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Can Myanmar be Civilized?
Friday, August 23, 2013 Dr_Habib_Siddiqui, RB_Article No comments
Quintana greeted by protesters in Meikhtila (Photo: VOA) By Dr. Habib Siddiqui RB Article August 23, 2013 Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was in Myanmar last week on a 10-day fact finding trip. It was his eighth official visit to the country that took him to Rakhine State, Chin State, Kachin State and Shan State, and Meikhtila in Mandalay Region. Quintana’s visit…
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A young Rohingya refugee beaten by villagers and his father, arrested and fined in Bangladesh
Thursday, August 22, 2013 Andrew_Day, RB_News No comments
Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh (Photo: Matias) Andrew Day RB News August 22, 2013 Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh – 22 year old Rohingya man Mohammed Salim from Nayapara Refugee camp found trouble while trying to collect firewood from a nearby forest. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. After collecting as much wood as he could travel with, Mohammed Salim headed back towards the camp. Before he reached his destination…
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Myanmar rejects UN rights envoy’s claim of attack
Thursday, August 22, 2013 AP, Aye_Aye_Win, National_News No comments
(Photo: AP/Khin Maung Win) By Aye Aye Win Associated Press August 22, 2013 YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s government on Thursday disputed accusations that it failed to protect a top U.N. human rights envoy who said his vehicle was attacked by a 200-strong Buddhist mob during a visit to a city where religious violence flared earlier this year. President Thein Sein’s spokesman, Ye Htut, said U.N. rights rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana was…
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Burma — not good enough
Thursday, August 22, 2013 Editoral_Media, Saudi_Gazette No comments
(Photo: AFP) By Editorial of Saudi Gazette August 22, 2013 THE best hotels in Rangoon, once Burma’s capital and still its commercial heart, are busy with businessmen from all over the world, anxious to secure of a slice of a resource rich-economy, which is coming in from the cold, after years of political and economic isolation. There are not only good profits to be made by outside investors, but the Burmese themselves stand to benefit…
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Rohingya Woman from Ohn Daw Gyi dies during childbirth
Thursday, August 22, 2013 Andrew_Day, RB_News No comments
Andrew Day RB News August 22, 2013 Sittwe, Arakan – Sad news from a Rohingya IDP camp in Ohn Daw Gyi village, in the western part of the Sittwe township . 30 year old Daw Jamila Begum during childbirth. Referred by a member of the International Malteser Organization, she was admitted to Sittwe General hospital at 3pm on the 20th of August. She delivered her baby at 10am the next day. Locals say her death was due to a lack of…
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Hlun Htaine police beat a young student and then attempt to loot the shop of his father
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 RB_News 1 comment
RB News August 21, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan – Three Hlun Htaine police from Pa Yaung Pin Gyi village, Southern Maungdaw Township of Arakan State reportedly beat a young Rohingya student on August 19th during the evening and later attempted to loot his father’s shop. A young sixth grade Rohingya student named Romaddin, son of Habiran, was on his way home from school in Zaw Matet village on August 19th at 5:25 pm when he was…
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UN envoy says Myanmar failed to protect him in attack
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 AFP, National_News 3 comments
Tomas Ojea Quintana at a press conference prior to his departure from Yangon airport on August 21, 2013 (Photo: AFP, Soe Than Win) By AFP August 21, 2013 YANGON — The UN’s rights envoy on Myanmar Wednesday slammed the nation’s government for failing to protect him when his convoy came under attack in a town reeling from religious unrest. “The state has to protect me as a responsibility… This did not happen. The state failed to protect…
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Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Statement, Tomas_Ojea_Quintana No comments
(Photo: Kyaw Zeya Win/DVB) Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar By Tomás Ojea Quintana, 21 August 2013, Yangon International Airport, Myanmar I have just concluded my ten-day mission to Myanmar – my eighth visit to the country since I was appointed Special Rapporteur in March 2008. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the Government of Myanmar for its invitation, and…
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You’ve forgotten about the Rohingya, haven’t you?
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Article, Neha_Shastry, The_World_Outline No comments
By Neha Shastry The World Outline August 21, 2013 It has been over a year since the renowned Burmese political activist Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to the Burmese parliament signalling a groundbreaking change in the country’s government. It has also been over a year since the first story emerged about the plight of the Rohingya, an ethnic Muslim minority in Burma, leaving nothing but a slight murmur on the global conscience. In this…
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Myanmar risks spiralling anti-Muslim unrest
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 AFP, National_News No comments
UN special adviser on Myanmar Vijay Nambiar (L) speaks to displaced Muslims at a relief camp after an outbreak of communal violence claimed at least 32 lives and displaced about 9,000 people in Meiktila, central Myanmar on March 24, 2013. (Photo: AFP) By AFP August 21, 2013 BANGKOK – Myanmar must address anti-Muslim propaganda and stamp out a culture of impunity for religious violence or risk “catastrophic” levels of conflict, a rights…
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Voluntary Repatriation or Refoulement in Bangladesh?
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 Andrew_Day, RB_News No comments
Dr. Dipu Moni visiting Kutupalong Camp on August 17, 2013 (Photo: UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar) By Andrew Day RB News August 21, 2013 Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: “Very bad news from our Foreign Minister.” He spoke. “She said we will be sent to repatriate to Myanmar. Did you read? What shall we do?” This is the sentiment and words from a refugee living within a registered camp in Bangladesh. This, in reaction to the result of a recent visit…
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Fear of “catastrophic violence” against Myanmar Muslims-report
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 Rohingya_News, Thomson_Reuters No comments
Mothers are pictured with their children at a Rohingya internally displaced persons (IDP) camp outside Sittwe, May 16, 2013. (Photo: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun) By Thomson Reuters Foundation Correspondent Thomson Reuters Foundation August 20, 2013 BANGKOK – The attitudes behind the deadly and systematic violence against Muslims in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar could, if left unchecked, lead to “mass atrocities,” Physicians for Human…
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Human Trafficking Update: Five boats left from Maungdaw South bound for Malaysia
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 RB_News No comments
(Photos Caption: A boat leaving from Lay Yin Gwin village, Aley Than Kyaw, Maungdaw) RB News August 20, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan – In the past five days, the regional authorities of Maungdaw Towship within the Arakan State, have been collecting Rohingyas to send Malaysia by boat. A Rohingya told RB News that a boat left from Lay Yin Gwin village of Aley Than Kyaw village tract at 11:40 am. That small boat loaded 30 Rohingya men. A boat…
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Thailand: Release and Protect Rohingya ‘Boat People’
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 HRW, Rohingya_News No comments
Undocumented Rohingya Muslim immigrants gather at the Immigration Detention Center during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand on July 10, 2013. (Photo: Reuters) By Human Rights Watch August 20, 2013 End Inhumane Detention, Family Separation of 1,800 Muslims from Burma (Bangkok) – Thailand’s government should release ethnic Rohingya from Burma who are detained under inhumane and unsafe conditions,…
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Burmese Buddhists turn on Muslim minority
Monday, August 19, 2013 Article, The_Irish_Times, Tom_Farrell No comments
A checkpoint leads into the Aung Mingalar sector of Sittwe. Photograph: Tom Farrell Buddhist extremists are stirring up hatred of Rohingya and other Muslims in a display of racism that is part of a political agenda By Tom FarrellThe Irish TimesAugust 19, 2013 Just beyond the administrative buildings in Sittwe, capital of the state of Rakhine (Arakan) in northwestern Burma, a checkpoint halts all unauthorised travel into the town’s last Muslim…
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Rohingya Leader Calls for Talks with Myanmar Government, Rakhines
A security guard stands by a camp for displaced Rohingyas near the Rakhine state capital Sittwe on May 15, 2013. (RFA) Radio Free Asia …
UN envoy says Myanmar failed to protect him in attack
Tomas Ojea Quintana at a press conference prior to his departure from Yangon airport on August 21, 2013 (Photo: AFP, Soe Than Win) By…
Media should focus on the real issues in Rakhine State
Tomas Ojea Quintana (centre), Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, walks out from a mosque at Aung Mingalar Ward in Sittwe, Rakhine State, …
A detained Rohingya asylum seeker released in Japan
Rohingya asylum seeker Noor Farid RB News August 16, 2013 Eight and half months ago, Noor Farid, a stateless and oppressed Roh…
Human Trafficking Update: Five boats left from Maungdaw South bound for Malaysia
(Photos Caption: A boat leaving from Lay Yin Gwin village, Aley Than Kyaw, Maungdaw) RB News August 20, 2013 Maungdaw, Ara…
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
(Photo: Kyaw Zeya Win/DVB) Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar By Tomás Ojea Quintan…
Burmese Buddhists turn on Muslim minority
A checkpoint leads into the Aung Mingalar sector of Sittwe. Photograph: Tom Farrell Buddhist extremists are stirring up hatred of Rohin…
Rohingya Belong To Arakan And Then Burma
Abu Tahay RB History August 16, 2013 Rohingyas were ancient settlers of Indo- Aryan descendant converted into Islam in 8th century …
Voluntary Repatriation or Refoulement in Bangladesh?
Dr. Dipu Moni visiting Kutupalong Camp on August 17, 2013 (Photo: UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar) By Andrew Day RB News August 21, 201…
Authorities in Maungdaw organize Rohingyas to send to Malaysia by boat
RB News August 18, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan – The authorities in Maungdaw Township of Arakan State are organizing local Rohingyas, to …
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