NIKKEI ASIA
CAPE DIAMOND,
October 30, 2020
CAPE DIAMOND,
October 30, 2020
Members of Muslim group stripped of citizenship can't vote or run for parliament
A man and a girl stand outside their home in a village in the state of
Rakhine, western Myanmar, in 2018. (Photo by Cape Diamond)
CAPE DIAMOND, Contributing writerOctober 30, 2020 16:18 JST
CAPE DIAMOND, Contributing writerOctober 30, 2020 16:18 JST
YANGON -- Anger and despair is spreading among the Rohingya in Myanmar
before the country's general election on Nov. 8 as many in the Muslim
group have had their citizenship stripped and are barred from voting or
running for parliament.
Tayub Uddin, 65, is a Rohingya politician
in Yangon and serves as a senior vice chairman of the Democracy and
Human Rights Party, a Rohingya political party. While he is actively
participating in politics, his family members in Rakhine State, located
on the country's western coast and home to many Rohingya, are not
recognized as citizens.
