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Maungdaw, Arakan state: More than 35 Rohingya fire-wood collectors were severely tortured by a group of Rakhine extremists on April 22, in the evening, at Maungdaw Township, Hashim said from Maungdaw.“They were severely beaten up by Rakhines extremists while they were returning to homes after collecting firewood from the forest.” Some victims have been identified as—- Sayed Hussain (20), Rashid Ullah (25), Sayed Kasim (30), Sultan (40), Habib Ullah (30), Md. Siddik (25), Sodu (30),  Monjur Aman (28),  Abdu Rakim (22), Noor Alam (25),  Abdul Amin (40), Nurul Amin (45), Abdu, Monaf (15), they all hailed from Khonza Bill village under Aley Than Kyaw  village tract of Maungdaw south. According to sources, many Rohingya fire-wood collectors from different villages— Khonza Bill village, Sommona village and Udaung village went to nearby forest to collect fire-wood on that day early morning. Of them, some Rohingya fire-wood collectors were caught by a group of Rakhine extremists on their w

By Ibrahim Shah Burma Times April  27, 2014 The Rohingya genocide,  Rohingya-cide , in Arakan state of western Burma, has been gradually orchestrated by Burmese chauvinistic dictators, extremist monks and ultra nationalist Burmese since 1978.However, since 2012, the world has witnessed premeditated attacks on Rohingyas by brutal government forces, state-sponsored Rakhine terrorists and extremist monks. The international community at large has seen devastations caused by the state-sponsored genocide against Rohingyas. As Rohingya faces genocide, what is moremiserable for them is that the world is not sympathetic and concerned enough to their plight. What they do are just media murmurs. The more the momentum of the persecution of Rohingyas by Burmese quasi-civilian regime increases, the more the world turns a blind eye to their plight in lieu of advocating efficiently and effectively to stop the persecution. On the other hand, Burmese President Thein Sein, a devi

Obama warned against repression of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine state. Photo: EPA By AFP April 27, 2014 US President Barack Obama warned on Sunday that ethnic and religious conflicts could move Myanmar in a “very bad direction.” Obama praised the “courageous process” of political reform taking place in a country formerly led by a military junta, but warned that democratisation after years of repression brought its own perils. “Myanmar won’t succeed if the Muslim population is oppressed,” Obama said at a “town hall” meeting during a visit to Muslim-majority Malaysia. Obama was referring to Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine state which has been subject to persecution at the hands of Buddhist nationalists. Rohingya Muslims at a camp for Muslim refugees in Sittwe, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Photo: AP “The danger now that they are democratising is that there are different ethnic groups and different religions inside Myanmar,” Obama

By Roland Watson Dictator Watch April 26, 2014  The following published news items are a partial listing of crimes that have been perpetrated against the Rohingya people of Burma since June 2012. Many Burma observers are aware that the ethnic group is being oppressed, but few recognize the full extent - and fundamental nature - of their suffering. As this listing makes clear, it is nothing less than a genocide . You only have to read the determinants from Article 2 of the U.N. Convention. Four of the five basic actions of genocide are being committed against the Rohingya.  June 2012 Following reports of a rape against a woman from Arakan State, for which regime police arrest 3 Rohingya men - their guilt is never proven, nor even that the crime conclusively took place - Rakhine extremists start agitating against the local Rohingya population. On June 3rd, a bus is attacked by a mob and 10 Muslim men are killed. (Though not Rohingya, they are mistaken as such.) No one is arreste