Photos from Burma’s ongoing conflict
Burmese president, Thein Sein, declared a state of emergency and deployed army troops on March 22 after sectarian violence between a Buddhist mob and local Muslims broke out in the town of Meikhtila. Anti-Muslim mobs destroyed mosques and burned down dozens of homes in three other towns over the weekend. At least 32 people have been killed […]
Burma’s continuous struggle
Since its independence in 1948, Burma’s history has been written by a string of ethnic and political rebellions in what has left the country in a state of civil unrest. This past May, tensions between Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims escalated after reports of three Muslim men fatally attacking an Arakan Buddhist woman. On June 3, a group of Arakan villagers retaliated […]