Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from July 24, 2012

Killings continue in Burma: Amnesty

‘Violence One-Sided With Muslims Specific Target’ AGENCIES London, July 24: Amnesty International has said that communal violence is continuing in western Burma six weeks after the government declared a state of emergency, with much of it directed at minority Muslim Rohingyas who have been beaten, raped and killed, media has reported. According to reports, the rights group accused both security forces and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists of carrying out fresh

Demo held in Tehran to condemn killing of Muslims in Mynamar

TEHRAN  – A number of people held a demonstration outside the United Nations office in Tehran on Tuesday, which was declared the International Day of Solidarity with the Rohingya, to condemn the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.  At the end of the event, the demonstrators issued a statement, in which they called on the relevant international organizations to take serious measures to stop the killings and restore the rights of Muslims in Myanmar.

Authority again mass arrests in Northern Arakan

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The concerned authorities- police , Burma border security force (Nasaka) and army- have been arresting Rohingya community since  last Friday, according to a school teacher from Maungdaw. The police officer from Three miles check point arrested 4 Rohingya from Samawna para near the Myothu Gyi villager yesterday evening at about 5:30, said an elder from Myothu Gyi village.