Our reporters travel to the Burma/Bangladesh border region to investigate the ongoing human rights abuses against the Rohingya minority that live in the region. Refused citizenship from both Burma and Bangladesh these people are left stateless and with little opportunity for a positive future.
Part 1 can be viewed here
In the first of a two-part series, our reporters explore the root cause of human trafficking through the story of the Rohingyas, a stateless Muslim minority living in Burma and Bangladesh.
Part 2 can be viewed here.
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April 22, 2012
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Goodmorningbeautiful speak to young survivors of forced and brutal military service inside Burma. For these lucky few who escape, the ordeal is not over.
This film is a part of a series on human trafficking and modern slavery. A series of films and media documenting human trafficking as it is experience by millions of women, men and children throughout Asia; a generation of people, living outside of citizenship, borders and basic human rights.
In northeastern Burma’s Shan State, our team met with Lahu villagers to speak about being forced into sometimes deadly service as unwilling labor for the Burmese Army.
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