Events in north-west Rakhine state, Myanmar, since 2012, can be described as an attempt to bring about ethnic cleansing or genocide of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority ethnic group who are marginalised, discriminated against, and denied basic rights and legal status in Myanmar. As a result of mass killings, sexual violence and attacks in Myanmar, […]
A team of Rohingya Muslims is using blockchain technology to forge digital identities for the persecuted minority’s diasporar. On the first floor of an unassuming building on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, three wall clocks are set to the times of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Arakan, the former name for Rakhine state in west Myanmar.
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A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION is using blockchain technology to provide stateless Rohingya refugees who fled Burma (Myanmar) with digital identity cards in a pilot project aimed at giving access to services like banking and education. The first 1,000 people to benefit from the project in 2018 will be members of the diaspora in Malaysia, Bangladesh and
Blockchain, the technology behind the bitcoin currency, will be used to issue individual digital IDs to people once they have taken a test to verify that they are genuine Rohingya. It aims to improve the stateless Rohinygas’ access to public services, such as hospitals, which is often difficult, as well as restoring their dignity, the
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