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Dhaka Tribune September 14, 2013 They had talked with the refugees introducing themselves as 'journalists' Three foreigners were detained on Friday from the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, for unauthorised entrance into the restricted zone. Two of the arrestees were from New Zealand and one from Singapore. According to an eyewitness account, the individuals entered the camp around 12pm without prior authorisation from local administration. They had cameras and laptops with them and talked with the refugees introducing themselves as “journalists.” Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the three and brought them to Ukhiya police station. However, the officer in charge of the station, Gias Uddin Mia, said they were not arrested but “taken into custody.” He also said the foreigners admitted they were conducting a research on the Rohingya people. Whether or not they were journalists could not be confirmed, he added.  

By Danny Gold - Photos: Andrew Stanbridge  VICE  September 13, 2013 Internally displaced persons in the gymnasium that has become their home in the "district playground" IDP camp. Last month, United Nations human rights worker Tomas Quintana  was set upon by a mob  as he tried to visit a camp for Muslim refugees in the central Burmese city of Meiktila. “My car was descended upon by a crowd of around 200 people, who proceeded to punch and kick the windows and doors of the car while shouting abuse,”  Quintana said  in a statement. Yet Burma's government seemed relatively untroubled by the incident. Ye Hut, a presidential spokesman,  told members of the media  that Quintana had simply misinterpreted the situation. Apparently, the mob wasn't a mob at all, but a welcoming party of peaceful protesters who were trying to give him a letter and a T-shirt. A few days earlier, through no small amount of bureaucratic wrangling, the photographer Andrew Stanbridge an

M.S. Anwar | RvisionTV.com September 12, 2013 At 10 AM on 10th September 2013, Maung Daw District Police led by the officer U Shwe Thein arbitrarily arrested five brothers in a Rohingya family in the village of Bura Shidda Fara (U Kye Kya), northern Maung Daw. One of the five brothers was tortured to death in the cell. The remaining four are still in the cell and being tortured. They are: 1) Shor Mulluk S/o Khala Meah (Age 40) (Still in the cell) 2) Thazar Mulluk S/o Khala Meah (Age 35) (Still in the cell) 3) Mohammed Hashim S/o Khala Meah (Age 28) (Still in the cell) 4) Mohammed Amin S/o Khala Meah (Age 27) (Killed in the cell) 5) Mohammed Salim S/o Khala Meah (Age 23) (Still in the cell) The body of Mohammed Amin was discharged from hospital at 11AM on 11th September 2013 and buried the following day. The police asked the villagers not to inform the case to anyone. Besides, police threatened that they would burn down the whole village and shoot ever

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