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ICYMI: Bush Institute Young Leader Discusses the Rohingya Crisis on Nightline

Ye Myint Win recently spoke to ABC’s Bob Woodruff about the Burmese government’s brutal persecution of the Rohingya people.

Bush Institute Liberty and Leadership Forum young leader Nickey Diamond (Ye Myint Win), of Yangon, Burma, recently spoke to ABC’s Bob Woodruff about the Burmese government’s brutal persecution of the Rohingya people. During the interview, Diamond explained how one-sided messages from the Burmese government and Buddhist leaders manipulate the general public into hating the Rohingya and believing they are terrorists. The segment also enabled Diamond to share his human rights work, which documents Burmese military officers’ crimes against humanity. Diamond has been threatened and often worries for his family’s safety. Still, he told Woodruff, “They’ll never stop what I’m doing.”

Watch the full story on ABC Nightline.