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Online TV Channel Gives Voice to Stateless Rohingya

Zsombor Peter

   KUALA LUMPUR - "We are the voice of the voiceless. This is our slogan,"
   said Ajmeer Omar, a reporter and anchor for Rohingya Vision TV.

   It is a well-worn maxim among journalists the world over, but for
   Ajmeer and his colleagues, it may be especially true.

   In 2012, Rohingya Vision TV, R-Vision for short, became the first news
   broadcaster both for and by the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim group that
   claims a distinct ethnic identity rejected by the government of
   Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are denied citizenship even after
   generations of putting down roots.

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