Ethnic cleansing, human tragedy & the future few saw coming for Burma: What the Rohingya Muslim purge reveals about Myanmar's challenges in building real democracy Whose Century Is It?: Ideas, trends & twists shaping the world in the 21st century

 
Not so long ago, Myanmar (Burma) was a good news story, with democratic reforms, a booming economy and falling poverty rates. Then came ugly military-led attacks on Rohingya Muslims, who killed, raped and burned houses, and forced more than 700,000 Rohingyas to flee to camps in Bangladesh, with little pushback from pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. What does this mean for Myanmar's democratic future? Khin Ohmar, an exiled Burmese human rights and democracy activist for 30 years, shares her thoughts.