Myanmar (Burma): Recognized as one of the most oppressed groups in the world, the Rohingya are a Muslim minority from western Burma. In 1981 the entire population of Rohingya in the North Rakhine State of Burma (nearly 1 million people) were stripped of their nationality by the Burmese government and have since been stateless. Beatings, extortion and the seizure of their homes in Burma forced these women and 100 families from their village to flee Burma in early 2009. © pulitzercenter.org/