The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not just confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent at least 123,000 of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to neighbouring Bangladesh, a UK-based rights group said.
The Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) said that the persecution is backed by the government, elements among the country's Buddhist monks and ultra-nationalist civilian groups.
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