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venerdì, novembre 30, 2007
Birmania. La caccia continua. Con la chiusura del monastero di Maggin la giunta birmana ha ottenuto in un colpo solo un doppio obiettivo: aggiungere umiliazione ad umiliazione nei confronti della religione ufficiale del paese e celebrare a modo suo la giornata mondiale contro l'AIDS:
It's also ironic and shaming that Burma is preparing to celebrate World AIDS Day at a time when a Rangoon hospice and treatment center for HIV/AIDS patients, located at Maggin Monastery, was forced to close when troops sealed off the compound. The Maggin Monastery center drew HIV/AIDS patients from throughout the country. Neglected by the state and its "social organizations," they found shelter, food, medical care and compassion among the monks. Non solo monaci. Anche la minoranza musulmana ha una storia di sofferenze da raccontare: The junta has ostracised them, by refusing full Myanmar citizenship, calling them only “residents of Rakhine state”. Almost all the roughly 800,000 Rohingyas today are stateless. The military regime routinely presses them into slave labour, severely restricts their rights to travel and marry, and denies them access to both medical care and education. The largest number has fled to Bangladesh. But the Bangladeshis have been reluctant hosts. Citing overpopulation and land scarcity, successive governments have forcibly repatriated the refugees: 250,000 were expelled between 1991 and 1992, and almost as many since. Quello che racconta ogni giorno The New Light of Myanmar invece è un mondo parallelo. Per collezionisti. |
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