Primary parties in the violence are Rakhine and Rohingya. Rakhine make up 63% of total population (Inquiry Commission, 2013) in the western costal state of Myanmar. Rakhine are Buddhists who primarily dwell in central and southern parts of Rakhine state. Rohingya predominantly reside in north-western Rakhine state and are Muslims (Annex 2). Rakhine do not accept Rohingya as being ethnic and assert they are economic immigrants from Bangladesh so they insist up
on using the term “Bangali” rather than “Rohingya”
(Inquiry Commission, 2013). By contrast, Rohngya regard themselves as an
“
ethnic group
”
of Myanmar and want their citizenship reinstated which they lost in the 1982 citizenship law (Inquiry Commission, 2013).
Secondary parties
are those who have indirect involvement in the violence (Bright, n.d.)
Buddhist monks and Rakhine political parties initially supported and later organized the Rakhine population to fight the Rohingya. Simultaneously Rohingya organizations sponsored the Rohingya. According to Inquiry Commission (2013), these organizations in Yangon, New York and Landon were calling Rohingya communities in Rakhine state on mobile phones and urging the
m to declare themselves “Rohingya”.
Following the initial waves of violence,
local Buddhist monks’ association and political parties
organized Rakhine citizens to drive Rohingya from the state
Primary parties in the violence are Rakhine and Rohingya. Rakhine make up 63% of total population (Inquiry Commission, 2013) in the western costal state of Myanmar. Rakhine are Buddhists who primarily dwell in central and southern parts of Rakhine state. Rohingya predominantly reside in north-western Rakhine state and are Muslims (Annex 2). Rakhine do not accept Rohingya as being ethnic and assert they are economic immigrants from Bangladesh so they insist upon using the term “Bangali” rather than “Rohingya” (Inquiry Commission, 2013). By contrast, Rohngya regard themselves as an“ethnic group”of Myanmar and want their citizenship reinstated which they lost in the 1982 citizenship law (Inquiry Commission, 2013).Secondary parties are those who have indirect involvement in the violence (Bright, n.d.) Buddhist monks and Rakhine political parties initially supported and later organized the Rakhine population to fight the Rohingya. Simultaneously Rohingya organizations sponsored the Rohingya. According to Inquiry Commission (2013), these organizations in Yangon, New York and Landon were calling Rohingya communities in Rakhine state on mobile phones and urging them to declare themselves “Rohingya”. Following the initial waves of violence,local Buddhist monks’ association and political partiesorganized Rakhine citizens to drive Rohingya from the state
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