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By SR Sittwe  |  Sittwe (Akyab) Township, Arakan State Friday, April 11, 2014 rvisiontv.com 8-month old Sayed Noor is suffering from Malaria and there is no hospital for his treatment. (Photo: SR Sittwe) He is Sayed Noor, an 8-month-old Rohingya baby, suffering from Malaria and other diseases. His parents are U Sayed Hussain (father) and Daw Bibi Jaan (mother), locals of Bumay Block No.8, Sittwe (Akyab) township. He was admitted to the hospital of Depaing four days ago. There is no required facilities available in that hospital the treat the baby. Besides, there is no foreign aid workers there. A Doctor asked the parents to get him admitted to Sittwe General Hospital. However, the parents are afraid of taking him to the said hospital because doctors and nurses at the (sittwe) hospital kill Rohingya patients instead of saving their lives. There have been several Rohingya people brutally killed by the doctors and the nurses. The latest case took place two days ago. Now, th

By KPN April 09, 2014 Buthidaung, Arakan State:  Army personnel from Sein Nyin pya village arrested 41 –Rakhine at the mountain pass of Sein Nyin Pya north today morning, according to Village admin office member from Buthidaung. The firewood collectors and cowboys had seen Rakhine terrorists with lethal weapons- 16 long swords, 8-firearms and 4 bows and arrows, catapults with marbles and slingshots- yesterday and the boys returned to the village where they informed to the village admin officer, the member said. The village admin officer informed to the army who are stationed at the village’s primary school yesterday and a section of army personnel rounded up the mountain pass early morning. The army arrested 41 Rakhine terrorists and interrogated in their station where the Rakhine terrorists confessed that they come from Bangladesh and there are some group entered to Maungdaw and Buthidaung to make problem with Muslim who claim Rohingya. The Rakhine from Bangl

By Daily Star April 10, 2014 Bangladesh has sought cooperation of the international community for the implementation of its National Strategy to address the issue of undocumented Myanmar nationals here. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque, now in Geneva, conveyed the request while briefing the international community on the Bangladesh National Strategy to address the issue of undocumented Myanmar nationals. The Foreign Secretary is currently visiting Geneva to attend the 20th session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) in his capacity as an independent expert of the committee, said a Foreign Ministry media release Thursday. He held bilateral meetings with Director General (DG) of International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder, DG of International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ambassador William Lacy Swing, DG of World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Margaret Chan and Special Rapporteur on t

By Junaid April 10,2014 Rvision TV Kyauktaw, Arakan - As many as 78 Rohingyas from Kyauktaw township are missing as armed Rakhine (Maghs) terrorists attacked them in a forest on their way to Buthidaung and Maungdaw yesterday. “Around 10PM on 7th April , around 90 extremely poor Rohingyas from the township of Kyauktaw were leaving their homes for Buthidaung and Maungdaw through Rathedaung as they were rendered jobless and all their access to livelihoods were cut off by the government and Rakhine extremists. Besides, they receive no aids from any NGOs or INGOs. There were 15 females and other were males including children and adults. And there were three agents with them as well. Amidst a forest called ‘Aaga Taung” on their way to Rathedaung at the last territory of Kyauktaw township, a group of armed Magh (Rakhine) Terrorists launched gun attacks on them. As a result, they got dispersed and lost contact with one another as they ran for their lives to their sights. T