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Rohingyas: No light at the end of the tunnel

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's latest report on Burma has once again drawn global attention to the sad plight of Muslims known as Rohingyas in that Buddhist country. His annual report to the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on human rights, raises serious concerns about the condition of Muslims who are victims of ethnic and religious tensions created by official policies and hate campaigns by some radical monks, particularly Wirathu whom Time magazine describes as the "face of Buddhist terror." This has so poisoned the atmosphere that even the democratic reforms initiated by President Thein Sein are working to the disadvantage of Rohingyas. While the government intensifies its campaign of hate, opponents of the regime don't want to alienate the Buddhist majority by supporting the minority. Even the leader of the democracy movement, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is avoiding any criticism of the government on the Rohingya issu