RFA
Radio Free Asia
RFA Burmese
2022.09.08
A court in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region has sentenced 56 ethnic Rohingya to two years in prison.
They were arrested on Aug. 21 in Wakema township and the sentences were handed down by the township’s court on Tuesday under Section 6 (3) of the Residents Registration Act.
The group came from Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in Rakhine State.
They decided to leave due to a lack of jobs in their townships and the hardships of living there.
RFA Burmese
2022.09.08
The group, including three children, was refused visits from locals offering food and assistance.
Wakema township’s court in a photograph taken in Jan. 2021.Citizen journalist
A court in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region has sentenced 56 ethnic Rohingya to two years in prison.
They were arrested on Aug. 21 in Wakema township and the sentences were handed down by the township’s court on Tuesday under Section 6 (3) of the Residents Registration Act.
The group came from Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships in Rakhine State.
They decided to leave due to a lack of jobs in their townships and the hardships of living there.