- Hits: 667
A total of 114 hate speech cases were found during BHRN’s monitoring process this month. When Facebook accounts of hate speech spreaders were disabled, some moved to Telegram channels. The military mainly used Telegram channels and TikTok accounts to spread hate speeches and the hate speeches were done through the cartoons as well.
In this month’s (the month of September) monitoring, hate speech targeted the most was PDF and the second most was Arakan Army (AA) and the third was TNLA/MNDAA. Moreover, hate speeches targeting women, Rohingya ethnicity and the Muslim community were found as well.
In addition, the most used terms of hate speeches for this month are "dog, terrorists, Kalar (a derogatory term referring to Muslim), prostitutes, non-pork eater (a derogatory term referring to Muslim), evil, illegal Bengali, Roleinnyar (a derogatory term referring to Rohingya).
- Hits: 624
BHRN has daily documented hate speech terms and usages found in the contents –based on the current political crisis - disseminated by the military.
This report was written after monitoring both online and printed media which Junta and its supporters used to spread their hate speeches. BHRN has monitored 3 Facebook groups, 1 Facebook page, 12 Facebook accounts, 24 Telegram channels, 21 TikTok accounts, and 4 Printed Media during July 2024.
In this report, BHRN has analysed hate speech in the context of the ongoing political tensions in Myanmar. Sometimes, when measured by international standards, what might look like misinformation takes on a different significance in the aftermath of the 2021 coup. This is because misinformation, particularly when aimed at individuals, groups with opposing political beliefs, or minority religious communities, can have severe consequences, even leading to loss of life and the intensification of religious and community conflicts.
- Hits: 856
The military has been consistently using hate speech as a tool to keep their power longer throughout the history of the country. Since the coup, the Myanmar military and its supporters have been spreading religious hate speeches targeting ethnic minorities and religious minorities to make division, disunion and weaken the revolutionary forces, and to deviate public attention from the coup, oppression of people, and failure of the military in the battlefield.
The junta has been disseminating its ideology by means of hate speech throughout its administration in history. As the military faces many failures in the battlefield of Rakhine State, the military disseminates more hate speeches through both online and print media, which could lead to conflicts between Rakhine and Rohingya. It is also found that fake news was circulated to create fear among the public that the country is in danger as some people were trying to demolish the 1982 citizenship laws.
The junta and its supporters are circulating hate speeches in various ways, via both online and printed media, to make the public misunderstand revolution forces activists.
The objective of BHRN monthly report is to monitor and analysis the sources of hate speech, circulated by the military and its supporters. BHRN documented a total of 61 hate speech cases in the month of June 2024.
- Hits: 666
As hate speech is a term that comes from emotion, there is a wide spectrum in defining it, not a specific one. BHRN, therefore, standardized the definition of hate speech for this report as follows. Hate speech in this report means aggressiveness and hatred against protected characteristics of a person or a group, blaming, discriminative expression, writing, gesture, or art expression of excoriation, dehumanization.
It means attacking someone’s faith, language, gender, sexual orientation, origin, ethnicity, skin colour, race, belief, citizenship and physical appearance. The monitored hate speeches were categorised as (1) Criminalising Hate Speech, (2) Abusive Hate Speech, (3) Dehumanizing Hate Speech, (4) Violence Inciting Hate Speech, (5) Threatening Hate Speech, and (6) Hate Speech that supports prejudicial actions inspired by hate speech.
BHRN has daily documented hate speech terms and usages found in the contents –based on the current political crisis - disseminated by the military.
This report was written after monitoring both online and printed media which were used by Junta and its supporters to spread their hate speeches. BHRN has monitored 9 Facebook groups, 36 Facebook Accounts, 19 Tik Tok Accounts, 25 Telegram Channels and 4 Printed Media during May 2024.
- Hits: 727
The Myanmar military and its supporters have been spreading religious hate speeches targeting ethnic minorities and religious minorities to make division and disunion among the revolutionary forces. The junta is disseminating its ideology by means of hate speech. Moreover, the 2021 coup accelerates persecution, marginalization, and violence against persecuted communities. The junta is using hate speech as a tool to create fear and disunion among the communities. The military is trying to keep their power longer and to continue their persecution by creating hate speeches that target ethnic and religious groups.
The junta and its supporters are circulating hate speeches in various ways, via both online and printed media, to divert public attention from the revolution.
The objective of the BHRN monthly report is to monitor and analysis hate speeches circulated by the military and its supporters. BHRN documented a total of 133 hate speech cases in April 2024.