Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Islam religious of Muslim is facing trouble in performs of religious duty within this month while non-Islam religious are enjoying their religious water festival (Thingyan) in Maungdaw, said an elder from Maungdaw.
SYDNEY: Australia said Monday it will lift sanctions against Myanmar's president and more than 200 others who are currently under travel and financial bans, after a series of reforms in the past year. However, some 130 names will remain on the restricted list, including senior members of the military and others suspected of human rights abuses, Foreign Minister Bob Carr told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Construction of a Muslim mosque in Kachin state's jade-rich Hpakant township in northern Burma ceased on April 12 when a group of monks and their supporters intervened and proceeded to dismantle the partially built structure. According to eyewitnesses a group of about 30 monks and dozens of their followers came to the construction site in the Shan Kone quarter of Seng Tawng at 4 pm demanding that building stop.
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Ethnics’ representatives - Chin, Kachin, Shan, Karen and Rohingya – met British Prime Minister, David Cameron, at the residence of the British ambassador in Rangoon on April 13 at 7pm- 8 pm, according to a source from Rangoon and BBC Burmese. Rohingya representative - Mr.Abu Taher- highlighting the situation of Rohingya in northern Arakan
Teknaf, Bangladesh: A High level delegation of UNHCR and Bangladesh concerned authorities for refugee repatriation jointly held a meeting with official refugees in the Nayapara camp on April 9, regarding the repatriation, said a schoolteacher from Nayapara camp. Hunt Chess, the Country Representative of Burma of UNHCR explained the refugee about the situation of Burma
Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Heavy rains and winds destroyed some huts of Kutupalong makeshift camp on April 9, according to a Refugee committee member from Kutupalong makeshift camp. The winds and heavy rain destroyed the Rohingya refugee huts in Kutupalong makeshift camp.
By PALASH R. GHOSH : Not everyone is happy with impending moves by western powers to ease sanctions against the government of Myanmar, also known as Burma. An official representative of the country's Rohingya minority – an ethnic Muslim group that has long suffered in Buddhist-dominated Burma and who have long complained of persecution and abuse by its repressive military – has asked the United States to base a relaxation of sanctions on perceived improvements on human rights issues.