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U Wirathu is received by the Arakanese community in Ponnagyun Township last week. (Photo: virathu.com) By Lawi Weng The Irrawaddy March 17, 2014 RANGOON — Nationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu visited strife-torn Arakan State and joined large protests against the upcoming census over the weekend. Local Arakanese Buddhists oppose the census because it will allow the stateless Rohingya minority to register their ethnic identity as they wish. On Sunday, protests against the UN-supported census where held in nine townships in Arakan State. U Wirathu, who heads the controversial 969 movement, which is accused of spreading hate speech against Muslims, told The Irrawaddy he participated in order to voice support for the protests. “I joined the protest in Myebon [Township] and encouraged protesters because there is no such Rohingya name in our country,” he claimed. “But they are trying to create and have this this name—it is not fair.” Arakanese politicians and many

By FIDH March 17, 2014 Paris, Bangkok -- The UN Human Rights Council must renew the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma with full monitoring and reporting powers, FIDH and its member organization, the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma), said today. “The situation in Burma calls for more human rights monitoring, not less,” said FIDH President Karim Lahidji. “The Human Rights Council needs a UN Special Rapporteur who can regularly monitor and report on the situation of human rights in Burma if it wants to play a positive role in the country’s fragile transition to democracy,” he added.  “The situation in Burma calls for more human rights monitoring, not less, ” said FIDH President Karim Lahidji. “The Human Rights Council needs a UN Special Rapporteur who can regularly monitor and report on the situation of human rights in Burma if it wants to play a positive role in the country’s fragile transition to democracy,” he added . 

Rakhine Buddhists Conducted Several Demonstrations 2014 By  Ibrahim Shah  Burma Times March 16, 2014 Arakan state, western Myanmar- Today, on 16th March, Rakhine Buddhists—radical monks, ultra-nationalists, miscreants, thugs, prostitute women, and immature girls and boys—participated in several demonstrations in many places— Sittwe( the capital of Arakan State), Mrauk-U, Kyauktaw, Kyaukpyu, Pauktaw Buthidaung, Maungdaw and other many junctions  of the rest townships of Arakan state., The main objective of publicly demonstration to boycott the upcoming Myanmar census 2014 which will be conducted from 29 March to 10 April 2014 is to eliminate Rohingya from census conduct. The Rakhine extremists who participated in the several demonstrations by the energy of money contributed by the central government, Rakhine state government and 969 neo-Nazi anti- Muslim movement accused that the Rohingya Muslims are not a registered ethnic group of Myanmar according to 1982 Burma cit