Sabber Kyaw Min Founder and Director of Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRIngya)
SABBER KYAW MIN
Sabber Kyaw Min Founder and Director of Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRIngya) was born in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, Myanmar. He studied there and left country in 2005 to search a better life in Bangladesh but ended up his life as refugee in India since 2005.
In India, he worked with UNHCR as an interpreter for four years as he speaks several languages such as Burmese, Rohingya, Rakhine, Urdu, Hindi, and English. He founded the organization called Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRIngya) in 2017 which is registered as a Public Charitable Trust and non-profit, non-governmental organization currently running by young Rohingya activists mostly based in New Delhi.
Their organization’s aim is to advocate internationally for the rights of persecuted Rohingya community and highlight human rights violations suffering by Rohingya in Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. As a provider of daily news updates, they work with international news agencies such as Al Jazeera, BBC, German TV, the telegraph, Arab News ,Reuters news etc.
The entire important dimension of their work is the protection and development of Rohingya refugees in India. Their organization work directly with about 4700 vulnerable Rohingya in India and indirectly for the remaining.
They provide education to Rohingya children, emergency relief to vulnerable Rohingya, livelihood skills to women, sports opportunities to Rohingya youth, and rescue detained and jailed Rohingya in India. They do our work in coordination with INGOs (such as UNHCR, and Amnesty International) and other NGOs working with the Rohingya community in India and Indian government agencies, and advocate nationally for better protection, rights, and access to services. Monitoring trafficking victims of Refugees and detention cases in India, Sabber has been instrumental in leading Conferences various projects, including those related to education, research, and Covid-19 response.
Closely worked with UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFMM) in collecting and preserving the evidence the war crimes committed in Myanmar since 2011”. In a significant development, the ICJ Gambia has recently lodged a genocide complaint against the government of Myanmar in the year 2020.
Their works were done in accordance with the rule of law of India. Their activities and annual reports are shared with the UN Human Rights Council, the Canadian Embassy in India, the EU, the American Embassy, and the Indian Government.