Rohingya Muslim boys stand in U Shey Kya village outside Maungdaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on Oct 27, 2016. (Reuters photo)YANGON - Myanmar has blacklisted a prominent US photographer and prevented him from attending his own exhibition about stateless people, which would have featured pictures of the persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority. Mr Constantine said he believed it was linked to his work documenting the lives of the Rohingya, whose status is a major flashpoint in Myanmar. Many in the Buddhist-majority country revile the million-strong Muslim minority, who are based in western Rakhine state, and vigorously oppose any move to grant them citizenship. Hatred towards the minority has intensified since the government blamed Rohingya militants for deadly raids on police border posts last month.

Source: Bangkok Post November 17, 2016 08:43 UTC