NAYPYIDAW: A shadow government is breaking taboos in Buddhist-majority Myanmar by welcoming Rohingya into its anti-junta coalition but many in the long-persecuted Muslim minority are wary after living through decades of discrimination and deadly violence. In this photo taken on June 5, 2021, members of the internally displaced Rohingya Muslim community people walk in the Thet Kay Pyin camp in Sittwe, Rakhine state. A shadow government is breaking taboos in Buddhist-majority Myanmar by welcoming Rohingya into its anti-junta coalition, but many in the long-persecuted Muslim minority are wary after living through decades of discrimination and deadly violence. But suspicion lingers among those Rohingya still in Myanmar where they are widely seen as interlopers from Bangladesh and have been denied citizenship, rights and access to services. Despite the overtures, there are no Rohingya representatives among the National Unity Government's current 32-member Cabinet.

Source: Manila Times July 12, 2021 03:11 UTC