Aung Mingalar
Aung Mingalar | |
|---|---|
Ghetto | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| State | Rakhine State |
| District | Sittwe District |
| Township | Sittwe Township |
| Ghetto isolation instituted | 2012 |
| Population | |
• Total | ~4,500 (2,015 est.) |
Aung Mingalar is a segregated quarter in the city of Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, predominantly inhabited by the ethnic-Muslim Rohingya minority. After communal violence in 2012, Aung Mingalar became an isolated enclave, sealed by checkpoints and barricades, with severe restrictions on movement.[1][2]
Location
[edit]Aung Mingalar is located within downtown Sittwe in Arakan State. Prior to 2012, it was a mixed neighbourhood housing Rohingya and Rakhine families.
History
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Communal conflict broke out in Rakhine State in 2012 between ethnic Rakhine and Rohingya, leading to hundreds of deaths and the displacement of more than 100,000 people.[3][4][5][6]
In the aftermath, security forces sealed Aung Mingalar with checkpoints and barricades, preventing the Rohingya residents from leaving without written permission.[7][8]
Living conditions
[edit]Human Rights Watch described Aung Mingalar as "a hell in a very small place," citing extreme segregation, fear, and lack of services.[9] Analysts and rights groups have described the situation as resembling an apartheid-like system.[10][11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps". NPR. 2015-07-29.
- ↑ "The unending plight of Burma's unwanted Rohingyas". BBC News. 2013-07-01.
- ↑ "Massacre reports put Rohingya on the run". Al Jazeera. 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "Buddhist Rampage in Burma". The Santa Barbara Independent. 2014-03-06.
- ↑ "Burma admits Rakhine destruction". BBC News. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "Four killed as Rohingya Muslims riot in Myanmar: government". Reuters. 8 June 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ↑ "Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps". NPR. 2015-07-29.
- ↑ "EU risks complicity in crimes against Rohingya". Politico. 2015-03-15.
- ↑ "Dispatches: In Burma, Hell in a Very Small Place". Human Rights Watch. 2015-09-30.
- ↑ "Inside a Muslim Ghetto". Tablet Magazine.
- ↑ "Where are the Muslims in Sittwe?". Thomson Reuters Foundation News.
