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Why is the world ignoring the plight of Rohingya in Arakan, Burma?

Bangla Times:  March 13th, 2013 By Mohamed Farooq The UN recorded that Rohingya is one of the most persecuted ethnic minorities in the world and discriminated against them for decades.  The Riot between Rakhine and Rohingya in 2012 was completely preplanned by Burmese Senior Official Authorities and racist Rakhine terrorists to cleansing ethnic Rohingya minority. On 28 th  May 2012, a Rakhine woman Ma Thida Htwe was raped and killed by military personnel and kept the dead body near a Rohingya village of Kyawk Ni Maw, Rambree. When the Rakhine villagers found the dead body near the Rohingya village, they threatened Rohingya that “We will burn down the whole village and kill all Rohingya” The authorities detained 3 Rohingya youths and pushed to death sentences. Moreover the racist Rakhine  planned to kill Rohingya and distributed Pamphlets mentioning  to cleanse Rohingya from Rakhine state written that “ Kill Kala  (abusing word for use for Rohingya by Rakhine) wherever found”

Ruling Party MP Warns of Renewed Arakan Violence

USDP Lower House MP for Buthidaung Township Shwe Maung (Photo: Patrick Boehler / The Irrawaddy) Irrawaddy News: March 13, 2013    RANGOON — A member of Parliament for Burma’s ruling Union and Solidarity Party (USDP) has warned that simmering tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in Arakan State could lead to another outbreak of communal violence. “If the government doesn’t take any action, I fear for further violence in the very near future,” Shwe Maung, the USDP Lower House lawmaker for Buthidaung Township, said. “I’m not saying this emotionally. After proper analysis I am telling you that we need to control it, not let it happen.” At the same time, however, the Muslim lawmaker warned that “ ethnic hatred will become more and more” if the media focuses too much attention on crimes committed in the strife-torn state. “We can see a lack of the rule of law. Action taken by the local government is very unfair.” Shwe Maung joined the USDP a month ahead of the November 201

Crossing mud to save live

MYMetro:   March 12, 2013 By Maria Uffa Zulkafeli JERLUN: 184 Myanmar citizens from Rohingya ethnicity forced to sustain their live for nearly four hours crossing mud area after everybody jumped from the wooden boat approximately one kilometre from the beach of Kuala Jerlun, here, this morning. Head of Public Peace and Traficc, District Kubang Pasu, Assistant Supritendant Zakaria Shahadan said, Police received information at around 8am and when they reached the area, they saw a group of foreigner crossing the muddy area to save their lives. All foreigners without permission (PATI) was brought to safety and being detained for further investigation. According to the initial investigation, it was found that they were the Muslim Rohingya entering Malaysian shore using a boat illegally. We all believe all PATI involved entered this country to save their lives from the ethnic conflicts in their country. When we detained them, they we

Rakhine racists killed a Rohingya University Student in Buthidaung

Mayu Press   March 12th, 2013  By Mohamed Farooq A group of Rakhine terrorists brutally killed a second year Rohingya University student in Thayet Pyin village, Buthidaung today at about 1 PM. U Ali is one of the employees of department of forestry. He accompanied his beloved son, Elias @ Maung Than Lynn, second year University student to carry on his duty in the sentry box of the forestry. A number of twelve Rakhine racists with long swords and knives had instantly emerged from the Sainn Tin waterfall and cruelly attacked those father and son. Ali was escaped by forcibly running to the bushes but son was caught up and deadly cut him with sharp swords and knives before his death they tied up his legs and hands with ropes then thrown into the Sainn Tin Stream. The dead body does not find yet in the flowing water of the stream. Among 12 Rakhine terrorists; Aung San Thein from Immigration Department of Buthidaung, San Tin from land registry office, Hla Tun, Tin Soe @ T

World’s silence over Rohingya is deafening

Ethnic Rohingya asylum seekers, who were rescued from their boat off Sumatra island, sit inside a bus to be taken to a detention center in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The wooden boat carrying 121 hungry, weak Rohingya from Myanmar was found adrift by fishermen about 25 kilometers (16 miles) off the coast. By Ramzy Baroud |Gulf News March 12, 2013 More voices must join those who are speaking out in support of the rights of the Muslims of Myanmar and their perpetual suffering must end “Transparency is the most important word”. That was the pledge made by a Burmese official, Aung Kyaw Htoo on March 4, during a press conference in the capital Rangoon. It was aimed at wooing foreign companies to invest in his country’s energy sector. Largely untapped oil, gas and other industries in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, promise to magnify the country’s economic potential and reap huge profits for everyone involved — regional and w

Police grabbed a Rohingya and wrested money in Southern Buthidaung

Mayu Press  March 11th, 2013 By Mohamed Farooq On 9th March 2013 at about 5:00 pm, a group of police personnel having police officer U Kyaw Zay Ya from Nyaung Chaung Police station, Southern Buthidaung walked towards Porun Chaung village. The Burmese Authority officially announced Rohingya not to worship any prayer at Mosque. All Mosques have been locked up since last June conflict 2012 and imposed curfew not to move out from the home after 6pm. Mohammed Yunus son of Mohammad Hasan from Porun Chaung was going to the shop to get some candles for lighting home at night. Unfortunately he met the patrolling police on the way of opposite direction; they caught him and brutally beaten with being no legal crime. They kept him in police custody and tortured severely.  His family members contact the police via village administrator .The police officer demanded two lakh Kyat (200,000 Kyat) to get free.  His family managed one lakh Kyat (100,000 Kyat) and Village administrator gu