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Ethnic cleansing, human tragedy & the future few saw coming for Burma

Ethnic cleansing, human tragedy & the future few saw coming for Burma

Update: 2018-03-05
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Not so long ago, Myanmar (Burma) was a good news story, with democratic reforms, a booming economy and falling poverty rates. Then came ugly military-led attacks on Rohingya Muslims, who killed, raped and burned houses, and forced more than 700,000 Rohingyas to flee to camps in Bangladesh, with little pushback from pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. What does this mean for Myanmar's democratic future? Khin Ohmar, an exiled Burmese human rights and democracy activist for 30 years, shares her thoughts.

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Ethnic cleansing, human tragedy & the future few saw coming for Burma

Ethnic cleansing, human tragedy & the future few saw coming for Burma

Mary Kay Magistad