Rakhine Buddhists

Buddhist mistrust of foreign aid workers hampers relief for Myanmar's Rohingya

Relief agencies struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims displaced by strife in northwestern Myanmar are facing rising hostility from ethnic Rakhine Buddhists who accuse the United Nations and foreign aid groups of only helping Muslims.

September 23, 2017
September 23, 2017

Buddhist mistrust of foreign aid workers hampers relief for Myanmar's Rohingya

Relief agencies struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims displaced by strife in northwestern Myanmar are facing rising hostility from ethnic Rakhine Buddhists who accuse the United Nations and foreign aid groups of only helping Muslims.

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