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Rohingyas released from jail (photo FB Jack Marson) By KPN January 02, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Eight Rohingyas released from jail with president’s amnesty which was issued in the eve of New Year 2014, according to Halim (not real name), a Human Rights watchdog from Maungdaw. The eight Rohingyas are – four persons released from Akyab jail and another four persons from Buthidaung jail, the watchdog said. Master Husson, Younous former Ward number two admin officer and other two persons were released from Akyab jail and Mohamed Rafique from ward six, Shamshu from Taungbro  and two others from Maungdaw south were released from Buthidaung jail, the watchdog more added.   The most of the released Rohingyas were arrested with allegation of leading in the conflict between Rakhine and Rohingya at June, 2012, said Hamid (not real name), a school teacher from Maungdaw. The allegation which was imposed to them was false and it was intentionally used by security

By Ibrahim Shah  Burma Times  January 1, 2014 Burma Times:  Happy New Year! May God bestow His Special mercy on the every souls of this earth planet so that the weak and vulnerable human kind can pass daily lives without any bloodshed. First of all, all the praises  be to the Lord of both worlds and tremendously thanks to the valued readers of Burma Times who encouraged and helped us visiting our precise and unbiased news running site to informatively promote and publish more fresh news to pave the way of achieving happiness learning regular updated news for readers and citizens of Myanmar/Burma and readers from each corner of this earth planet. The media is the most powerful weapon for this 21st century to upgrade and degrade the circumstance of any environment where we have been living with many different socities unitedly as one family. As this 21st century emerged from darkness of ruthless and immoral times due to increasingly progression of sophisticated technol

Controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu. Pic: AP. By Mark Inkey Asian Correspondent January 01, 2014 The past year has seen a rise in religious intolerance against Muslim people in Burma fanned by radical Buddhists whose most vocal spokesperson has been the monk Wirathu. The problems first surfaced in 2012 in Arakan State when tensions between Buddhists and the minority Muslim Rohingya erupted into violence. In the months of June and October 2012, 192 people were killed in mob violence. In 2013 the attacks increased and spread to other areas with Muslims of any background, rather than just Rohingya Muslims, becoming targets. Bill Davis, one of the authors of a Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) report on violence against Muslims published in August 2013 said: “The deadly wave of violence in Burma has spread beyond the Rohingya devastating Muslim communities throughout the country.” The most serious of these incidents occurred in Meiktila, a town in central Bur