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By GovUK January 31, 2014 FCO Minister Hugo Swire will answer your questions on Burma live via Twitter on 4 February. Burma has seen remarkable progress over the past two years, and the UK is committed to supporting a successful transition to democracy and human rights for all the people of Burma. But we are clear that more remains to be done. The UK government is gravely concerned about the ongoing violence in Rakhine State. We are also pressing for constitutional reform, supporting the ethnic peace process and taking action on human rights abuses, including combating the use of sexual violence. Following his recent visit to the country, Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire will answer your questions on the UK’s policy towards Burma live via Twitter on Tuesday 4 February from 0930 - 1015 GMT. You can submit questions using the hashtag #askFCO, and you can follow the Q&A on Mr Swire’s Twitter page @HugoSwire Further information Follow Foreign Office Minist

Rohingya Victims, whose family members were killed and houses were destroyed, at the village of Duchiradan [Photo Credit: FB/U Shwe Maung (MP)] By Ibrahim Shah  Burma Times February 2014 Today some Rakhine extremists from anti-Muslim movement 969 made attempts extremely to assault Rohingya quarters in Buthidaung, the only remained Rohingya populous area without eruption of any violence since last year, western Myanmar. It is learnt reliably that the attempt to assault Rohingya in Buthidaung is a threat to Rohingya MP Mr. Shwe Maung from Buthidaung constituency to close his mouth since he is persistently speaking up against the unauthentic statement of Myanmar government over Rohingya and state-sponsored discrimination against them and raising voices in parliament to restore the deprived rights of Rohingya. On 31st January, Rohingya MP Mr. Shwe Maung claimed that the most recent setting fire to Rohingya village in Maungdaw is completely committed by involvem

By Harun Yahya January 29, 2014 The below letter has been sent by Mr. Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) to the United Nations, human rights organizations and other authorities as an urgent appeal to investigate the recent violence against Rohingya thoroughly, to document and expose to the eyes of the world We are deeply concerned over the recent reports of violence against Rohingya people in Myanmar, and we are writing to you in order to urge you to put pressure to bear on the government of Myanmar. As you also know, Myanmar’s government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and view them with hostility. According to numerous human rights organizations and many news published on international media, the Myanmar government is instigating a program of ethnic cleansing against the Muslim civilian population. We are aware that you have knowledge of the communal violence going on