Myanmar: Malteser International Calls for Reopening of Humanitarian Space

The census which is planned by the Government of Myanmar for the weekend of 29/30 March 2014 and which is boycotted by various groups, has led to the recent unrest in Sittwe, situated in Rakhine State in the northwest of Myanmar, near the border with Bangladesh. A Buddhist flag should be displayed at every house as a visible sign for this boycott. – Already since 2012, ethnic violence has been on-going in Rakhine State […]