Rohingya Muslims were excluded from vote for Burma’s new government but hope for new protections | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

As millions of voters cheered on November 13 the outcome of Myanmar’s national elections, one man, 52-year-old Abu Tahay, was muted in his celebrations. Although the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, had won a landslide victory, ending 53 years of military or military-backed rule, Tahay found it hard…