The Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority native to the Rakhine state of Buddhist-majority Myanmar (formerly Burma), are referred to by some area experts as “the most persecuted minority on Earth.” This year, persecution from the Rakhine Buddhists has driven hundreds…
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Statelessness and Minority Rights in Burma Early this past June, at least seventy-seven people died in Burma’s remote Rakhine State of injuries sustained in tit-for-tat skirmishes between members of the country’s Buddhist majority (who are believed to have benefited from…
