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By Burma Campaign UK March 14, 2014 Burma Campaign UK today welcomed the latest report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma. The Rapporteur concluded that: “The pattern of widespread and systematic human rights violations in Rakhine State may constitute crimes against humanity as defined under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.” He went on to state that: “During his latest visit to Rakhine State, the Special Rapporteur saw no improvements in the human rights situation. Instead, as time passes without clear action at the State and Union level to address the widespread discrimination and human rights violations occurring there, the situation continues to worsen from an already dire state.” The Special Rapporteur also backed calls made by Burma Campaign UK, the European Burma Network and many other human rights organisations for an international investigation the massacre at Du Chee Yar Tan in January. The Special Rapporteu

Official abuse threatens both the Rohingya Muslims and the country's opening to the West. By Matthew Smith WSJ March 14, 2014 Rangoon Burma has enjoyed a remarkable several years of economic and political opening, but it is now also suffering a far darker development—serious ethnic violence. Coordinated arson attacks and periodic massacres in the remote Rakhine State have flattened entire villages and left hundreds of Rohingya men, women and children dead since June 2012. More than 140,000 are relegated to miserable displacement camps and tens of thousands have fled by sea. Western governments have spent the past two years trying to reconcile a brimming optimism about political reforms with harsh realities on the ground. Can the central government in Naypyidaw really be blamed for unrest in far-flung Rakhine State? The latest developments suggest the answer is yes and paint a dark picture of state-sponsored persecution. My organization, Fortify Rights,

Photo A group of Bangladeshi Buddhist stay in a school in Maungdaw. By Aung Aung  The Stateless A preplanned blaze in DarPaing, Sittwe on 8th March 2014 where 54 houses belonged to Rohingya burnt into ashes, but "it is an accident", said Myanmar government and its medias. On 9th March 2014, another fire broke out in Duchiradan where 12 houses and 1 Mosque of Rohingya burnt down, but Myanmar government media said  "it is an accusation against Rohingya because Rohingya burnt Rohingyas' own houses". On 10th March 2014, two Rohingya villages: Pan Myaung from Nan Thar Gone village tract and Sin Thay Pyin from Laungdon village tract, are set fire by Rakhine Extremists where caused more than 115 houses burnt into ashes, "Myanmar Medias broadcasted these incidents are as accidence or Rohingya burnt their own houses intentionally". Since June 2012, Myanmar government and Medias have been accusing Rohingya victims. Since two major massacres