Description:
"...Human Rights Watch said that various factors sparked last year?s confrontations between Buddhists and
Muslims, including anger over the destruction of Buddhist images in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, in March 2001.
Military authorities confiscated pirated photos and videos of the Bamiyan statues being blown up by the Taliban,
fearful they would enflame Buddhist sentiment. But in some cities outside Rangoon, there were credible reports
of military intelligence officers stirring up anti-Muslim violence..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Publication:
2002-07-18
Date of entry:
2003-06-03
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English