Myanmar's Rohingya suffer state-backed abuses - report

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from AlertNet
Published on 04 Jul 2012 View Original

BANGKOK (AlertNet) – Evidence suggests Myanmar’s military has participated in abuses against stateless Muslim Rohingyas following June’s communal violence in western Myanmar, a report from a rights group said this week.

Burning Homes, Sinking Lives by the UK-based Equal Rights Trust (ERT), based on more than 50 interviews with Rohingyas between June 13 and 29, also criticised Bangladesh for refusing entry to many who fled the violence.

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