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“The government could have stopped this”
The situation in Burma has long been tense. By Abu Bakr Rieger
(gm). “The government could have stopped this.” That is the grim title of the latest report by the Human Rights Watch about recent events in Burma. According to press reports, a woman was raped by three Muslims who were subsequently sentenced to death, following which Buddhist locals killed 10 uninvolved Muslims in an arbitrary revenge attack. Yet the pattern of violence and recrimination that broke out in June and July between Muslims and Buddhists cannot hide the underlying responsibility of the Burmese government. more
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