Human rights groups have attacked a controversial new law in Myanmar that will force some women to have children at least three year apart.
Khin Lay of the Yangon-based Triangle Women Support Group criticised the move on Monday, saying it would exclusively target the country's minority Muslim population.
"This law targets one religion, one population, in one area," said Lay, whose organisation lobbied against the law .
Myanmar's President Thein Sein signed the population control healthcare bill into law last week, state-controlled media announced on Saturday.
The legislation came under pressure from the Buddhist ultra-nationalist group the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, known as Ma Ba Tha. Full story...
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Khin Lay of the Yangon-based Triangle Women Support Group criticised the move on Monday, saying it would exclusively target the country's minority Muslim population.
"This law targets one religion, one population, in one area," said Lay, whose organisation lobbied against the law .
Myanmar's President Thein Sein signed the population control healthcare bill into law last week, state-controlled media announced on Saturday.
The legislation came under pressure from the Buddhist ultra-nationalist group the Committee for the Protection of Nationality and Religion, known as Ma Ba Tha. Full story...
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