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No Eid prayer in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  The concerned authorities of Maungdaw – Township and District administration officer- called Rohingya community leaders toady again at district office and allowing the Rohingya to pray Eid prayer and congregational prayer in Mosques for three days, according to an elder from Maungdaw.

(Join Press Release)UN Commission of Inquiry will be the CredibleInvestigation on Arakan Violence

UN Commission of Inquiry will be the Credible Investigation on Arakan Violence We, the undersigned Rohingya organizations welcome the formation of the Commission of inquiry to investigate on the violence of Arakan State by the President of Burma. At the same time we feel this investigation will not be credible and truly independent because although the 27 member commission includes representatives from various religious groups, including Muslims (Not Rohingya), Christians, Buddhists and Hindus, as well as political parties and democracy groups, Rohingyas who are systematic targeted victims of that violence excluded from the list. However some people who either directly or indirectly supported, involved or publicly put fuel on the crisis surprisingly included in the list. Dr Aye Maung masterminded Arakan violence and also proposed to segregate Rohingyas from the Buddhist Rakhine in every town and village of Arakan by relocating them in separate areas away from Buddhist Rakhine loc