'As though we are dead': Unable to vote, Myanmar poll robs Rohingya of hope

Dhaka Tribune  

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Published at 1November 6th, 2020

Photo: MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

When Myanmar holds its second democratic election on Sunday after decades of military rule, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims deprived of a vote

Mohammad Yusuf voted in almost every Myanmar election from 1974 until 2010 - the last time ethnic Rohingya were allowed to vote in the country he still calls home after fleeing three years ago.

 

'As though we are dead': Unable to vote, Myanmar poll robs Rohingya of hope

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By Naimul Karim

DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mohammad Yusuf voted in almost every Myanmar election from 1974 until 2010 - the last time ethnic Rohingya were allowed to vote in the country he still calls home after fleeing three years ago.

When Myanmar on Sunday holds its second democratic election after decades of military rule, Yusuf will be among hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims deprived of a vote - leading the United Nations to warn that the polls will not be free or fair.