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Rohingya home in Kilai-Daung, Maungdaw. (Photo Stateless) By KPN February 27, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  On February 24, at night, the Rakhine villagers of Kray Mryin village and Budu Khong villages set on fire three houses of Du Chee Ya Tan west village of Maungdaw south while the family members were not present at homes at night for fear of Rakhine villagers’ attack, a villager named Kalu (not real name) said. “The house owners are identified as— Ms Hamida (32), daughter of Ismail, her husband was dead and has two small sons; Ms  Zaria Khatun (40), daughter of Khadir Hosson, and her husband was also dead; and Ms Moriyam Khatun (30), mother of two children, daughter of Moulvi Zabber. Her husband divorced her.” At night, villagers, from Du Chee Ya Tan west village, after having food, go to nearby Rohingya villages to sleep at night because of fear of attacks by Rakhine villagers, said another villager who did not mention his name. Taking this advantage, the

Rakhine Racists gathering nearby Nazi village to set fire and kill Rohingya people with handmade weapon ( Photo 2012)  By Dr Azeem Ibrahim Huffington Post February 26, 2014 The United Nations Organization is often dismissed as an ineffectual body, unable to follow up on its de clarations with effective action. But in a recent welcome move, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged world powers to refer North Korea to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) following a U.N. report documenting crimes against humanity. The US State Department acknowledged its "deep concern about the human rights situation" in North Korea following the report's "compelling evidence of widespread and systematic human rights violations." Now it is time the UN took similar action on Burma, where the rights situation is among the world's worst, with the Rohingya people being systematically persecuted by a government c