Daily Times: YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader and pro-democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Monday a policy by ia district government to limit Muslim Rohingya families to two children in an effort to curb their population growth.
The two-child policy dates back to 1994, but it does not appear to have been enforced until recent weeks.
“They shouldn’t discriminate. This is against human rights,” Suu Kyi told journalists.
An estimated 800,000 Rohingya live in Rakhine State in the west of Myanmar. Many of the Buddhist majority in the country consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and the government refuses to grant them citizenship.
Nobel Peace Prize-winner Suu Kyi has been heavily criticised for not speaking up for their rights, even after clashes with Rakhine State Buddhists last year in which at least 192 people were killed and 140,000 made homeless.
Most of the victims were Rohingya and many remain in camps they are not allowed to leave.