‘Census’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine state may settle Rohingya question
By jbecker, on November 30th, 2012
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year. It’s a question that has helped fuel two bloody spasms of sectarian unrest between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims since June, and it comes down to one simple thing: who has the right to be a citizen of Myanmar, and who does not? <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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‘Census’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine state may settle Rohingya question
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‘Census’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine state may settle Rohingya question
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year. It’s a question that has helped fuel two bloody spasms of sectarian unrest between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims since June, and it comes down to one simple thing: who has the right to be a citizen of Myanmar, and who does not? <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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‘Census’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine state may settle Rohingya question
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