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  In this Thursday, March. 21, 2013 photo, a group of people try to destroy a building in Meikhtila, Mandalay division (AP Photo) Mizzima News December 12, 2013  Court proceedings in the wake of communal violence in Myanmar have often seen Muslims sentenced more quickly and to harsher punishments than non-Muslims, a Mizzima investigation has found. Analysts say court processes and decisions reveal injustices that have been present in the legal system for years and have reinforced perceptions of bias among non-Buddhist communities. But perceptions of bias are not justified in all cases, the investigation found, and in each community where sectarian violence has occurred, the patterns of arrests, prosecutions and convictions have varied. The sensitivity of the issue can make it difficult to obtain information about total numbers of arrests and convictions – assuming it is available – and to elicit comment from officials. When figures were requested from court

By   Anadolu Agency December 12, 2013 A United States committee has approved a resolution urging Myanmar to stop maltreatment of Rohingya ethnic minority living in Burma  Washington - The U.S. House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific has approved a draft resolution which urges the government of Burma to end the persecution of the Rohingya people, mostly in the western Rakhine state.  Introduced to the committee on November 18, 2013, the resolution was approved at the 1st Session of 113th Congress on Dec. 11 which was headed by Steve Chabot, US Representative for Ohio's 1st Congressional District.  The resolution H. Res. 418 also urges the government of Burma to respect internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups within Burma.  For the final approval of the resolution, it should be ratified firstly by United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee and then by General Assembly of US House of Representatives.  In

Maung Daw,12. December Over than hundreds of police,Hlun tin with high officals form Maung Daw township ransacked the house of the present village administrator and former village adiministrator of the Oo Shin kya village tract under Maung daw district last night at 8:00pm (on 11 Nov 2013). They arrested the two said administrators of the village although they did find neither any weapon nor anything harmful. The authorites said they got a secret information of hidden weapons in the administrators’s house. So they came to raid the house. Then they digged whole yard and completely ransacked inside and outside the house of the administrators in search of weapons. Thus they didn’t left any corner of the yard undigged and any corner of the house without raiding. Surprisingly the authorities looted 200,000 kyats of the present administrator that was found by them while raiding the house. Although they did not find any thing in the house they reportedly arrested the two administra

By   Editorial of New York Times December 11, 2013 Anti-Muslim sentiment in Myanmar is threatening to derail the significant progress the country has made toward democracy since the military junta formally stepped down in 2011. In June and in October 2012, rampages in Rakhine State against Rohingyas, a minority Muslim group, left scores dead. Tens of thousands fled their homes. In October this year, mobs attacked Muslims in a rampage that killed a 94-year-old grandmother, among other victims. A far smaller number of Buddhists have also been victims of lethal violence. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have fled Myanmar, a Buddhist-majority nation. Most sought asylum in Bangladesh and Malaysia. Recently, thousands have taken refuge in or been forcibly displaced to camps within Myanmar where they are virtual prisoners. Humanitarian aid groups have been denied access to these camps. A group of radical Buddhist monks known as 969 and their de facto leader Ashin Wirathu are to b