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August 5, 2011 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-135-2011 5 August 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------- BURMA:   Company   linked   to   retired   army   officers   bulldozes   Muslim   cemetery ISSUES: Freedom of religion; rule of law --------------------------------------------------------------------- AHRC WEBSITE:  BURMA PAGE http://www.humanrights.asia/countries/burma --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received details about a private company  in Burma that with the backing of  retired   army   officers  sent bulldozers in the dead of night  to  destroy an his to ric  Muslim   cemetery  so that the land can be claimed for commercial activities. The destruction was s to pped after interventions from the local community, but extensive damage was already done and it is feared that the

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Over 40,000 unregistered Rohingya refugees living in the Kutupalong makeshift camp are facing many new difficulties following heavy rain, but they are not getting any help from the concerned authorities or INGOs, said an elder from the camp. “The refugees are not able to go out of the camp to work for their survival after locals attacked some refugees recently. More than twenty refugees were injured. “The locals and the police are harassing the refugees when they go out of the camp for their needs. “The police arrest the refugees when they are going to work for their survival. “The refugees have been facing a food crisis as they don’t get any support from UNHCR, Bangladesh authorities, or INGOs, and they are not able to work for their families’ survival out of the camp.” From July 17-23, heavy rain and gusty winds destroyed many small huts built from bushes and branches where most refugees live in the Kutupalong unregistered makeshift camp. However, the refu