U Thuriya, a monk who was involved in the 2007 saffron revolution in Sittwe, said, “There is discrimination by the UNHCR in Dhaka because I was fleeing to Bangladesh from Burma for fear of arrest by the junta because I was in the forefront of the anti government demonstrations in Sittwe but the UNHCR Dhaka office refused to give me refugee status.”
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this post is from January 2009- A Burmese monk, U Thuriya, who was involved in the Saffron Revolution protests in 2007, has been suffering mentally after the UNHCR Dhaka office rejected his application for refugee status, said an abbot who accepted him to stay at his monastery.
Burmese Monk Suffering After UNHCR Rejection
Dhaka: A Burmese monk, U Thuriya, who was involved in the Saffron Revolution protests in 2007, has been suffering mentally after the UNHCR Dhaka office rejected his application for refugee status, said an abbot who accepted him to stay at his monastery.
“I am really worried about his health because sometimes he refuses to take his food and medicine. He has been staying along in the monastery without talking after returning from Dhaka,” the abbot said.
http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/question-to-unhcr-dhaka-what-happens-to-this-burmese-monk/
U Thuriya attended an interview at the UNHCR Dhaka office where a Rakhine interpreter helped him with his interview. Apparently, the mist-matched communication between these parties during the interview influenced the UNHCR decision.
http://jegsburma.blogspot.com/2009/06/unhcr-dhaka-office-discriminatory.html
http://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/question-to-unhcr-dhaka-what-happens-to-this-3-monks-update/
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