Myanmar (Burma)
The Rohingya flee human rights abuses in Burma, only to be denied refugee status in Bangladesh.
Denied citizenship by their homeland, Burma, and undocumented and unrecognized as refugees in Bangladesh, the Rohingya remain a stateless people.
Labor recruiters or "brokers" help Burmese migrants cross the border into Thailand. Once here, migrants work long hours under harsh conditions to repay the brokers.
Ryan Libre receives the 2010 Nikon Inspiration Award for photographs on the Kachin struggle for independence in Myanmar.
The Oct. 31 deadline for the ethnic cease-fire groups in Burma to disarm has passed quietly in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) capital of Laiza.
Observers are focused now on the ongoing KIO-...
The car came to an abrupt stop. "Get out," the driver said.
The car came to an abrupt stop. "Get out," the driver said.
Tim Patterson, for the Pulitzer Center (Photo by Ryan Libre)
In the north of Myanmar the Kachin people have been struggling for autonomy for generations.
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In the north of Myanmar the Kachin people have been struggling for autonomy for generations.