Inside Myanmar’s new democratic revolution

Sara Perria / @sara_perria

Independent journalist covering Southeast Asia

Sara Perria is an Anglo-Italian journalist. She has been covering Myanmar, as well as Southeast Asia, since 2015 and, prior to that, worked in Italy and London. She is currently writing for La Stampa and her words have appeared in the Financial Times, HuffPost, the Independent and others.  

Most Recent Posts

A problematic return to Myanmar

A problematic return to Myanmar

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February 8, 2018

Is it possible to send
Rohingya back to a country that still largely believes they don’t belong? Sara
Perria reports on what’s next for the refugee group and the paralysis of the
international community on the issue. 

Rohingya women facing violence, by military and inside camps

Rohingya women facing violence, by military and inside camps

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September 29, 2017

The mass exodus of Myanmar’s stateless Muslim
minority has been condemned as ethnic cleansing. Sara Perria visited Myanmar’s
Rakhine State, shortly before the military’s latest offensive, to investigate
how violence against Rohingya women is used as a weapon of war and how camps
for internally displaced persons risk becoming breeding grounds for abuse.

The Unmaking of Myanmar

The Unmaking of Myanmar

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September 21, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have recently crossed into Bangladesh in search of safety. Just weeks before the exodus, journalist Sara Perria went to Myanmar to understand the origins of the conflict, the complex
views around the minority group and the role of the international community in their aid.