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Latifar with her baby. (SBS) By 9News Australia December 04, 2013 Lawyers for a Rohingya asylum seeker's baby, who was born in Australia, have applied for a protection visa for the newborn. Ferouz was born in a Brisbane hospital last month after his mother Latifar, his father and two siblings were transferred there from a Nauru detention centre. The family, who come from Myanmar, do not want to return to the Pacific Island nation because premature Ferouz and his mother, who suffers from diabetes, are still very weak. Last week their lawyers struck a deal with the Department of Immigration allowing the family to stay in Brisbane until their case was heard for "procedural fairness". Maurice Blackburn associate Murray Watt says an application for a protection visa for Ferouz was lodged on Wednesday. "Ferouz's family come from a persecuted minority group in Myanmar that is not recognised as citizens by the government there," Mr W

Date: December 4, 2013 Conference Announcement & Invitation  “STOP THE GENOCIDE & RESTORE THE ROHINGYAS’ CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS IN MYANMAR (BURMA)” We are delighted to announce the First Rohingya Conference in the USA which will be held on December 14th, 2013 (12:30 pm to 7:00 pm) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The Conference is jointly sponsored by the Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) and the Rohingya Concern International (RCI). It is also co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hmong Diaspora Studies Program and Risale Center of America. We cordially invite you to join the conference which is open to the public. Your presence will greatly honor us. Registration is not required. The Purpose of the Conference The primary objective of the conference is to make the American people aware of the plights of the Rohingyas and draw their opinion and support in favor of the Rohingyas’ demand for restoration

By  RSIS December 3, 2013 Two hundred Buddhist monks took to the streets of Yangon on 12 November to protest the visit of a delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Many Buddhist monks are re-igniting anti-Muslim animosity and Burman Buddhist nationalism. Can Myanmar’s ASEAN Chairmanship and structural reforms give an opportunity for the country to heal old wounds? By Eliane Coates TWO HUNDRED Buddhist monks took to the streets of Yangon on 12 November 2013 to protest the visit of a high-level delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The delegation, comprising the OIC Secretary-General and senior ministers of seven member states – Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Djibouti and Egypt – were met by demonstrations against the world’s largest Islamic bloc. Echoing those of 2012, the demonstrations were led by Buddhist monks demanding that the OIC not get involved in Myanmar’s internal affairs. The delegation, which

Maungdaw, Arakan State : Rohingya fishermen in Maungdaw south have been facing trouble since 1st December 2013 as they have not being allowed to go to sea for fishing by the concerned authority, Nuruddin (not real name), a local fisherman from Maungadaw south said. “ On December 3, the police officer of police camp No. 7 held a meeting by calling  village Administration Officers and some fishermen of Aley Than Kyaw and Khonzabill village tracts of Maungdaw south.” One of the participants in the meeting said on condition of anonymity that the police officer told in the meeting that--- any fishing boat is not allowed to go to the sea for fishing without taking permission from the local concerned authority.  If any fishing boat defies to the order, it will be fined more than one million Kyats. Another participant asked the police officer that what the reason is. Regarding this, the officer answered that--- ‘it is the order of from higher authority,’ according to a vi