Star Student Epitomizes Myanmar Discrimination Against Rohingya Minority

Radio Free Asia
2020-08-27

Rohingya student Muhammad Ayaz (R) receives a ring from one of his high school teachers in recognition of his scholastic achievements, in Buthidaung town, western Myanmar's Rakhine state, in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Muhammad Ayaz's family

For Myanmar high school students, passing their matriculation exam with distinction is a near guarantee of getting into a university, even if not the school of their choice.

But that hasn’t been the case for Muhammad Ayaz, a Rohingya Muslim high school student from Buthidaung town in western Myanmar’s volatile Rakhine state, who passed his matriculation exam this year, earning distinctions in all six subject areas tested.

Senate motion urges more action from Liberal government in response to Rohingya crisis.

OTAWA
CITIZEN

May 1, 2019

By: MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH

Critics call Trudeau's government hypocritical for making regretful statements about events such as the Holocaust but failing to do more to stop an ongoing genocide

Rohingya refugees watch as firefighters douse flames after a fire broke out in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, April 24, 2019. AP

OTTAWA — A Senate motion will urge the Liberal government to meet Canada’s international treaty obligations by holding Myanmar accountable for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority.