Conflict & Violencein Arakan / Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma)

 

What is Happening, Why, and What To Do

 

Published by

Arakan Human Rights and Development Organization (AHRDO)

Designed by

Thiha Maung Maung

 July 2013

Myanmar (Burma) Contact:

+95 (0) 942-175-7610+95 (0) 949-311-108

Thailand Contact:

P.O.Box 113, Mae Sot,Tak 63110, Thailand+66 (0) 55-030-249+66 (0) 827-759-267Email: info@arakanhrdo.orgWebsite: http://www.arakanhrdo.org

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‘The Most Persecuted People in the World’

and

‘The World’s Most Unwanted People’

are phrases often heard to describe the Rohingya (Bengali Muslims)of Arakan / Rakhine State in western Myanmar (Burma),starting shortly after violence erupted in June 2012. The phrases quickly and blindly were parroted without hardly any investigation of the conflict, and gave shape to the opinion of many people - unfairly, unjustly, and untruthfully.The phrases are not correct, and this report will show how they are part of a clever and insidious way to manipulate the sympathy and opinions of people, human rights defenders, and governmental bodies worldwide.The Rakhine Buddhist people are the real victims, having been victimized and demonized, and killed, intimidated, and ethnically cleansed from their own deeply-rooted homeland.Now it’s time to justifiably use these phrases, and call the Rakhine Buddhist people:

‘The Most

Falsely Accused

 People in the World’

 And

‘The Most

Unjustly Demonized

 People on Earth’ 

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