Aung Mingalar

Aung Mingalar
Ghetto
Country Myanmar
StateRakhine State
DistrictSittwe District
TownshipSittwe Township
Ghetto isolation instituted2012
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

Aung Mingalar is located within downtown Sittwe in Arakan State. Prior to 2012, it was a mixed neighbourhood housing Rohingya and Rakhine families.

History

Police checkpoint next to Aung Mingalar in Sittwe with closed-off Rohingya Muslim area in the background.

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps". NPR. 2015-07-29.
  2. ^ "The unending plight of Burma's unwanted Rohingyas". BBC News. 2013-07-01.
  3. ^ "Massacre reports put Rohingya on the run". Al Jazeera. 2014-02-05.
  4. ^ "Buddhist Rampage in Burma". The Santa Barbara Independent. 2014-03-06.
  5. ^ "Burma admits Rakhine destruction". BBC News. 27 October 2012. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps". NPR. 2015-07-29.
  8. ^ "EU risks complicity in crimes against Rohingya". Politico. 2015-03-15.
  9. ^ "Dispatches: In Burma, Hell in a Very Small Place". Human Rights Watch. 2015-09-30.
  10. ^ "Inside a Muslim Ghetto". Tablet Magazine.
  11. ^ "Where are the Muslims in Sittwe?". Thomson Reuters Foundation News.
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