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Archbishop of Rangoon calls for Rohingya citizenship

Rangoon Archbishop Charles Bo (PHOTO: UCA News) DVB News Junuary 01, 2014 In his New Year message to the Roman Catholics of Burma, Monsignor Charles Bo called for unity between the “different souls” of “this wonderful nation” and pointed particularly towards the Rohingya Muslims of western Burma, saying those born in the country should be granted citizenship. The archbishop further called for an end to violence against the Rohingyas, and urged the country to instead fight against poverty and human trafficking. “On the eve of the New Year, Myanmar prepares for the dawn of a new era characterized by freedom, democracy, justice, peace, hope and fraternity among the different souls of this wonderful nation,” wrote Msgr Charles Bo in  AsiaNews  in a message addressed for 1 January 2014 on the occasion of the World Day of Peace. He noted that Burma has “opened its doors to the world” over the past two years through a series of reforms in favour of democratic freedoms as well