honorable mention
Erberto Zani italy
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Rohingya's exodus
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entry description
This reportage shows the arrive in Bangladesh of thousands Rohingya refugees, their sufferings, and also their situation inside huge camps of Balokhali and Thangkhali. Rohingya's story is another genocide of our time, a Muslim minority living in north Rakhine region, a small state of Myanmar, were denied citizenship by a law enacted by its military government, so reducing their status to that of a stateless group. They were denied the right to own land or property and exposed them also to forced labour and routine violence, as rape and killings. Since 2017 more than 800,00 Rohingya crossed the border with Bangladesh. This is not an event from the past. It's happening.about the photographer
Erberto Zani (1978) is a photographer and journalist freelance based in Italy. Freelance since 2008, his works include reportage on war for minerals in North Kivu (D.R.Congo), earthquake's effect in Haiti, landmines in Cambodia, water crises in Burkina Faso, Somali refugee in Nepal, daily life inside the favelas of Medellin, Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh Mela (India). Since 2011 he's a member of AIRF, Italian Press - Photographers Association.back to gallery