a girl walking past a mosque in Meiktila, Mandalay Region. - The majority-Buddhist nation is widely expected to return Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party to power on November 8 in the second polls since Myanmar emerged from outright military rule in 2011. The country's Rohingya Muslims -- whether in Bangladeshi refugee shelters or confined to camps and villages in Myanmar -- will nearly all be completely disenfranchised. - AFP
MEIKTILA (Myanmar), Aug 28 (AFP): One of Myanmar's five million young adults, May Thandar Maung had been excited to cast her ballot for the very first time in November's election.
But the 18-year-old is Muslim and says that means she will remain voiceless.
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