Southeast Asian Human Rights Network conference

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Next week, from 15-16 October 2014, the third international conference on Human Rights, Peace and Conflict in Southeast Asia will be held, hosted by the Southeast Asian Human Rights Studies Network and the Faculty of Law and Human Rights Research Centre, University of Malaya, KL. The conference will draw together a diverse group of scholars, researchers, activists and students to discuss a range of contemporary issues central to promoting human rights in the region.

In a panel on ‘Religious Freedom and Tolerance in Southeast Asia’ organised by Ms Dian Shah, I will be giving a talk on ‘Myanmar’s Muslim Mosaic: Religion and the Politics of Belonging’.