Burma Abusing Muslim Minority, Amnesty Says

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Chitagong, May 22: "The Muslim ethnic minority (Rohingyas) continue to suffer from multiple restriction and human rights violations, said Amnesty International on Wednesday, May 19, 2004. They, generally known as the Rohingyas, who live in northern Arakan (Rakhine) State, western Burma are often forced to work on roads and at military camps and they are also subjected to forced eviction and house destruction, land confiscation and various forms of extortion and arbitrary taxation including financial restrictions on marriage, the rights group said..."

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Kaladan News

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2004-05-22

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2004-05-22

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