GENEZA I ANATOMIA KONFLIKTÓW WEWNĘTRZNYCH W BIRMIE
GENESIS AND ANATOMY OF BURMA'S INTERNAL CONFLICTS

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the issue of internal conflicts in contemporary Burma (Myanmar).The author is putting forward the idea that for most of its independent years (since1948), Burma has been involved in one of the world’s longest-running civil wars. Manyethnic groups including Karens, Kachins, Shans, Karennis, Chins and Mons have beenwaging separate wars for more than 60 years. Initial ceasefire agreements have beensigned in 2011-2013. However fighting is still on-going in many areas and peacecontinues to remain elusive. Actually the Rohingya people (Burmese muslims) are one ofthe most persecuted minorities in the world. In 2012 two waves of violence eruptedbetween the Rohingya and Buddhist Rakhine resulting in mass killings and torture.

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