Around ten boats were arrived and stranded in Naf River where the Rohingyas have no foods and no water. Some Rohingya women and children need medical assistant. One pregnant was died while she delivering. Three children also died on the boat.
Maungdaw, Arakan State : : Than Tin , the police officer from Maungdaw, led a group of Rakhine racists, Hluntin (riot police) and police again set on fire Rohingya houses from Bomu village after army leaving from town this morning, according to an elder from Maungdaw. Police , Hluntin (riot police) and A group of Rakhine racists set on fire Rohingya house ( smoke rise up)
UN evacuating staff from Rakhine state Officials of Border Guard Bangladesh inspect a boat carrying Rohingya people who fled the sectarian violence in Myanmar and crossed the Naf River into Teknaf yesterday. BGB and coastguard teams pushed back eight boats of refuge seekers.Photo: STAR Dwaipayan Barua, from Teknaf Bangladesh border and coast guards yesterday pushed back 11 boats carrying around 500 Myanmar nationals as they tried to enter Bangladesh through Cox's Bazar for refuge from sectarian violence in Rakhine state.
New York, June 12 (ANI): Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Government of Burma to take all necessary steps to protect communities at risk in Arakan State after violence between Buddhists and Muslims in western Burma left an unknown number dead.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson June 11, 2012 STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON Violence in Burma’s Rakhine State The United States continues to be deeply concerned about reports of ongoing ethnic and sectarian violence in western Burma’s Rakhine State and urges all parties to exercise restraint and immediately halt all attacks. The Burmese Government has
This Friday, the NGOs will hold a two-km peaceful march from the Tabung Haji mosque to hand over a memorandum to the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. GEORGE TOWN: A coalition of Malaysian NGOs has called on the Myanmar government to immediately stop the violence and arson attacks against the Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine state.
Diplomats fear violence will invite harsh military crackdown Nirmal Ghosh The Straits Times Publication Date : 12-06-2012 With sectarian tension on the boil in Myanmar's Rakhine state, analysts and diplomats are worried about the spreading violence as well as a heavy- handed crackdown. Yesterday, security forces sought to restore order after a weekend of violence in which Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims set upon each other, torching houses in towns and entire hamlets.