Special Report – In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims

Special Report – In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims

May 15 06:22 AM EDT

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By Jason Szep

SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue.

Apartheid tactics against minority Muslims of Myanmar

 Wadulae, a 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim boy with severe symptoms of rabies, is comforted by family members at a local clinic at a camp for people displaced by violence near Sittwe April 29, 2013.

Credit: Reuters/Damir Sagolj Jason Szep SITTWE, Myanmar | Wed May 15, 2013

Special Report – In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims

(Reuters) – A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue.

Burmese Muslims flock to displacement camps after fresh clashes with Buddhists – video

Conflict between majority Buddhist Rakhine and minority Muslim Rohingya populations in Burma has forced many Rohingya people to flee their homes. Tens of thousands of refugees are now in displacement camps along Burma’s west coast. This was the most serious outbreak of violence since June, when a Rakhine woman was allegedly raped and murdered by several Rohingya men

Amnesty International said Abuse Against Myanmar’s Rohingya Erodes Recent Progress

Amnesty International (Photo credit: AslanMedia)

Source – Amnesty International Press Release: Abuse Against Myanmar’s Rohingya Erodes Recent Progress Press Release July 19, 2012. More Than 50,000 Displaced; Number of Political Prisoners Again on the Rise.Contact: Sharon Singh, ssingh@aiusa.org, 202-675-8579, @spksingh

(Washington, D.C.) – Amnesty International today called attacks against minority Rohingyas and other Muslims in Myanmar a “step back” in the country’s recent progress on human rights, citing increased violence and unlawful arrests following a state of emergency declared six weeks ago in the Rakhine state.