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 On the way from Mrauk-U to Mahamuni Temple was taken by the photographer Medhasith on 13 October 2013. By KPN August 11, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State : Emergency Act 144 has been withdrawn from some townships – Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U,Min Bya and Pauktaw- and the Act 144 still remains  in other townships of Arakan State, according to U Hla Thein, press and information officer of Arakan state government. “The Act 144 was withdrawn from Kyauktaw Township, in Arakan State, on August 8. It was imposed from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am.” “The Act 144 was imposed in Kyauktaw Township after the violence between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in June and October 2012, U Hla Thein said. In Arakan State, after the violence in some of the Townships in June and October 2012, the Act 144 was imposed in many Towns. However, later, the Act 144 was withdrawn from other Townships including Mrauk-U, Min Bya and Pauktaw. But, the Act 144 is still remained in other Townships, according to an eld

Naw Ohn Hla, leader of Democracy and Peace Women Network. (Photo: DVB) By DVB News August 9, 2014 A Rohingya activist, a Mon activist and a women’s rights advocacy group were the recipients of awards from N-Peace Network, an international advocacy group that supports women’s leadership in conflict resolution. Wai Wai Nu, a former political prisoner and the director of Women Peace Network Arakan, was awarded N-Peace Network’s “Peace Generation – Young Women and Men Building Peace” award; while Mi Khin Khin Kyu, an ethnic Mon who advocates for women’s rights in Mon State and other parts of Burma, was recognised in the category of “Women Transforming their Communities”. In addition, Democracy and Peace Women Network was recognised for “Thinking Outside the Box”, an award for bringing new solutions to persistent problems. Naw Ohn Hla, leader of the Democracy and Peace Women Network, said that her work involves educating farmers and workers about their rights when it comes to

By KPN August 11, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State: No one from Rohingya community is going to participate the so-called population data collection in block number 2 and Myoma Khayoungdan village, while the data collecting officers are waiting in the areas today, said Rashid Ahmed, a school teacher from Maungdaw. Block admin officer of number 2, U Yousuf, is trying to convince the villagers under his block to participate the so-called population data collection process, but nobody came forward, Rashid said. U Yousuf, the admin officer of block number 2, forced yesterday to influence persons who named names were appeared in the letters issued by BGP immigration officer Soe Myint Tun from BGP headquarters to participate so-called population data collection, to give their family list documents and filled the Forms with all data of family list without the influence persons who names were in the letters, said Halim, a Human Rights Watchdog from Maungdaw. Today, again the offi

By  Esther Htusan The  Associated Press In this June 25, 2014 photo, Dosmeda Bibi lies on a bamboo stand close to a medical clinic run by French NGO Action Contre La Faim, or ACF in north of Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Born just over a year ago, Dosmeda Bibi has spent her entire short life confined to a camp for one of the world's most persecuted religious minorities. And like a growing number of other Rohingya children who are going hungry, she's showing the first signs of severe malnutrition| AP OHN TAW GYI CAMP, Myanmar — Born just over a year ago, Dosmeda Bibi has spent her entire short life confined to a camp for one of the world's most persecuted religious minorities. And like a growing number of other Muslim Rohingya children who are going hungry, she's showing the first signs of severe malnutrition. Her stomach is bloated and her skin clings tightly to the bones of her tiny arms and legs. While others her age are sitting or standing, the bab