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Rohingya Muslims: Act before it’s too late
Saturday, November 30, 2013 Arab_News, Article, Aylin_Kocaman No comments
Photo: AP By Aylin Kocaman Arab News November 30, 2013 WHAT happens when you change a country’s name? Can you erase an unwanted past? Is changing the name a new beginning? Do the people in that country and their memories assume a new form? Perhaps that was what the junta in Burma was trying to do by erasing its colonial past by changing the country’s name to Myanmar. And maybe even by erasing some of the country’s minorities. Myanmar…
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BROUK Urged To Take Immediate Actions Against Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing On Rohingyas At European Parliament Panel
Saturday, November 30, 2013 Activities, BROUK, RB_News No comments
RB News November 30, 2013 BROUK has urged to take immediate actions ongoing ethnic cleansing on Rohingyas at Panel discussion which took place at the European Parliament. To put pressure on EU policy makers on 28th November 2013. The Rohingya Panel includes Jean Lambert, Member of European Parliament (MEP), Greg Constantine, an award winning photographer, Tun Khin President of Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, Lotte Liecht, Director…
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Government agrees not to remove Rohingya family
Friday, November 29, 2013 Rohingya_News, SBS No comments
By SBS November 29, 2013 The federal government says it will not return a Rohingya asylum-seeker family and their Australian-born baby to Nauru until their case is properly dealt with. An asylum seeker family from Myanmar with a sick newborn baby will be allowed to stay in Australia for the time being. Lawyers for the family have struck a deal with the Department of Immigration to allow them to argue their case with procedural fairness. Federal…
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Monastery or Arsenal: Weapons in Rakhine Buddhist Monasteries in Arakan
Friday, November 29, 2013 MYARF, RB_News No comments
By MYARF November 29, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan Myanmar Military Regime has achieved untold political gains by scapegoating Muslims especially Rohingyas under the smokescreens of Buddhism and national sovereignty. Likewise, Rakhine politicians and extremists, either, have not fallen behind the regime in targeting Rohingyas to achieve their political mileage. The reason why Rakhines have become so hostile and brutal towards Rohingyas is not but…
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A Suu Kyi Presidency Would Bring ‘Chaos,’ Says Firebrand Monk
Thursday, November 28, 2013 Irrawaddy, National_News No comments
Aung San Suu Kyi at a World Economic Forum BBC debate in Naypyidaw in June 2013. (Photo: Simon Roughneen/The Irrawaddy) By Sanay Lin & Simon RoughneenThe Irrawaddy November 28, 2013 RANGOON — U Wirathu, the Mandalay-based monk who heads the “969” anti-Muslim movement, believes that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi would not be a good president for Burma. “I wish [President] Thein Sein to be re-elected. If he refuses to go for…
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Aung San Suu Kyi wants mercy for Rohingya seeking asylum in Australia
Thursday, November 28, 2013 Guardian, Helen_Davidson, National_News No comments
By Helen Davidson The Guardian November 28, 2013 Burma’s Nobel peace prize winner gets hero’s welcome in Sydney, despite discomfort on Rohingya questions Aung San Suu Kyi with the governor-general of NSW, Marie Bashir, before Wednesday night’s speech. Photograph: Greg Wood/AFP Australia’s rule of law “must be tempered by mercy” when dealing with asylum seekers such as the Rohingya child born in a Brisbane hospital to parents fighting…
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OIC’s Myanmar visit reveals plight of Rohingya Muslims
Thursday, November 28, 2013 Arab_News, Maha_Akeel, Rohingya_News No comments
ONE FAITH: Speaking passionately through an interpreter, OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told the emotional crowd of Rohingya Muslims: “We are here to tell you that you are not alone, you are not abandoned.” (Arab News photos by Maha Akeel) By Maha Akeel Arab News November 28, 2013 A high-level delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), headed by Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, visited Myanmar (previously…
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Rohingya Representative Briefed at United Nations in Geneva
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 BROUK, Press_Release No comments
Rohingya Representative Briefed at United Nations in Geneva Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) President Tun Khin gave a briefing on the situation of Rohingya at United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. He was invited to make the presentation at the Forum on Minority Issues Sixth session “Beyond freedom of religion or belief, guaranteeing the rights of religious minorities.” The session took place on 26th and 27th November, examining…
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Aung San Suu Kyi is turning a blind eye to human rights in the name of politics
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Article, Emanuel_Stoakes, Guardian No comments
The Burmese politician’s visit to Australia will spark praise from politicians – an unhelpful distraction from the extremely serious abuses taking place against Muslims in her homeland Aung San Suu Kyi. Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images By Emanuel Stoakes The Guardian November 27, 2013 Burmese politician and international celebrity Aung San Suu Kyi flew into Sydney yesterday to begin a brief tour of Australia, during which…
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Suu Kyi visits Australia, fends off critics over Rohingya crisis
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 AP, National_News No comments
Making history: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (left) strolls with New South Wales Gov. Marie Bashir on Wednesday in the gardens of Government House in Sydney. | AFP-JIJI By Associated Press November 27, 2013 SYDNEY – Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi defended herself Wednesday against criticism that she should be doing more on behalf of a Muslim minority group that has been targeted by sectarian violence in parts of…
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Bangladesh’s “Rohingya strategy” stokes concern
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Article, IRIN No comments
Rohingya fishermen in Bangladesh rely on informal — often exploitative — work(Photo: Kyle Knight/ IRIN) By IRIN November 26, 2013 DHAKA – The Bangladeshi government’s recent announcement of a “Rohingya strategy” has some observers concerned that this could spell a continued crisis for up to 500,000 Rohingya in the country, while local media reported that a survey will be conducted to identify all Rohingya living illegally in Bangladesh. “There…
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Time for Soft Talk with Myanmar is Over
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Dr_Habib_Siddiqui, RB_Article No comments
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui RB Article November 26, 2013 An OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) delegation, which included foreign ministers and senior officials from its member states Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Djibouti, and Bangladesh recently visited Myanmar. It was led by the OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The OIC delegation pressed for unhindered access of humanitarian aid to all affected people and…
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In Burma, There is No ‘Communal Violence’
Monday, November 25, 2013 Analysis, FPJ, Rachel_Wagley No comments
Displacement and discrimination continue to affect Rohingya (Evangelos Petratos EU/ECHO January 2013) By Rachel Wagley Foreign Policy Journal November 25, 2013 On November 12, the United Nations General Assembly released its draft annual resolution against Burma, calling on the Burmese government to address 2013 “communal violence.” The terms “communal violence,”“sectarian violence,” and “inter-communal violence” have become go-to descriptors…
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Rohingya Representative Briefed at United Nations in Geneva
Rohingya Representative Briefed at United Nations in Geneva Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) President Tun Khin gave a brie…
In Burma, There is No ‘Communal Violence’
Displacement and discrimination continue to affect Rohingya (Evangelos Petratos EU/ECHO January 2013) By Rachel Wagley Foreign Pol…
Monastery or Arsenal: Weapons in Rakhine Buddhist Monasteries in Arakan
By MYARF November 29, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan Myanmar Military Regime has achieved untold political gains by scapegoating Muslims es…
Time for Soft Talk with Myanmar is Over
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui RB Article November 26, 2013 An OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) delegation, which included foreign…
Ambition silences Myanmar’s freedom icon
By Roger Mitton It’s nothing new. Throughout history, prominent political and even religious leaders and institutions have kept sile…
OIC’s Myanmar visit reveals plight of Rohingya Muslims
ONE FAITH: Speaking passionately through an interpreter, OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told the emotional crowd of Rohingya Muslims: “We …
Government agrees not to remove Rohingya family
By SBS November 29, 2013 The federal government says it will not return a Rohingya asylum-seeker family and their Australian-born b…
Aung San Suu Kyi wants mercy for Rohingya seeking asylum in Australia
By Helen Davidson The Guardian November 28, 2013 Burma’s Nobel peace prize winner gets hero’s welcome in Sydney, despite d…
Should we call it “Buddhist” terrorism?
By Maung Zarni Myanmar’s radical “969 movement” has been central in the recent brutal pogroms against minority Muslims that have left …
An Old Mosque Torched In Maungdaw By Rakhine Extremists
RB News November 23, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan – Rakhine extremists torched a mosque after torching the municipal market in Maungdaw To…
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