Three Rohingya women killed in Burma shooting

[muriel_volestrangler]

At least three women from the Rohingya minority were killed when police fired on protesters in Burma's Rakhine state.

The women - one of whom was pregnant - were protesting because the authorities were planning to move them to another temporary camp, local people said.
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Aid agencies have been trying to get Burmese authorities to find better locations for the tens of thousands of displaced people, as the start of the monsoon rains is making their temporary camps uninhabitable, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok.

This is proving difficult given the intense hostility from the local Buddhist population, our correspondent adds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22780085

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1. How does the state get away with this?

Burma does not recognise Rohingya Muslims as its citizens and human rights groups have accused Burmese authorities of being complicit in their persecution.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. It had sanctions against it - it was doing many things wrong

It's started fixing some things, but this is one it hasn't - so I think publicity about it, and governments putting pressure on them to fix this too, will be a good idea.