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What's Gone Wrong in Myanmar?

Why is Aung San Suu Kyi refusing to denounce army brutality against Muslim Rohingya in Rakhine State?

As tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar for Bangladesh we ask who's responsible for the violence in Rakhine state that's forcing them out. It all looked so different two years ago when Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won landmark elections in Myanmar at the start of what looked like a new era for the country, free from dominance by the army. On this week on Newshour Extra, Owen Bennett Jones and his guests discuss what has gone wrong in Myanmar and ask why Aung San Suu Kyi - who made her reputation defending human rights - is refusing to denounce the military's actions against the Rohingya.

Photo: Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arriving at the Bangladeshi border. Getty Images

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50 minutes

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Sat 9 Sep 2017 11:06GMT

Contributors

Priscilla Clapp of the U.S. Institute of Peace. She was chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Burma from 1999-2002.

Peter Popham -Β author of two books about Aung San Suu Kyi

Francis Wade -Β author of 'Myanmar's Enemy Within' about Myanmar's relationship with its Muslim population.

Phil Robertson - Deputy Asia Director with Human Rights Watch

Also featuring:

Sanjoy Majumdar - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent reporting from Bangladesh border with Myanmar

Tun Khin - president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation in UK

Broadcasts

  • Fri 8 Sep 2017 08:06GMT
  • Fri 8 Sep 2017 17:06GMT
  • Fri 8 Sep 2017 23:06GMT
  • Sat 9 Sep 2017 03:06GMT
  • Sat 9 Sep 2017 11:06GMT

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