Myanmar Rejects Criticism of Two-Child Rule for Minority
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Myanmar said the restoration of a policy preventing some Muslim Rohingya from having more than two children is family planning, dismissing criticism that it’s evidence of oppression against the religious minority.
Authorities decided to reinforce a 1992 law in two towns, Buthidaung and Maungdaw, because the number of Rohingya has grown, said Win Myaing, a spokesman for the Rakhine state government. Human Rights Watch called for Myanmar to revoke the policy yesterday. Many of Myanmar’s 64 million people view the country’s 800,000 Rohingya as illegal migrants from what is now Bangladesh, and refer to them as Bengali.