More than one year after Myanmar’s transition from a military dictatorship to a civilian government, many Muslims in Yangon feel they face discrimination as well as restrictions on practicing religion and that the government has not done enough to clamp down on it.

Human rights activists had a lot of expectations when Aung San Suu Kyi  – who had been globally celebrated as a heroine of democracy – and her National League For Democracy came into power last year, amid soaring hopes among both her backers in Western governments and ordinary voters at home.

Yet, after one year the situation of Muslims in Myanmar haven’t seemed to get better.