Arkron was 12 when he watched men beat his father’s head in with a brick and then slaughtered him with a knife all for what his father believe in. Arkron risked a lot to get away from those people in Myanmar to reach Malaysia. On the other hand, he did this all to live in a shipping container with 7 other people. People in Myanmar continue to fall into the cycle of persecution and sold into human trafficking all for what they believe in and this violates our basic rights as humans. People in Myanmar might remain some of the most persecuted people on earth, and for what? The greed of other humans. Hundreds die every day from religious persecution and human trafficking and Myanmar’s have both of these things are going on every day. The stories
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Since the government is running out of money and going down hill this problem can only get worse. Over the past 5 years, Burma has made great strides, opening itself to the outside world and in liberalizing its economy. However, the job market is consistently down and the population is steadily rising. Consequently, this causes corruption with people and they have to fight for their right to live and prosper. Due to a complex legal department and extremely low government salaries corruption is present in Myanmar. Rule of law and protection of property rights is weak. Judicial decisions continue to influence government interference, personal relationships, or bribes. The financial system remains underdeveloped, and banks remain on their own, or overseen by then state. Most loans are for government projects, and access to credit remains very poor. This is part of the reason people in Myanmar are very poor and moving towards human trafficking to make money. Burma has been a military dictatorship since 1962. Since 2010 it has been trying for limited political and economic reform, distraction of media censorship and the release of political …show more content…
These basic rights are nothing to human traffickers in Myanmar however. Abdullah Hakim, 18, fled because of religious persecution in December 2014 and his mother, Zura Khatu, tells reporters: “He wanted to go to Malaysia. But on the way to Thailand, he was in the trafficker’s hands. The trafficker called me and asked me for 3,000 ringgit. I couldn’t pay the money on time. The trafficker called three times. My son had diarrhea. My son told me that his leg was broken because he was beaten by the traffickers. I told the trafficker, ‘I have some small land that I will sell.’ The trafficker said, ‘If you cannot send the money tomorrow, I will kill your son.’ The next time the trafficker called, my sister-in-law spoke to him. The traffickers told us that my son had died and that they would bury him.” This is a great example of how Abdullah’s rights remain disregarded by the government officials. He had been against his will by traffickers, not knowing where he was going, why they were taking him or even the simple right to live. Abdullah died all for the greed of traffickers and for his religion. He did not have much hope weather he stayed or left his home. It was the choice of stay home and risk getting killed by the Muslims, or captured by traffickers on the way
Since the government is running out of money and going down hill this problem can only get worse. Over the past 5 years, Burma has made great strides, opening itself to the outside world and in liberalizing its economy. However, the job market is consistently down and the population is steadily rising. Consequently, this causes corruption with people and they have to fight for their right to live and prosper. Due to a complex legal department and extremely low government salaries corruption is present in Myanmar. Rule of law and protection of property rights is weak. Judicial decisions continue to influence government interference, personal relationships, or bribes. The financial system remains underdeveloped, and banks remain on their own, or overseen by then state. Most loans are for government projects, and access to credit remains very poor. This is part of the reason people in Myanmar are very poor and moving towards human trafficking to make money. Burma has been a military dictatorship since 1962. Since 2010 it has been trying for limited political and economic reform, distraction of media censorship and the release of political …show more content…
These basic rights are nothing to human traffickers in Myanmar however. Abdullah Hakim, 18, fled because of religious persecution in December 2014 and his mother, Zura Khatu, tells reporters: “He wanted to go to Malaysia. But on the way to Thailand, he was in the trafficker’s hands. The trafficker called me and asked me for 3,000 ringgit. I couldn’t pay the money on time. The trafficker called three times. My son had diarrhea. My son told me that his leg was broken because he was beaten by the traffickers. I told the trafficker, ‘I have some small land that I will sell.’ The trafficker said, ‘If you cannot send the money tomorrow, I will kill your son.’ The next time the trafficker called, my sister-in-law spoke to him. The traffickers told us that my son had died and that they would bury him.” This is a great example of how Abdullah’s rights remain disregarded by the government officials. He had been against his will by traffickers, not knowing where he was going, why they were taking him or even the simple right to live. Abdullah died all for the greed of traffickers and for his religion. He did not have much hope weather he stayed or left his home. It was the choice of stay home and risk getting killed by the Muslims, or captured by traffickers on the way