixava nos estereótipos tradicionais de masculinidade. Desde cedo, ele sabia que era gay, mas tentou esconder isso da família.
Sittwe (Burmese: စစ်တွေမြို့; MLCTS: cac twe mrui., Burmese pronunciation: [sɪʔtwè mjo̰]), formerly Akyab (Burmese: အာကျပ်; MLCTS: a kyap), is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of the city has an. Earlier this month, Burmese newspapers and journals ran wild with the news that Burma had seen its first gay wedding. The ceremony was reported by AFP , and soon other international news publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Huffington Post picked up the story. Nonetheless, the celebration marked the first time a gay couple has declared their relationship publicly in Burma.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Myanmar face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal and section of Myanmar's Penal Code , enacted in , [1]: 34 subjects same-sex sexual acts (regardless of whether they were consensual or done in private) to a term of imprisonment of up to 20 years in prison. [3. Bangkok — The Myanmar government should urgently end the arbitrary and indefinite detention of approximately , Rohingya Muslims in squalid and abusive camps in Rakhine State, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Severe limitations on livelihoods, movement, education, health care, and adequate food and shelter have been compounded by widening constraints on humanitarian aid, which Rohingya depend on for survival. Appendix: Letter to the Myanmar Government.