It has been six months since Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy took power in Burma or Myanmar as the official name of the country is. Since Burma has been ruled by the military junta for decades, expectations of the new democratically elected government have been high. And despite the fact that many democratic reforms have been implemented, the UN recently criticized the government in Burma for systematic discrimination against minority groups in the country, and above all by the Muslim minority group Rohingya. Johanna Kvist, Information Officer at the Burma Committee, and Abul kalam, chairman of the Swedish Rohingya Associaton, talks about the situation for rohingyas in today's Burma.
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