Four Years Later, Arakan’s State of Emergency Lifted
According to state media, the state of emergency that had been placed on Arakan State in June 2012 following communal riots was lifted on Monday.
The emergency was originally declared by the government of Burma’s outgoing President Thein Sein due to escalating violence between Arakanese Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims and allowed the military greater participation in the administration of the region.
