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Chittagong, Bangladesh:  The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award and the nominees all over the world where one Rohingya human rights activists included on May 18, according to Media note of Office of the Spokesperson, the U.S. Department of State.

Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 18, 2012 The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that Ales Byalyatski of Belarus and Uganda’s Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law are the joint winners of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Award. This award recognizes individuals or non-governmental organizations that show exceptional valor and leadership in advocating the protection of human rights and democracy in the face of government repression.

(from left to right:) France's President Francois Hollande, US President Barack Obama, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Russia's Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev attend the first working session of the G8 Summit at Camp David on Saturday. (PHOTO: Reuters) WASHINGTON —Impressed by recent developments in Burma, leaders of G-8 countries paid tribute to the efforts of President Thein Sein and Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition National League of Democracy, and called for enhanced aid to the country.

By Julia Zappei (AFP) KLANG, Malaysia — For five years, Abdul Rahim Abdul Hashim was repeatedly press-ganged into forced labour at a Myanmar military camp, until the ethnic Rohingya teenager could take no more. Abdul Rahim crossed the border into neighbouring Bangladesh late last year and secured passage on a rickety boat for the perilous 3,200-kilometre (2,000-mile) sea voyage to Malaysia.