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Rohingya Men In Bangladesh Revel In The Newfound Right To Wear Pants
Rohingya Muslim men like him were restricted to wearing traditional sarongs, or longyis, in their native Myanmar. It was an unofficial uniform that identified Muslims as inferior, Rohingya refugees said. Wearing pants, outside cities and towns, was restricted by local authorities, and Rohingya who did so could be arrested and fined.
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Dressing Down: Myanmar Activist Jailed For 'Ridiculing' Army And Uniform
A Myanmar court jailed a woman for six months today for a Facebook post "ridiculing" the country's army chief and the colour of a new uniform, the latest in an escalating crackdown on free speech.
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Myanmar's first census in three decades completed amid controversy
A group of women dressed in green sarong-like longyis and simple white blouses stand around a table piled with census forms entering neat notations on spread sheets by hand.
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Rohingya Men In Bangladesh Revel In The Newfound Right To Wear Pants
Rohingya Muslim men like him were restricted to wearing traditional sarongs, or longyis, in their native Myanmar. It was an unofficial uniform that identified Muslims as inferior, Rohingya refugees said. Wearing pants, outside cities and towns, was restricted by local authorities, and Rohingya who did so could be arrested and fined.
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Dressing Down: Myanmar Activist Jailed For 'Ridiculing' Army And Uniform
A Myanmar court jailed a woman for six months today for a Facebook post "ridiculing" the country's army chief and the colour of a new uniform, the latest in an escalating crackdown on free speech.
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Myanmar's first census in three decades completed amid controversy
A group of women dressed in green sarong-like longyis and simple white blouses stand around a table piled with census forms entering neat notations on spread sheets by hand.
