HRW calls for an end to arbitrary confinement of Rohingyas in Myanmar

Bangkok, Oct 8 (efe-epa).- Human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for an end to the arbitrary and indefinite detention of some 130,000 Rohingya in camps in Myanmar for eight years. In a report titled “‘An Open Prison without End’: Myanmar’s Mass Detention of Rohingya in Rakhine State” presented in Bangkok on Thursday, HRW describes the conditions of this mostly-Muslim minority that has been confined to camps with “severe limitations on livelihoods, movement, education, health care, and adequate food and shelter.” “These conditions have...