Security Forces: Rakhine State

Rakhine State: YANGON - Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security forces to control the still-volatile region, an independent commission said on Monday. , according to Reuters. The recommendations follow an April 22 report from Human Rights Watch that accused security forces of complicity in "ethnic cleansing" in Rakhine State last year. By Aung Hla Tun and Jared Ferrie Its long-awaited report recommended a mixed bag of humanitarian and security responses to violence last June and October that killed at least 192 people and left 140,000 homeless, mostly stateless Rohingya Muslims in an area dominated by ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.