Tun Khin (Ziaul Gaffar)

Tun Khin (Rohingya name: Ziaul Gaffar) was born and brought up in Arakan State, Burma. His grandfather was a parliamentary secretary during the democratic period of Burma. His mother’s grandfather was the first judge in northern Arakan State. Since coming to the United Kingdom, Tun Khin co-founded Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) and is now its President. Tun Khin has briefed many officials and parliamentarians around the world on genocide committed against the Rohingya. In November 2019, Tun Khin filed a Universal Jurisdiction case in Argentina against the Myanmar military and civilian government for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Argentina has now taken the historic decision to open up a court case.