Page 83 - Beautiful Rohingyas

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urma (Myanmar) is one of those regions of the
world that are known for incessant conflicts and
humanitarian crimes. Reports from the country
demonstrate that the turmoil is continuing and

that a major humanitarian drama is still taking
place. Terrible violence is being inflicted on the
Muslim Rakhine or Rohingya people, one of the
ethnic groups in the country. The main source of this violence is eth-
nic and religious discrimination. The Muslim Rohingya people,
described by the U.N. as 'an oppressed religious minority,' constitute
4% of the Burmese population of nearly 56 million. These people, who
live in ramshackle camps in Rakhine state in the west of the country,
are now the subject of a fresh debate. A government decision to allow

the Rohingya people to vote in a constitutional referendum has
sparked protest demonstrations by Myanmar's Buddhist majority.
The Rohingya are not recognized as Burmese citizens and are forced
to live in camps because they are refugees in their own country; that
is why the Buddhist citizens of the country do not want them to vote.

The Muslim Rohingya lost all their citizenship rights in a single
day under a law passed in 1982. These people are regarded as 'illegal
immigrants' from neighboring Bangladesh. There are about a million
of them in Myanmar, but they cannot prove their identity as 'Burmese
citizens': They exist, but not officially. On the other hand, however,

Rohingyas living along the coastal strip on the border are not allowed
into Bangladesh by the Bangladesh government because they are not
citizens of that country. Rejected by both countries, the Rohingya are