Burma: Census Risks Marginalising Rohingya

By Hanna Hindstrom Burma’s landmark census planned for 2014 is likely to exclude and further isolate its Rohingya minority group, which has been denied citizenship by the government since 1982. Although the government has agreed to include all “national races” in the...

MYANMAR: Census offers hope to ethnic groups

CHIANG MAI, 16 May 2012 (IRIN) – A recent decision to undertake a national census could prove key to empowering Myanmar’s more than 100 ethnic groups, provided it is inclusive and conducted to international standards. “Potentially, the census would...

U.S. Policy Toward Burma

Testimony Kurt M. CampbellAssistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific AffairsStatement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Washington, DC April 25, 2012 Introduction Mr. Chairman, Mr. Faleomavaega, and Members...