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South Asian News June 9 2013 LAHORE, (SANA): The Jamaat-e-Islami will observe protest day on Friday, June 14, against the massacre of  the Muslims in Myanmar (Burma) at the hands of the Burmese government and extremist Buddhists. JI spokesman, Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha, in a statement here on Sunday, stressed upon the Pakistan government to take up the issue of Myanmar Muslims with the UN and the Human Rights forums and  register  lodge its protest over that. He said it was also the responsibility of the new parliament of the country to take up the issue and adopt a resolution. Besides, he said, a parliament delegation should be sent to Burma to assess the situation and to express solidarity with the oppressed Muslim community in Myanmar. Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha, also impressed upon the Ulema and Muslims scholars to high light the collective responsibilities of the Muslim Ummah in regard to the miserable plight of the Burmese Muslims. He condemned the dual standards of the UN a

Fars News Agency   June 8, 2013 TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Nations refugee agency said over 140,000 people remain displaced in Myanmar a year after extremist Buddhists started daily attacks on the country's Muslim community in Rakhine state. According to the UN body, some 75,000 people were displaced by the first wave of riots in Northern Rakhine state last June and another 36,000 were uprooted in the second wave in October, press tv reported.  "Many others who were not directly affected by the violence have lost their livelihoods as a result of restricted movements due to the security situation. Some have been forced to leave their homes in search of assistance," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said on Friday.  The agency called for measures to stem the flow of people out of Rakhine and to promote the "safe and sustainable voluntary return" of the displaced.  UNHCR also called on the governments in the region to keep their doors open to pe