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  MS Anwmsar RvisionTV News (Updated News Below) August 9, 2013 Akyab (Sittway), Arakan - In the lastest shoot out at displaced Rohingyas in Oon Daw Gyi (Baariza Fara) camps, Sittway, today (on 9 th August 2013), by Myanmar’s Security Force (Hlun Tin), six Rohingyas died and several critically injured. A displaced Rohingya reported the tragedy as follows. “The displaced Rohingyas in Sittway are prevented from celebrating Eid festival and performing the prayer according the curfew order under section 144. Therefore, at 8:30AM, two Rohingya boys from Oon Daw Gyi (Baariza Fara) camps went for fishing to a nearby river. Meanwhile, some Hlun Tin appeared and shoot out at the boys. One boy instantly died, another survived. According to the surviving victim, the reason why they were shot at is not known. But he said they were made poiting targets by Hlun Tin in their excercise (trainings). (Like Nazi Germans did to Jews!) After the dead of the victim, other

The Nation  August 9, 2013 SOME 260 Rohingya refugees who have been held captive for almost seven months tried yesterday to break out of the Phang Nga Immigration Centre to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The riot began at about 9am when some inmates tore down the doors separating three detention cells. They reportedly shouted and stormed the main gate to get out of the building. A team of about 300 officers rushed in to control the situation.  Negotiators including a religious leader and representatives of human-rights groups were sent in to calm them down but the detainees insisted on joining the Hari Raya Eid-al-Fitri celebration outside. Pol Maj-General Chalit Kaewyarat, provincial police chief, said the men were upset that they were not allow to celebrate outside and since the facility was short on staff, some  Rohingya  incited a mob to press their demands.  Authorities managed to disperse the rally at about 3pm. T

Burmese Rohingya Muslims, rescued at sea in western Indonesia, sit in a detention centre in Lhokseumawe on Wednesday (February 27th). The 121 asylum seekers were found adrift by fishermen around 25km off the northernmost tip of Sumatra. [Reza Juanda/AFP]  By Devianti Faridz Channel News Asia ‎ August 8, 2013 INDONESIA: While many Muslims celebrate Idul Fitri at home with their families, for some it is a struggle to figure out where home is. 38-year-old Muhammad Hanif, whose parents fled Myanmar in the 1980s, is one of thousands of asylum seekers who ended up in Indonesia. After living 30 years in Malaysia and undergoing many interviews at the UN refugee office there, he lost patience with the process and packed up his belongings and his family. They travelled by fishing boat and illegally landed in North Sumatra. Mr Hanif said his family then met a group of men, who deceived them into paying US$13,000 to take them to Australia. He said: "The smug

Omar Al Muqdad Morocco World News   August 8, 2013 Burma, officially referred to as Myanmar, currently represents a positive story that is reflected in the Western media as one of political opening, of a military dictatorship emerging into an era of democracy, human rights, development and hope for the future. This narrative might be true for much of the country, but it significantly leaves out the struggles of the Rohingya. The mobs that took place that early morning in March were Buddhists enraged by the killing of a monk. Yet the victims were Muslims who had nothing to do with it – students and teachers from a prestigious Islamic school in central Myanmar. In the last hours of their lives, police had been dispatched to rescue them from a burning compound surrounded by swarms of angry men. And when they emerged cowering, hands atop their heads, they only had to make it to four police trucks waiting on the road above. It wasn’t far to go –

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Maungdaw authorities – District and Township administration offices- had imposed the emergency act 144 again for two months on the eve of Muslim Eid festival day, said an elder from Maungdaw. “U Aung Myint Soe, the district administration officer and U Kyi San, the Township administration officer had ordered to Maungdaw public for imposing the emergency act 144 again for two month on August 8, 2013 at about 4:30pm. These emergency act 144 was imposed since June, 2012 which was renewed after end the date.” The Muslim from Burma will celebrate tomorrow where all the Rohingya Muslim will pray in mass together in one place. But, the authorities imposed emergency act 144 on time which make it not possible to pray together as the act is not allow more than 5 persons. This is now 2nd time for Rohingya Muslim not able to celebrate Eid pray together, said a student from Maungdaw. “The Rohingya Muslim in Maungdaw lost their happiness in the Eid after conflic

August 2, 2013  Ukhiya, Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh  According to our source;  The most Human Rights violated and technically stateless Rohingya Refugees who have been residing in Bangladesh Refugee camps untill 22 years in a crisis situation asked that they would be very grateful to you if you take an attempting which could yield a significant results for the most vulnerable Rohingya Refugee in Bangladesh who are regularly and systematically subjected to be inhuman violences always.  As an example;  Recently a meeting was held with Camp Management Committee in Kutupalong refugee camp on 28th July 2013, where the Camp In Charge, UNHCR, and Medical Team were present. During the meeting, Dr Tayomour Rahaman from Medical Unit UNHCR and Dr Bulbul Ahamed from Civil Surgion Cox's Bazar said that they won't give any type of attendant with PATIENT who will refer to Cox's Bazar and Chittagong as well as they won't supply any FOOD for Patient who will admitted