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2012-10-27 Update BBC News – Burma acknowledges mass burnings in Rakhine unrest http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-20110150<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-10-27 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

„He cited Aceh as an example, highlighting that the implementation of human rights \u2013 as is internationally understood \u2013 must adapt to the sharia implemented in<\/p>\n

the province.<\/p>\n

The joint ministerial decree is among the three regulations the Indonesian government has offered to set up in response to its refusal to adopt 30 „critical“ recommendations by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after a quadrennial human rights review in May.<\/p>\n

In addition to the decree, the government has also announced that it will establish a law on human rights friendly districts and finalize the long-awaited truth and reconciliation bill to deal with past human rights abuses.“<\/p>\n

Human rights must bow to religious values: Home Minister | The Jakarta Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Citing Syria and Mali, deputy UN chief highlights impact of Security Council unity<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-10-24 Update — Rohingya Cleansing Continues in Arakan Under State Programme ~ Rohingya Blogger http:\/\/bit.ly\/TUvAcf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Religious harmony is a must, but how? | The Jakarta Post<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

„Table of religious intolerance:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 During the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (as of 2007) 108 churches have been closed\/damaged; in the era of president Megawati Soekarnoputri, 92; in the era of president Abdurrahman Wahid, 232; in the era of president Soeharto, 456.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Based on data from the Manado Post daily, there were 2,442 cases of church closures and demolitions in the period between 2004 and 2010<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 In 2011, Setara Institute recorded 244 cases of religious intolerance in 17 regions. The largest number of cases was recorded in West Java (57 cases), followed by South Sulawesi (45), East Java (31), North Sumatra (24) and Banten (12).“<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/Issues\/FreedomReligion\/Pages\/FreedomReligionIndex.aspx<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freedom_of_religion<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2012\/10\/20\/religious-harmony-a-must-how.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-10-23 Update: Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

„We need humanitarian assistance. If we reject the humanitarian assistance, the international community will not accept us,“ Thein Sein told reporters in his first domestic press conference since taking office 18 months ago.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

„We have to feed the people. It costs $10,000 a day,“ he said of the Rakhine camps.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

„Our government cannot afford it. We are not in a situation to feed the people in the camps with the help of ordinary citizens so we have to accept humanitarian assistance from the international community. If we do not accept the humanitarian assistance they will say we are not human.“<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.interaksyon.com\/article\/46140\/myanmar-leader-says-open-to-aid-for-muslims<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-10-12 Update — BANGLADESH: Rohingya refugees face more restrictions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

DHAKA, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) – Activists warn of further restrictions on Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh following recent communal violence.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRohingya refugees in Bangladesh will likely face more restrictions on their movement or arrests and push-backs,\u201d Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an advocacy organization for the Rohingya, told IRIN on 12 October.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are seeing examples of that already on the ground.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRefugees International is concerned about the talk of further restrictions being imposed on Rohingya refugees in the Cox\u2019s Bazar District of Bangladesh,\u201d said Melanie Teff, a senior advocate with Refugees International.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rohingya – an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority who fled persecution en masse from Myanmar\u2019s neighbouring Rakhine State decades ago – have long had a tenuous relationship with the Bangladeshi authorities who view them as illegal migrants.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under Burmese law, they are de jure stateless and face constant persecution, say activists, while in Bangladesh they are barred from employment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are more than 200,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh today, including more than 30,000 documented refugees living in two government-run camps [Kutupalong and Nayapara] within 2km of the Burmese border.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

UNHCR has not been permitted to register newly arriving Rohingya since mid-1992. The vast majority of Rohingya are living in villages and towns in the area and receive little to no assistance as UNHCR is only allowed to assist those who are documented.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Blame game<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On 1 October, Bangladesh Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir accused the Rohingya of involvement in a series of attacks on minority Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The violence was reportedly triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam at the end of September, resulting in some of the worst sectarian violence in Bangladesh in years.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thousands of Muslims went on the rampage in predominately Buddhist areas, setting ablaze temples and monasteries, resulting in dozens of homes burned.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

„The attacks on temples and houses in Buddhist localities in Ramu and neighbouring areas in Cox’s Bazar (district) were perpetrated by radical Islamists,“ the minister told reporters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

„Rohingyas and political opponents of the government were also involved in the attack,\u201d he added, describing the incident as a „premeditated and deliberate attempt“ to disrupt communal harmony.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Recent violence in Rakhine State has displaced thousands<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Following the violence, law enforcement agencies were instructed to restrict the movement of Rohingya refugees and curb their interactions with the local community – a move confirmed by refugees on the ground.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNew check posts were established and we are facing abnormal restriction after the Ramu incident,\u201d a 20-year-old Rohingya youth, who asked not to be identified, told IRIN by phone.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Impact in Myanmar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The impact of these events in Myanmar is also a concern. \u201cWhat\u2019s happening in Bangladesh will only exacerbate communal tension inside Rakhine State,\u201d Lewa said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In June 2012 violence flared in Rakhine State forcing tens of thousands of Rohingya to flee both within Myanmar and across the border.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Myanmar government estimates, more than 70,000 people are now living in temporary camps and shelters following inter-communal conflict.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Of particular concern is forced segregation and protracted displacement in the state capital, Sittwe, where Rohingya who lost their homes in the violence have been moved into camps, says Refugees International.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite repeated advocacy efforts by UNHCR, civil society and the diplomatic community, Bangladesh decided to close its borders to persons fleeing the country.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Those who managed to make it to Bangladesh were rounded up and sent back. However, there are no reliable figures on the number of arrivals and the number refouled.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bangladesh is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol. http:\/\/www.irinnews.org\/Report\/96526\/BANGLADESH-Rohingya-refugees-face-more-restrictions<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

2012-10-11 Update — U Ba Sein Rohingya Blogger<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Rohingya Council formed ~ Rohingya Blogger<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/WS8oiu<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-10-10 Update — Burma News from Mizzima<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Plight of stateless Rohingyas hinges on citizenship: US official. The lack of citizenship must be addressed for any long-term solution to the distress in the Rohingya community http:\/\/bit.ly\/PmZIRJ<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-10-06 Update — Democratic Voice of Burma<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Analysis: Did the gov\u2019t incite the racial violence targeting the Rohingya?<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/R2GFI6<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-10-06 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Myanmar: UN refugee agency warns number of displaced people in Rakhine state still rising http:\/\/bit.ly\/SS6t9C<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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2012-09-30 Update — U.N. chief urges careful handling of Myanmar Rohingyas issue<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world’s largest Islamic body on Saturday to „treat carefully“ the issue of the stateless Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar because it could affect the reform process underway in the country, also known as Burma.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past year, Myanmar has introduced the most sweeping reforms in the former British colony since a 1962 military coup. A semi-civilian government, stacked with former generals, has allowed elections, eased rules on protests and freed dissidents.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Read more here ~ http:\/\/bit.ly\/RqZc3f<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-09-26 Update — Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The situation of the Rohingya people in Burma remains dire. Even as President Thein Sein has launched political and economic reforms to move the country away from its authoritarian past, and even as Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma\u2019s champion of human rights, has been freed from house arrest and is now in the middle of an historic, emotional, and heavily publicized visit to the United States, there is still a threat of genocide for the Rohingya. With this in mind, Christine Lim traveled to the campus of Columbia University on Sept. 14 for a discussion titled \u201cBurma in Transition: Minorities, Human Rights, and Democratic Process.\u201d<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>\/UtjzuV<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-09-20 Update Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

4th in the R2P ‚classics‘ series. As a reviewer in the Times Higher Ed put it, ‚its clear and accessible style, as well as its meticulous discussion of the R2P’s historical and political context, is well integrated into an analysis of the practical side of genocide prevention…‘. Meticulous research is right – brings the ICISS and the WS outcome debates to life. Tim<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/OnkNv1<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-18 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are sending them logistical aid, treating them as though they were victims of natural disasters, when what they need most is legal status, adequate livelihoods and a stable future,\u201d Mahendradatta, one of a team of Muslim lawyers, said in Jakarta on Saturday.<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/UYrjHA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-16 Update — Myanmar investigates anti-Rohingya violence<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Government commission makes first visit to Rakhine state to investigate violence between Buddhists and Muslims.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The government-appointed commission tasked with investigating violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar, has just completed its first visit to the area. The 27 members saw, first-hand, segregated communities following fighting that resulted in the deaths of at least 80 people and the burning of homes, businesses, Muslim mosques and Buddhist temples.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Around 60,000 Rohingya Muslims remain in camps after violence in June which followed the rape and murder of a Buddhist girl allegedly by three Muslim men. There are also thousands of Buddhists who are still displaced after their homes too were burned to the ground.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the Muslim majority town of Maungdaw, Rakhine Buddhists are in camps, while in the capital Sittwe, where Buddhists have a slim majority, the homeless are mainly staying in monasteries where their numbers are decreasing as people slowly regain enough courage to return to their communities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rohingya, however, have had their freedoms restricted. Officially, they\u2019ve been told they can leave the camps, but with the caveat from security forces that their safety cannot be guaranteed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

‚Foreign invaders‘ http:\/\/farmlandgrab.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not allowed to go back to our houses,\u201d said Jakersharife, a Rohingya man whose sister and grandmother were killed in the fighting.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe want our homes back. We want our land, our business and peace,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-09-13 Update — Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rohingyas \u2018have the right\u2019 to apply for Burmese citizenship: minister. Rohingyas born in Burma are eligible to apply for citizenship if at least two generations of their families have lived in the country, Immigration Minister Khin Ye told the Radio Free Asia Burmese Service<\/span><\/a><\/span> on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He said that those who met these requirements \u201chave the right\u201d to apply for citizenship in Burma, where many of them have lived in Rakhine State along the Bangladesh border for generations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cForeigners, like the Bengalis, have the right to apply for citizenship if they want to,\u201d Khin Ye said, citing an amendment to the country\u2019s constitution in 1982 during the rule of the former military regime.<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/QV8aSx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-13 Update — Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rohingya Can \u2018Apply for Citizenship\u2019An immigration official says the minority can settle in Burma if individuals meet certain requirements.<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/QV8aSx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-12 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

„In Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees remain stranded in squalid camps after violence left their homes destroyed. Myanmar’s government estimated at least 70,000 people had been displaced by fighting in Rakhine state in July. The unrest began after a Buddhist Rakhine woman was raped and killed in May, allegedly by three Muslim Rohingya men. The UN says more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees are living in camps near the state capital Sittwe after their villages were destroyed.“<\/span> http:\/\/bcove.me\/nd3twiit<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-12 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

„Tens of thousands of displaced people continue to live in refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after clashes between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists killed dozens of combatants in June.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Both sides accuse the other group of having committed atrocities during the conflict.“<\/span> http:\/\/aje.me\/O4JGoC<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-11 Update Muslim delegation visits Rakhine State in Burma http:\/\/bit.ly\/U5Obm0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An delegation of the<\/span> Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)<\/span><\/a><\/span> led by the group’s representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ufuk Gokcen, arrived in Rakhine State in Burma on Sunday.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey met the union border affairs minister and Rakhine chief minister and also visited some refugee camps and made donations,\u201d an official said, adding that the group concluded their visit on Monday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At a summit last month in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca, the 57-member OIC decided to take its concerns over the treatment of the Rohingyas in Burma to the UN.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2012-09-11 Update Matthew F. Smith \u200f@matthewfsmith @crisisgroup<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Good piece by <\/span>@jimdella<\/span><\/a> on the plight of Burma’s stateless Rohingya & the need for peace & reconciliation.<\/span> @crisisgroup http:\/\/bit.ly\/UGc31M<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-07 Update — Rohinga Blogger U Ba Sei<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our View: Burmese Muslims face severe persecution | Azizah al-Hibri and Robert P. George<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For Muslim Americans and other concerned citizens in Indianapolis and elsewhere in the nation, news of still more violence against the largely Muslim Rohingya of Burma highlights the plight of one of the world\u2019s most persecuted communities and the need for a global response. The latest bloodshed, coupled with two prior months of riots and murders, has left more than 700 dead and 80,000 homeless. This violence has been compounded by the behavior of the Burmese security forces who, according to major human rights organizations, have participated in killings and rapes as well as mass arrests against the Rohingya.<\/strong><\/span> Read more here ~ http:\/\/bit.ly\/QqWYjX<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-09-06 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rohingya crisis: ASEAN vs Red Cross | The Jakarta Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

„ASEAN as a home for all its members, ironically, has not yet offered any solution to extinguish the Rohingya fire. ASEAN therefore has to restore its credibility as a common home for all ASEAN peoples including the Rohingyas by optimizing the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), which has a special mandate to promote and protect human rights across the region…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the spirit of non-interference, AICHR could facilitate the Myanmar government through various capacity-building supports for their law-enforcement officials such as community policing especially in the state of Rakhine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This approach is in line with the mandate of the Outcome Document of the 2005 United Nations World Summit (A\/RES\/60\/1, para. 138-140) and the Secretary-General\u2019s 2009 Report (A\/63\/677) on the Implementation of the Responsibility to Protect which stipulates that the state carries the primary responsibility for protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and their incitement.“<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-09-04 Update — Rakhine commission schedules 9-day investigation trip<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur main objective is to do a pre-survey to help carry out our tasks,\u201d said commission Secretary Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing. The team will meet with victims from both communities, residents, government officials and other officials during the trip, he told the Myanmar Times newspap<\/span>er.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the trip, the commission will recruit and train people to collect data that will aid its investigation<\/span><\/strong>. http:\/\/www.mizzima.com\/news\/inside-burma\/7927-rakhine-commission-schedules-9-day-investigation-trip.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-30 Update HRW report details persecution of Burma\u2019s Rohingya Muslims<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Reports from the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International, and from Al Jazeera, have shed further light on the oppressive conditions facing the Rohingya Muslim population in Burma\u2019s Rakhine state (also known as Arakan), as well as the communal violence that broke out in June.<\/span>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/articles\/2012\/aug2012\/burm-a30.shtml<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-30 Update — China Denies UN Access to Returning Refugees | The Irrawaddy Magazine http:\/\/www.irrawaddy.org\/archives<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Chinese authorities have banned officials of the<\/span> UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR<\/span>)<\/span><\/a> from accessing Kachin refugees who are being forced back home into war-torn northern Burma.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 2,000 refugees who took shelter in China\u2019s southwestern Yunnan Province have been deported to Burma since last week. Aid workers, Human Rights Watch and the United States have all urged Beijing to cease the forced repatriation as hostilities between Burmese government troops and Kachin rebels are escalating.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-29 Update — The Rohingya massacre and OIC <\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.saudigazette.com.sa\/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120829134347<\/span><\/a><\/span> The conference, convened by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, condemned the policy of violence meted out by the government of Myanmar to the Rohingya, describing it incompatible with the principles of human rights and international laws.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-03-30 Myanmar poll key test of democratic reform – UN expert<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

United Nations Human Rights<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI have consistently stressed that the next round of elections should be truly free, fair, inclusive and transparent, but the credibility of Sunday\u2019s vote will not be determined solely on the day, but in the lead-up to and following election day,\u201d said UN expert on human rights in Myanmar Ojea Quintana.<\/span> More: http:\/\/bit.ly\/HoYm3k<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-02 Serious human rights challenges remain in Myanmar, says UN expert More: http:\/\/shar.es\/76fKw<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-26 Update — Democratic Voice of Burma DVB \u200f@DemocVoiceBurma<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watchdog slates Bangladesh over Rohingya policy | Democratic Voice of Burma http:\/\/www.dvb.no\/news\/watchdog-slates-bangladesh-over-rohingya-policy\/23437 \u2026<\/span><\/a><\/span> #Burma #Myanmar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-25 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

HRW says China is „flouting its international legal obligations by forcibly returning Kachin refugees to an active conflict zone rife with Burmese army abuses.“<\/strong><\/span> http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2012\/08\/24\/china-refugees-forcibly-returned-burma<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-24 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

HRW says Bangladesh’s policy towards Rohingya refugees is „cruel and inhumane“ and calls upon the government to do more to assist and protect the Rohingya fleeing from killings and other sectarian violence in Burma\/Myanmar’s Rakhine State.<\/span> http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2012\/08\/22\/bangladesh-assist-protect-rohingya-refugees<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-24 Update — U.S. Ambassador in Myanmar Speaks Out on Rohingya .<\/span> The \u201cRohingya are oppressed by everybody,\u201d Mr. Mitchell said. \u201cThese people are stateless. They have nowhere to turn. And it is not going to be lost on the international community.\u201d <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/searealtime\/2012\/08\/24\/u-s-ambassador-in-myanmar-speaks-out-on-rohingya<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-23 Update — HRW finds Bangladesh\u2019s Rohingya policy \u2018cruel\u2019; urges govt to open borders<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dhaka, 23 August: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed the government for its restrictions on humanitarian aid to Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing persecution and violence in neighbouring Myanmar.<\/span> http:\/\/www.bengalnewz.com\/bangladesh\/dhaka\/082328080.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-20 Update — International Criminal Law Bureau<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Burma to Investigate Rakhine Violence<\/span> http:\/\/www.internationallawbureau.com\/blog\/?p=5717<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-20 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Burma\/Myanmar has formed a commission to investigate the violence in Rakhine State. The commission is charged with „determining the circumstances behind the unrest and recommending short and long-term strategies to overcome the community tensions and mistrust.“<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/SHayxA<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-18 Update — Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Exercising responsibility or dodging international investigation?<\/span> Myanmar sets up internal investigation of Buddhist-Muslim clashes to make proposals for peace<\/span><\/strong> http:\/\/wapo.st\/NvMTUf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2012-08-18 Update — Myanmar to examine Muslim-Buddhist violence – Asia-Pacific – Al Jazeera English<\/span><\/strong>. Government forms 27-member commission to find causes of June clashes and suggest ways for for „peaceful coexistence“.<\/span> http:\/\/aje.me\/QLMeZL<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-17 Update — Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)<\/span><\/a><\/strong> OCHA<\/strong><\/span> reports that the overall security situation is improving across the Rakhine State, though inter-communal tensions remain very high, with reports of sporadic conflicts in some townships.87 people dead, over 5,300 houses destroyed in Rakhine State: gov\u2019t<\/span><\/strong> http:\/\/bit.ly\/N4tARU<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Islamic group to take Rohingya issue to the UN\u00a0<\/strong>http:\/\/bit.ly\/RU2rQI<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned „the continued recourse to violence by the Myanmar authorities against the members of this minority and their refusal to recognize their right to citizenship,“ and said it would bring the matter before the UNGA.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-17 Update — <\/span><\/a>SBY asks Kalla to be RI\u2019s special envoy for Rohingya issue | The Jakarta Post<\/span> – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked former vice president Jusuf Kalla, who is also the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman, to be Indonesia\u2019s special envoy in the ongoing conflict involving ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar.<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/NrUenI<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-15 Update — BBC News – Muslim homes razed in Burma’s Rakhine state – report http:\/\/bbc.in\/NyzHdq<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/a> Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in refugee camps outside of Sittwe.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-15 Update — International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

UN envoy welcomes mission to Myanmar’s state of Rakhine, the site of recent ethnic violence that has displaced thousands of people.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis has demonstrated the willingness of the Myanmar Government to cooperate with the international community to alleviate the suffering of its people,\u201d Mr. Nambiar said, adding that he and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had been in continuous contact with authorities on the matter. http:\/\/bit.ly\/PcJ30U<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-15 Update — Rohingya: Allegations and Refutations (Part 1) | M.S.Anwar <\/span><\/a><\/span>~ SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research, Vol. 1, No., 1, Spring 2003, ISSN 1479-8484<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

#UNESCO <\/span><\/a><\/span>Early Article Reprint 1 http:\/\/www.soas.ac.uk\/sbbr\/editions\/file64276.pdf<\/span><\/a> #allegation #refutation The name Rohinga didn\u00b4t exist in history.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-14 Update — Thousands of Rohingya helpless after violence (Exclusive Video)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to Rakhine state where 70,000 people have been displaced by ethno-sectarian violence.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of displaced people continue to live in refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after clashes between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists killed dozens of combatants in June.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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2012-08-13 Update — Protect 1.5 million people displaced in Syria -UN expert (1 photo) http:\/\/on.fb.me\/QW1RC0<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is imperative that all parties to the conflict respect international humanitarian<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>human rights law<\/span><\/a><\/span> http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/law<\/span><\/a><\/span>\/index.shtml, particularly the right to life and the right to physical integrity, and ensure the protection of IDPs [internally displaced persons] as civilians,\u201d urged UN human rights expert Chaloka Beyani.<\/span> More: http:\/\/bit.ly\/O6FmYP<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A WFP staffer interviews a Syrian family as part of a needs assessment mission, which found that some 1.5 million people in Syria need food assistance over the next 3 to 6 months. Credit: WFP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-13 Update —\u00a0 @<\/s>HRmyanmar *** Where is so-called Rohinga ( or ) Bangali<\/span> in the Ethnic Groups of CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ( C I A ) THE WORLD FACTBOOK ???? ***<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/NtkyMj<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-13 Update — Saudi King orders $50 million aid for Myanmar Muslims http:\/\/bit.ly\/TxsZHj<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Aung San Suu Kyi facing backlash for silence on abuses via @Telegraph http:\/\/soc.li\/Msd4yRL<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-13 Update — First aid in Myanmar except for Turkey to accept the UN http:\/\/bit.ly\/S2nPQO<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-11 Update —\u00a0United Nations Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The human rights situations of Muslims in the southern provinces, particularly displaced persons from Myanmar and Bangladesh, and of other ethnic minorities, stateless people and migrant workers, as well as the issue of human trafficking were among the questions raised when the UN committee against racial discrimination examined the report (http:\/\/bit.ly\/QFks58)<\/span><\/a><\/span> of Thailand. Discussion summary: http:\/\/bit.ly\/QlpKi6<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Myanmar has welcomed a visit by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world\u2019s largest Muslim grouping, which has urged a probe into violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Rohingya that has left scores dead in recent months. Myanmar invites OIC probe of sectarian violence<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/NiZBU8<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update– UN appeals to Bangladesh to allow aid groups to resume work http:\/\/bit.ly\/Qh63b8<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has sound evidence that the three UN employees were involved in the Rakhine riots,\u201d said Thein Htay, the border affairs minister, in the first official explanation of the arrests.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The UN continues to call for detailed information about the employees and why they are being held.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — Iranian lawmakers call halt to \u2018massacre,\u2019 \u2018genocide\u2019 http:\/\/bit.ly\/P90LDa<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — EU asks Bangladesh to rescind aid ban on NGOs http:\/\/bit.ly\/RF7tBR<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — Rohingya send \u2018open letter\u2019 to international community http:\/\/bit.ly\/PGt079<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — New curfew imposed after renewed attacks in Rakhine State http:\/\/bit.ly\/NIWUXT<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — Burma to consider allowing Islamic group to visit Rakhine State\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/P6SXlC<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-10 Update — Turkey foreign minister travels to Rakhine State http:\/\/bit.ly\/MFphWX<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-09 Update — British MP Sadiq Khan highlights suffering of Rohingya<\/span> http:\/\/shar.es\/vk75l<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> \u201cWe have seen positive actions from the Burmese government in recent years \u2013 such as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest \u2013 but they need to realise that the first job of government is to secure the safety of all citizens. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It is important that the British government uses all its influence to end this savage treatment of the Rohingya community by the Burmese authorities.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-09 Update — Suu Kyi must not ignore the Rohingya – New Straits Times http:\/\/bit.ly\/QObFAc<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-09 Update — Rohingya send \u2018open letter\u2019 to international community http:\/\/bit.ly\/PGt079<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-08 Update —<\/span> Rohingya Muslims: Zardari writes letter to Myanmar president<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/MKuOwG<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> President says Pakistani government, people were saddened to learn about the losses of Muslims.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He said that only peaceful coexistence of various communities would ensure that the democratic transition was not reversed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-08 Update — ASEAN mulls assistance for Myanmar Rohingya <\/span>http:\/\/on-msn.com\/NiG8R<\/span>G#scpti50<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>„ASEAN cannot be perceived to be standing by without taking any action on such a big scale of humanitarian difficulty,“ he added. Bangladesh last week banned three international agencies from providing assistance to Rohingya refugees who had fled from neighbouring Myanmar. Decades of discrimination have left the Rohingya stateless, and they are viewed by the UN as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Myanmar’s government considers the estimated 800,000 Rohingya in the country to be foreigners while many citizens see them as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and view them with hostility.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-07 — United Nations Human Rights<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/a>— Expressed concern over alleged human rights violations in Rakhine and Kachin as well as the continued detention of prisoners of conscience, UN rights expert Tom\u00e1s Ojea Quintana stressed that Myanmar needs to grapple with serious human rights challenges before democracy can succeed.<\/span><\/strong> More: http:\/\/bit.ly\/MeQBjf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012-08-06 — Update<\/strong> International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

UN expert Tom\u00e1s Ojea Quintana<\/span> says challenges remain in Myanmar, and calls for an independent investigation into allegations of serious human rights abuses committed by State actors in Rakhine. http:\/\/bit.ly\/OWrNxv<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2012-08-06 Update — UN envoy calls for Myanmar ‚truth commission‘<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/OV5p7Y<\/span>\u00a0more detail: <\/span><\/a>http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/world\/asia\/2012\/08\/04\/myanmar-has-serious-human-rights-challenges\/5q4BvgxhqvbtheBzySCs2K\/story.html<\/span><\/a><\/span>
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2012-08-06 Update– Demonstrators back Rohingya resettlement proposal | Democratic Voice of Burma <\/span>http:\/\/bit.ly\/OFRce0\u00a0The plan was promptly rejected by the UNHCR.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe resettlement programs organised by UNHCR are for refugees who are fleeing a country to another, in very specific circumstances. Obviously, it\u2019s not related to this situation,\u201d said Guterres according to an AP report.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The plan was promptly rejected by the UNHCR.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe resettlement programs organised by UNHCR are for refugees who are fleeing a country to another, in very specific circumstances. Obviously, it\u2019s not related to this situation,\u201d said Guterres according to an AP report.<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
Last week\u2019s order to three international aid agencies, MSF, Action Against Hunger and Muslim Aid, to stop proving aid to Rohingya refugees, in the full knowledge of the suffering and possible deaths that such an order will cause, will not solve any of the problems Bangladesh faces with Rohingya refugees.<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n
2012-08-06 Update — Bangladesh\u2019s lose \u2013 lose strategy on the Rohingya | Democratic Voice of Burma http:\/\/bit.ly\/OGmcub<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
The root cause of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh is the persecution they face, and also the long-term refusal of the government to allow international agencies full and free access to assist the Rohingya. Preventing refugees in Bangladesh from receiving aid doesn\u2019t address this problem. Devoting significant military police and security resources to trying to turn back refugees doesn\u2019t solve this problem. What is needed is a political solution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Bangladesh could win significant international plaudits and favours by allowing Rohingya refugees\u2019 entry to Bangladesh, and negotiating a fully-fledged international aid operation, funded internationally, to assist those refugees.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
2012-08-05 Update — RT @KenRoth #Burma’s Arakan violence so far leaves 90 dead & 100,000 displaced, says @HRW. Govt troops join killing of #Rohingya.<\/span> http:\/\/trib.al\/ETmhsg<\/span><\/a> In its 1982 Citizen Act, Burma denied the Rohingya community citizenship, although many have lived in Rakhine State for centuries.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
Quintana will present his finding to the UN Security Council.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
2012-08-01 Update — RT @<\/s>KenRoth<\/span><\/a>: Slideshow of violence in #<\/s>Burma<\/span><\/a>’s Arakan State, mostly against Muslim #<\/s>Ronhingya<\/span><\/a>, from @<\/s>HRW<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>http:\/\/www.hrw.org\/features\/burma-violence-arakan-state<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Myanmar troops ‚opened fire on Rohingya Muslims‘, Police and paramilitary forces „opened fire on Rohingya with live ammunition“, it added. „When the people tried to put out the fires, the paramilitary shot at us. And the group beat people with big sticks.“ (AFP) http:\/\/bit.ly\/NJ3EL4
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The crisis highlighted the long-standing and systemic discrimination against the Rohingya Muslim community, who are not recognised by the State and remain stateless, said the UN human rights chief. Find out more:<\/span> http:\/\/bit.ly\/QjGLd7<\/span><\/span>
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\n Daw Kyine Than Phyu, 96-years-old, is in a temporary camp to take refuge from recent violence in the area in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 17 June 2012. The latest instability in Rakhine state was triggered on 28 May, when an ethnic Rakhine woman was raped and murdered. This was followed by the killing of 10 Muslims by an unidentified mob on 3 June. According to official figures, over 70,000 people have been displaced in the ensuing violence. At least 78 have died, although unofficial estimates are higher. Credit: EPA\/LYNN BO BO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
A large number of Muslims are killed in Burma by Budisht , army and police of Burma as Muslims are in minority in Burma but silence of World Powers on this issue is a more worse crime.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Caption: An ethnic Rakhine man carries bamboo at the burnt Myoe Thu Gyee quarter in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 16 June 2012. Credit: EPA\/LYNN BO BO <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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Muslims are compelled to remain inside the country as internal <\/strong><\/span>refugees<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span> They face abuse in the forms of rape, torture, extortion, and murder.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n