Sunday, March 2, 2014

Myanmar says Doctors Without Borders can stay

In this Feb. 23, 2014 photo, protesters hold placards and shout slogans as they stage a rally against Doctors Without Borders in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Doctors Without Borders said Friday it has been expelled from Myanmar and that tens of thousands of lives are at risk. The government defended the move Friday, accusing the organization of creating tensions and instability in violence-scarred Rakhine state, where it has faced repeated protests for treating members of the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority. (AP Photo/Zin Chit Aung) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A day after Doctors Without Borders announced its expulsion from Myanmar, the government backpedaled, saying the aid organization would be allowed to resume operations everywhere but Rakhine, a state plagued by bloody bouts of sectarian violence.








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