Anita Schug is a Rohingya neurosurgeon and human rights activist based in Solothurn, Switzerland.[1][2][3] At the age of five she fled Myanmar with her family, learned medicine in Ukraine and is a co-founder of the Rohingya Medics Organisation.[4] [5]
Anita Schug | |
|---|---|
| Born | Myanmar |
| Citizenship | Burmese/Rohingya |
| Occupation(s) | Neurosurgeon, Humanitarian |
| Known for | Spokesperson on Rohingya issues |
Early life
editSchug was born in Rangoon, Myanmar.[2] Doctors refused care to her mother at the hospital when giving birth because her family is Rohingya Muslim.[2] Her father was a chemical engineer.[2]
In the 1980s, when Anita Schug was five years old, her family fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, having paid people smugglers.[2][1]
Her family then moved to Pakistan, to the United Arab Emirates and then to Ukraine, where Schug studied medicine.[1][2] She speaks eight languages.[2]
Career
editSchug was the head of Women and Children Affairs for the European Rohingya Council[6][7] and is the co-founder of the Rohingya Medics Organisation.[8][9]
In 2017 she spoke of the thousands of Rohingya women killed in Rakhine state[4] and confirmed reports of violence against Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[6]
In September 2017, Schug called the violence in Myanmar "a slow burning genocide".[10]
In 2018, she spoke about the widespread sexual abuse of Rohingya women in Buthidaung prison, Myanmar.[11]
In 2020, Schug spoke of the practical difficulties of following World Health Organization advice for social distancing for those who lived in crowded refugee camps, and called for faster distribution of food to refugees.[12]
Family
editSchug has two sisters who are also both doctors.[1][2] She has two children and is married to a German trauma surgeon.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Resilient and resourceful, Rohingya diaspora carve out new lives". France 24. 2018-08-23. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hölzl, Verena (5 July 2018). ""Die sind ich, ich bin die" - wie eine Ärztin in der Schweiz mit den Rohingya mitleidet". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on March 2, 2024.
- ^ Lahmann-Lammert, Rainer (16 October 2019). "Den Vertriebenen eine Stimme geben: Wie eine Neurochirurgin aus Osnabrück für eine verfolgte Minderheit kämpft". www.noz.de. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ a b "Rohingya group says thousands killed in Myanmar". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ Panel discuss Rohingya future following Myanmar Coup Archived 2022-03-13 at the Wayback Machine(Positional parameters ignored)
- ^ a b "Myanmar troops open fire on civilians fleeing attacks". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Live from Doha". Al Jazeera English. November 14, 2018.
- ^ "Coronavirus Public Health Education | Hand Wash with Soap in Rohingya Language – Rohingya Medics Organisation". YouTube. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ "Coronavirus : dans les camps de Rohingyas, la peur de l'épidémie". Asialyst (in French). 2020-03-28. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ "Analyst objects to seeing Myanmar conflict as religious". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ "'Rohingya women inmates subjected to sexual abuse'". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ^ "COVID-19: Bangladesh enforces lockdown in Rohingya refugee camps". www.aa.com.tr. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved 2021-11-18.