Myanmar expels Doctors Without Borders for hiring “Bengalis" and a lack of transparency.

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[QUOTE]YANGON, Myanmar — Doctors Without Borders said Friday it has been expelled from Myanmar and that tens of thousands of lives are at risk. The decision came after the humanitarian group reported it treated nearly two dozen Rohingya Muslim victims of communal violence in Rakhine state, which the government has denied.

The humanitarian group said it was “deeply shocked” by Myanmar’s decision to expel it after two decades of work in the country.

As Myanmar’s main provider of HIV drugs, supplying treatment to 30,000 people, the group described the impact as devastating.

Myanmar’s presidential spokesman Ye Htut had criticized Doctors Without Borders in the Myanmar Freedom newspaper for hiring “Bengalis,” the term the government uses for the Rohingya Muslim minority, and lacked transparency in its work.

He also accused the group of misleading the world about an attack last month in the remote northern part of Rakhine. The United Nations says more than 40 Rohingya may have been killed[/QUOTE]

What a great decision. Its a good thing disasters never happen there..

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Ugh, ejecting MSF is just a disgusting thing to do. The medical and supporting staff in MSF are heroes who are willing to stand for their principles.

[url=http://www.msf.org.uk/article/myanmar-msf-concerned-about-fate-thousands-patients-after-being-ordered-cease-activities#overlay-context=]Here is the press release by Médecins Sans Frontières[/url]