2013-12-01

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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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