Photos: Violence against Muslims in Myanmar displaces thousands
April 30, 2013
Hla Hla May, a Rohingya Muslim woman displaced by violence, holds her one year old daughter Roshan at a former rubber factory that now serves as their shelter, near Sittwe April 29, 2013. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
Soldiers are deployed around a burnt Islamic school after journalist arrived to its compound in Meikhtila April 23, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fuelled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 23, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A Rohingya Muslim woman holds her child as they wait for help at a small clinic near Sittwe April 29, 2013. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR/ )
A baby is lifted over the fence for his uncle to touch his face at a camp for Muslims on Meikhtila's outskirts April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE )
A Rohingya Muslim with the word "Rohingya" written on his T-shirt prays with others in a makeshift mosque at a camp for those displaced by violence, near Sittwe April 28, 2013. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday. Its long-awaited report recommended a mixed bag of humanitarian and security responses to violence last June and October that killed at least 192 people and left 140,000 homeless, mostly stateless Rohingya Muslims in an area dominated by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. Picture taken April 28, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
Food is distributed in a camp for Muslims displaced by recent violence outside Meikhtila April 24, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
Rohingya Muslim children gather at a camp for those displaced by violence, near Sittwe April 28, 2013. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday. Its long-awaited report recommended a mixed bag of humanitarian and security responses to violence last June and October that killed at least 192 people and left 140,000 homeless, mostly stateless Rohingya Muslims in an area dominated by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. Picture taken April 28, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR/ )
Rohingya Muslim men wait for an auction to start at a fish market near Sittwe April 29, 2013. Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday. Its long-awaited report recommended a mixed bag of humanitarian and security responses to violence last June and October that killed at least 192 people and left 140,000 homeless, mostly stateless Rohingya Muslims in an area dominated by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR/ )
Soe Min Oo, a student who survived an attack on an Islamic school in Meikhtila poses for picture in a village outside the town April 24, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
Soe Min Oo, a student who survived an attack on an Islamic school in Meikhtila talks to Reuters reporters in a village outside the town April 24, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A woman walks past a burnt Islamic school in Meikhtila April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE )
Men sit in front of a burnt Muslim house as a religious image decorates a Buddhist house next to it in Meikhtila April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A woman collects bricks and other useful items from burnt Muslim homes in Meikhtila April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A man reacts toward the photographer as he collects bricks from burnt Muslim homes in Meikhtila April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A woman buys food through the window on a gate of a camp for Muslims displaced by recent violence outside Meikhtila April 24, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A Muslim man, whose shop and house was vandalized tries to do business in Meikhtila April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
A woman collects bricks and other useful items from burnt Muslim homes in Meikhtila April 25, 2013. In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in Meikhtila that killed at least 43 people, most of them Muslims, displaced nearly 13,000, and touched off a wave of anti-Muslim unrest fueled by radical Buddhist monks. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( MYANMAR-VIOLENCE/ )
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