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Burma's Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

Burma’s Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

Juan Cole 08/10/2013

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While the issue of the mistreatment Rohingya Muslim minority has most involved Burma, it has roiled politics throughout Southeast Asia. Buddhist extremists have persecuted the Rohingya in Burma. In retaliation, a Buddhist monastery in Jakarta was attacked. And, Thailand now stands accused of winking at or being involved in human trafficking of the refugee minority.

“A Channel 4 News investigation uncovers secret jungle prisons in a Thai beauty spot, where traffickers deal in the desperation of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims.”

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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