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Rohingyas, a Silenced Minority by Bruno Amsellem/Signatures – Since June 2012, the Rohingya people of Burma have been victims of violent and sometimes deadly attacks by local communities, as the authorities stand by, virtually condoning the attacks. The Rohingya Muslim minority were rendered stateless in Burma's 1982 citizenship act, and according to the United Nations they are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Over the past two years, prominent Buddhists have been inciting the Burmese people to hate. Entire villages have been burned and razed in Arakan (Rakhine) State in north-west Burma. Hundreds have been left dead in the wake of the violence which has spread to the center of the country. Camps for displaced persons near the city of Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, now house 140 000 Rohingyas who are denied freedom of movement and healthcare. Bruno Amsellem visited the camps where westerners and humanitarian workers are kept under strict surveillance by the authorities. Here: Since the riots in June 2012, more than 140 000 Rohingyas, the Muslim minority community in Burma, have been living in camps for internally displaced persons in Arakan state. Sittwe, Burma (Myanmar), August 2013. (Photo by Bruno Amsellem/Signatures)
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