thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 2月8日 07時24分

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Khaironisa (center) and her two sisters Surunisa (left) and Guktas (right) in their shack in Dar Paing IDP Camp. When violence broke out in 2012, Surunisa's husband was killed by local police and Khaironisa's husband fled to Malaysia. She has not heard from him ever since.

The situation for the Rohingya people seems to only be worsening in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Since violence broke out between the Rakhine Buddhist community and the Muslim Rohingya in 2012, life has been a living nightmare for the Rohingya, considered today to be one of the most persecuted peoples in the world. Originally from Bangladesh, the Rohingya migrated to Myanmar over 300 years ago. They have lived alongside the Rakhine people for generations, although the government has not considered them to be Burmese for decades, attempting to rid them of their rights, well-being, and even their national identity, deeming them stateless in their own country. In the coastal city of Sittwe, the government has forcibly moved over 140,000 Rohingya out of their homes into special IDP (internally displaced people) camps, or rural ghettos in the periphery of the town. With armed police check-points in every camp, the Rohingya are trapped in a country where there is virtually no hope for a better future. Most of the Rohingya here are unemployed, education is only offered to a few, food is scarce for many, and there is a health crisis, with people dying on a regular basis from perfectly curable diseases. The Rohingya people also are a formidable example of human's ability to survive and adapt to the harshest of situations. The camps have become micro-societies where village daily life goes on. Most camps have markets where goods are sold or traded, and teashops where people sit around and socielize or watch films.

#rohingya #freerohingya #myanmar #idp #justice #freedom #equality #natgeo

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