Articles by Swe Win
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With Official Help, Radical Buddhists Target Muslim Businesses in Burma/Myanmar [Attached: The Nazi Nuremberg Race Laws]
Swe Win, Myanmar Now – The Irrawaddy,
21 Sep 2015
Most Muslims living in the Irrawaddy delta dare not speak out against the campaign for fear of provoking Ma Ba Tha’s ire. Some said the Muslim community can only lie low, hoping the current wave of fervent Buddhist nationalism subsides. “We have no other country to flee to,” said Khin Maung, the leader of a mosque in Kyaunggon. “We are all born and raised here.”
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Swe Win – International Herald Tribune-NYT,
1 Apr 2013
Not one bullet was fired, not one smoke bomb was dropped as scores of Muslims were attacked and some were burnt alive in Myanmar last week. The security forces just looked on. In a country where they routinely use brute force against political dissidents, villagers who protest land grabs and even monks, their passivity was sadly revealing.
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