Maung Zarni

In this Burmese name, Maung is an honorific, not a given name.
Maung Zarni
မောင်ဇာနည်
Born
Zarni

1963 (age 60–61)
Mandalay, Burma
Alma materUniversity of Mandalay (1984)
University of California, Davis (1991)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998)
OccupationHuman rights activist
SpouseNatalie Brinham
ChildrenNilah & Dewi
Websitemaungzarni.net

Maung Zarni (Burmese: မောင်ဇာနည်; born 1963) is a Burmese educator, academic, and human rights activist.[1][2] He is noted for his opposition to the violence in Rakhine State and the Rohingya genocide.[3] Zarni is a co-founder of several activist platforms, including the Free Burma Coalition (1995-2004), the Free Rohingya Coalition (2018-present), and Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia (2018). He is also a Fellow at the Documentation Center - Cambodia, specializing in genocide, and serves as an advisor to Genocide Watch.

  1. ^ "Maung Zarni: Myanmar feels like a big cage for Rohingyas". Dhaka Tribune. 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Maung Zarni". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  3. ^ Tanaka, Chisato (25 October 2018). "Activist for Rohingya Muslims calls on Tokyo to speak out over refugee crisis". The Japan Times Online.