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The Burmese military and its supporters have been spreading religious hate speech targeting ethnic groups and religious minorities to cause division among the revolutionary forces, and it is intended to weaken the unity among the opposition groups. While persecution on minorities in Burma has been typical military's policy, the 2021 coup accelerated persecution, marginalisation, and violence against minorities. The military uses the divide and rule strategy to maintain its power stronger by targeting religious minorities.
The junta and its supporters are circulating hate speeches in various ways via both online and printed media. Online media is spread on websites and apps, including Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram.
The objective of BHRN’s monthly report is to monitor and analyse hate speech circulated by the military and its supporters. BHRN documented 109 hate speech cases in October 2023.
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BHRN monitors and documents hate speech and propaganda news from the military during the current political situation on a daily basis. This monthly report is based on the monitoring of the accounts of the military junta and its alliances, which are intended to spread hate speech. For the September report, we daily monitored 17 Facebook Groups, 59 Facebook Accounts, 19 Telegram Channels, and 4 Printed Media sources.
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In this report, BHRN has analyzed hate speech in the context of the ongoing political tensions in Myanmar. Sometimes, what might look like misinformation, when measured by international standards, 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.
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The military Junta holds the ideology of nationalism and uses some of its reservists as ultra-nationalist groups to spread hate speech online and offline. BHRN documented hate speech cases from Aug 1st to Aug 31st to do a study on analyzing hate speech. The objectives of this report are to know the spreading of hate speech, the social network of hate speech spreader and the effects of hate speech. This report expects to raise awareness by analyzing hate speech, to be able to discuss current hate speeches and to be helpful to the awareness-raising processes that aim to reduce the consequences of hate speech.
This report was compiled by monitoring selected Facebook Pages, Groups and Telegram Channels that systematically spread hate speeches. In this report, hate speech can be widely seen in terms of numerals, data, examples, cases and term usage.
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The military Junta sticks to nationalism and utilize some of its reservists as ultra-nationalist groups to spread hate speech both online and offline. BHRN documented hate speech cases from July 1st to July 30th to do a study on analyzing hate speech. The objectives of this report are to know the spreading of hate speech, the social network of hate speech spreader and the effect of it. It is hopeful to raise awareness by analyzing hate speech, to be able to discuss current hate speeches and to be helpful to the awareness-raising processes that aim to reduce consequences of hate speech.
This report was done by monitoring selected Facebook Pages, Groups and Telegram Channels that systematically spread hate speech. In this report, hate speech can be widely seen in term of numerals, data, examples, cases and term usage.