honorable mention
Kosuke Ryujin japan
title
Rohingya
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entry description
Rohingya, a muslim minority living in Burma for centuries, has been described as one of the most persecuted minorities. The Burmese government deprived their citizenship and Rohinya people has been experienced incessant persecution such as forced labor, restriction of movement, ban from owing land, and religious oppression. As a result several hundreds of thousand Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh and lived in makeshift refugee camps. However Bangladeshi government has recognized them as illegal economic migrants, not as refugee. No sanitation and clean water, lack of medical care, and no source of income, people in the camps are living under despair situation. They have been unable to return because of unimproved human rights situation and fear of persecution.about the photographer
Born in 1981 in Japan, mainly focusing on documentary.back to gallery