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SB Police Aung Kyaw Zin continuously extorting the money from Rohingyas in Maungdaw South
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 RB_News No comments
SB Police Aung Kyaw Zin RB News August 14, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan: A police officer from SB (Special Branch) has been continuously extorting the money from Rohingyas living nearby Aley Than Kyaw. According to locals, the SB officer is Aung Kyaw Zin who is based in Aley Than Kyaw village in the Maungdaw Township of Arakan State. Iman Hussein, son of Bardu Miah (49-years-old) was arrested whileon his way back home from Aley…
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A Muslim House and Five Boats Burnt Down by 969 Network in Thandwe
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 RB_News No comments
RB News August 14, 2013 Thandwe, Arakan – A Kaman Muslim house and 5 boats were set fire by members of the 969 network in Myo Taung quarter. This is in the Thandwe Township of Arakan State. It happened last night at 11 pm according to locals there. A house and two fishing boats belonging to U Mya Win who lives in Anawyahta Street, were burnt. The value of the two boats is at about 16 million kyat. The 969 group also set…
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Give Rohingya migrants a second chance
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Editoral_Media, The_National No comments
(Photo: Reuters) By Editorial of The Nation August 13, 2013 Instead of punishing, abusing and exploiting refugees, Thailand should be prepared to offer them economic opportunities Rohingya boat people continue to flee Myanmar, where they are barred from citizenship, to seek better lives elsewhere. Many of them end up in detention centres in neighbouring countries, particularly Malaysia and Thailand. When it comes to refugees,…
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Reading Identity and violence on Burma (1)
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Nyo_Tun, RB_Article No comments
Nyo Tun RB Article August 14, 2013 Identity and Violence was one of many books of Amartya Sen, a professor at Harvard University and the 1998 Nobel Prize winner in Economics. Reading Sen’s sweeping philosophical work to challenge the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, I envision that Burma, my native country, can be made toward peace as firmly as it has been rapidly submerging in the recent hatred waves of the 969…
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Are Rohingya the world’s most unwanted people?
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 Ben_Doherty, Fairfax_Media, Rohingya_News No comments
When their country is not running them out of town, Rohingya live like prisoners in their own homes. NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN FOR MYANMAR’S ROHINGYA Hundreds of thousands of Myanmar’s Rohingya, commonly described as the most persecuted people on Earth, live in camps huddled on the border of their country with Bangladesh. (Photo: Fairfax Media) Ben Doherty Fairfax Media August 13, 2013 Kutupalong New Camp, Bangladesh-Myanmar border: Mohammed…
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Myanmar: Release Rohingya Human Rights Activist
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Campaign, Refugees_International, Sushetha_Gopallawa No comments
Refugee International’s team meeting with Kyaw Hla Aung, left. Sushetha Gopallawa Refugees International August 13, 2013 During my recent visit to Myanmar, I met with human rights activist Kyaw Hla Aung in a Rohingya village in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State. We talked about his peaceful political activism, his public service, and his humanitarian work. But mostly we talked about how he and other village elders and leaders feared for…
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Rohingya man from Sittwe was arrested for sharing photos on Facebook
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 RB_News No comments
Facebooker Than Shwe RB News August 13, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – An Innocent Facebooker from Sittwe was arrested by Hlun Htaine police at 5:30 am this morning. This according to the victim’s relative. The arrested is Than Shwe, a Rohingya youth who lives in the Bumay quarter. He was arrested by Hlun Htaine police for sharing photos of recent attacks on Rohingyas by police on a Facebook account. In fear of authorities, most…
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Rohingya Blogger’s Official Announcement
Monday, August 12, 2013 Press_Release, RB_News No comments
Rohingya Blogger’s Official Announcement August 12, 2013 Rohingya Blogger (RB) was started in 2005 and was extended to include Burmese language service in 2012. RB has received recognition of international organizations and diplomatic sources since it was founded. RB has cooperated with international media since the violence broke out in Arakan in 2012 and has helped mainstream media in regards to covering the news of Arakan,…
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Two Registered Refugees sent to Myanmar by the BGB
Monday, August 12, 2013 Andrew_Day, RB_News No comments
(Photo: Matias) Andrew Day RB News August 12, 2013 Two Rohingya women, a mother and daughter who are Refugees registered through the UNHCR and the Government of Bangladesh, were sent from Bangladesh to Myanmar yesterday by the BGB. 41 year old Gul Bahar and her 25 year old daughter, Dhalu were detained by the BGB (Border Gaurd Bangladesh) at the Whykaung check post. The border guards were suspicious of the women as they…
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Innocent Rohingya prisoners in Buthidaung moved to Maungdaw to hide them during Quintana’s visit
Monday, August 12, 2013 RB_News No comments
RB News August 12, 2013 Buthidaung, Arakan – Reportedly, more than 60 innocent Rohingya prisoners detained in Buthidaung prison were moved to Maungdaw police station lockup. Authorities made the move to hide them during UN Special Rapporteur Mr Tomas Quintana. Yesterday, Mr Quintana arrived in Myanmar on a 10 day mission trip. He will be visiting Sittwe, Buthidaung, Maungdaw, among other towns during his tour. After the violence broke…
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Activist to appear in court this week over IDP clash
Monday, August 12, 2013 Bill_O’Toole, Myanmar_Times, Rohingya_News No comments
Lawyer and Activist U Kyaw Hla Aung (Photo: IRIN) Bill O’Toole Myanmar Times August 12, 2013 Lawyer and activist U Kyaw Hla Aung is due to appear in a Rakhine State court this week, in what will be his second hearing since being arrested on July 15. U Kyaw Hla Aung, who identifies as Rohingya, is accused of inciting a protest in a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) earlier this year. His supporters, both inside and outside Myanmar,…
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An injured Rohingya man died, shot by Hlun Htaine police on Friday morning
Sunday, August 11, 2013 RB_News No comments
RB News August 11, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – Last Friday, August 9, 2013, the Hlun Htaine police shot to the crowd at Ohn Daw Gyi Rohingya refugee camp. Four Rohingyas were killed on the spot and eight were injured. Again, the police shot at Bawdupha refugee camp in the evening where four Rohingyas were injured. Three men died in the late Friday evening from injuries received Friday morning. One more man died this morning. The…
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Thai police use water cannon on Rohingya asylum seekers
Sunday, August 11, 2013 AFP, Rohingya_News No comments
The refugees were not allowed out of their cells to gather en masse for Eid-al Fitr. (Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong – Phuket Gazette) AFP Published on August 9, 2013 BANGKOK — Thai police used water cannon to prevent scores of Muslim Rohingya boat people from Myanmar breaking out of a detention centre to celebrate the end of Ramadan, officials said Thursday. Some 261 Rohingya asylum seekers broke the locks on two rooms and then tried to…
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The repressed Rohingya of Myanmar
Sunday, August 11, 2013 Article, Los_Angeles_Times No comments
Myanmar deserves U.S. rewards for moves toward democracy, but repression of Rohingya Muslims is troubling and demands action. An internally displaced Rohingya woman holds her newborn baby surrounded by children in the foreground of makeshift tents at a camp for Rohingya people in Sittwe, Myanmar. Authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists…
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While buying phone card, a Rohingya youth was shot by Hlun Htaine police in Sittwe
Friday, August 09, 2013 RB_News No comments
RB News August 10, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – The Hlun Htaine police shot a Rohingya refugee from The Chaung refugee camp in Sittwe, Arakan State. The victim was going to buy a phone card. According to refugees from the camp, he sustained injuries to his leg. The shooting happened Yesterday, August 9, 2013, at 9:30 pm. The Rohingya refugee is Noor Amin, son of Bawdu Miah (27-years-old). Noor Amin is native of Pauktaw Township. A few weeks…
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Four Rohingyas shot dead and 12 injured by Hlun Htaine Police in Sittwe
Friday, August 09, 2013 RB_News No comments
A Rohingya killed in police custody RB News August 9, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – Shots were fired by the Hlun Htaine police in Ohn Daw Gyi and Bawdupha Rohingya refugees camps in Sittwe today. Reportedly four Rohingyas killed and about 12 injured. Yesterday, August 8, 2013, two Rohingya refugees from Ohn Daw Gyi camp went fishing near an outpost of Hlun Htaine police. The police arrested them and they were beaten severely. Though one of the…
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No Congregational Eid Prayer for Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw
Friday, August 09, 2013 RB_News No comments
RB News August 9, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan – Authorities in Maungdaw Towship, Arakan State, banned congregational Eid prayer for Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw, disallowing them to complete Eid prayer at all. The curfew act 144 was imposed in the region since June of last year and yesterday the township administration extended it for two more months. They warned that they will take serious action if more than 5 people gather at any mosque,…
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Myanmar: UN to assess human rights situation countrywide
Thursday, August 08, 2013 OHCHR, Press_Release No comments
Press Release: OHCHR Myanmar: UN Special Rapporteur in official visit to assess human rights situation countrywide Geneva, 7 August 2013 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will undertake an official visit to the country from 11 to 21 August 2013. It will include visits to Rakhine State, Kachin State, Shan State, Chin State and Meikhtila in Mandalay Region. “The Government’s…
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Rohingya refugees struggle to find new homes
Thursday, August 08, 2013 Channel_News_Asia, Devianti_Faridz, Rohingya_News No comments
Devianti Faridz Channel News Asia August 8, 2013 While many Muslims celebrate Idul Fitri at home with their families, for some it is a struggle to figure out where home is. 38-year-old Muhammad Hanif, whose parents fled Myanmar in the 1980s, is one of thousands of asylum seekers who ended up in Indonesia. Rohingya children play on a relief tent at a camp for Internally Displaced People on the outskirts of Sittwe, Myanmar. (AFP/Soe Than…
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Nightmare island where traffickers imprison Burma’s Rohingya
Thursday, August 08, 2013 Channel_4, John_Sparks, Rohingya_News No comments
John Sparks Channel 4 News August 8, 2013 Beaten, imprisoned and sold into slavery – Channel 4 News reveals the fate of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya refugees, who flee conflict only to end up in the clutches of brutal human traffickers. It seems like a lot of people in Thailand are frightened of Tarutao Island, writes Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks. When we asked locals whether they would take us there by boat, they…
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Four Rohingyas shot dead and 12 injured by Hlun Htaine Police in Sittwe
A Rohingya killed in police custody RB News August 9, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – Shots were fired by the Hlun Htaine police in Ohn Daw…
No Congregational Eid Prayer for Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw
RB News August 9, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan – Authorities in Maungdaw Towship, Arakan State, banned congregational Eid prayer for Rohingy…
Rohingya man from Sittwe was arrested for sharing photos on Facebook
Facebooker Than Shwe RB News August 13, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – An Innocent Facebooker from Sittwe was arrested by Hlun Htaine …
Myanmar: UN to assess human rights situation countrywide
Press Release: OHCHR Myanmar: UN Special Rapporteur in official visit to assess human rights situation countrywide Geneva, 7 Augu…
While buying phone card, a Rohingya youth was shot by Hlun Htaine police in Sittwe
RB News August 10, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – The Hlun Htaine police shot a Rohingya refugee from The Chaung refugee camp in Sittwe, Araka…
An injured Rohingya man died, shot by Hlun Htaine police on Friday morning
RB News August 11, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – Last Friday, August 9, 2013, the Hlun Htaine police shot to the crowd at Ohn Daw Gyi Rohin…
Nightmare island where traffickers imprison Burma’s Rohingya
John Sparks Channel 4 News August 8, 2013 Beaten, imprisoned and sold into slavery – Channel 4 News reveals the fate of Burma’s…
Innocent Rohingya prisoners in Buthidaung moved to Maungdaw to hide them during Quintana’s visit
RB News August 12, 2013 Buthidaung, Arakan – Reportedly, more than 60 innocent Rohingya prisoners detained in Buthidaung prison were …
Thai police use water cannon on Rohingya asylum seekers
The refugees were not allowed out of their cells to gather en masse for Eid-al Fitr. (Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong – Phuket Gazette) A…
Two Registered Refugees sent to Myanmar by the BGB
(Photo: Matias) Andrew Day RB News August 12, 2013 Two Rohingya women, a mother and daughter who are Refugees registered thr…
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