Rights groups urge aid access to conflict-hit Myanmar region

JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rights groups urged Myanmar to allow humanitarian access to a troubled Muslim-majority region following the latest violence that has prevented aid agencies from delivering food and medicines.

Troops have been sweeping northern Rakhine state for more than a week, hunting an estimated 400 fighters who officials believe are members of mostly stateless Rohingya Muslim community acting with the support of Islamists abroad.