Victoria Milko

Victoria Milko is a Myanmar-based freelance multimedia journalist who reports on human rights and the impact of civil conflict in South and Southeast Asia.

A man looks at a screen showing the face of another man projected on a wall

In Myanmar, underground poetry nights build bridges between Rohingya and Burmese writers

October 1, 2019Conflict

The event’s participants and organizers were fully aware that they were doing something sensitive. In a country where even the word “Rohingya” is taboo, there was a risk that the audience would respond badly.