Hardline Buddhist monk sentenced under Article 19
Further charges – under Section 505 (b) of the penal code – for “inciting unrest” at the demonstration remain to be heard at a later date.
Further charges – under Section 505 (b) of the penal code – for “inciting unrest” at the demonstration remain to be heard at a later date.
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The plan is likely to raise concern about the prospects for the return of the 480,000 refugees, and compound fears of ethnic cleansing.
“They punched me and hacked my hair off. Then they tied me with a rope and hung a sign around my neck.
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Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Exactly a year ago, Suu Kyi appointed the Commission to investigate and recommend solutions to the inter-religious conflict that has wracked the Arakan region for so long.
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“It’s important to work on granting citizenship to the Muslim community, which has been deprived of citizenship for many years,” Grandi told reporters in Bangkok.
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The statement comes after one Rohingya Muslim man was killed by a mob in state capital Sittwe on Tuesday.
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Security forces are on high alert in Sittwe amid communal tensions following the death of a Rohingya Muslim man yesterday.
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Tensions high after a recent spate of killings. Arakanese Buddhists fear fresh attacks by Rohingya insurgents.
“Whether the Ma Ba Tha continues or ceases to exist depends entirely on the policies of the NLD government,” said Nandar Hla Myint.
The youngster was among a group arrested for attacking and killing border guards in November.
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Protestors call for the arrest of local immigration chief for issuing national ID cards to 53 Rohingyas.
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UN Security Council met on Friday to discuss the situation in Arakan State, where Burma’s military is conducting a security operation.
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Assuming the reins in the absence of the Advisory Commission Chairman Kofi Annan, Ghassan Salamé addressed the Burmese government, saying the commission’s findings “necessitate urgent action.”
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Some 420 men, women and children are camped in the town of Sechaung, while another 62 ethnic Khami people shelter in a monastery.
UNHCR asks Bangladesh to allow it to negotiate with the US, Canada and some European countries to resettle around 1,000 Rohingya Muslims.
Arakan Citizenship Lead Story News Rohingya
ANP accuses regional immigration chief of issuing a national ID card to a “Bengali” woman who was born to non-Burmese parents.
The influx of Rohingyas from Burma has prompted Dhaka to revive a plan to move thousands of people to this uninhabited island.
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The five political parties say they will work with a view to a future federal union in Burma.
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Aid organisations working in Maungdaw have not been granted the “flowing” access to the restive region that they were promised by the government.
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“Arakanese people would never join such a demonstration. It is damaging to ethnic unity and we denounce it,” said a senior monk.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Brussels-based ICG said it has interviewed four members of the Harakah al-Yakin militant group in Arakan State and two outside Burma.
Burma’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture claims there is no mention of the word ‘Rohingya’ in historical documents dating back to the British colonial era.
The former UN chief said both issues had been discussed with Aung San Suu Kyi and Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
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Former UN chief’s team to travel to Maungdaw, which has been under lockdown since the military launched a sweep of the territory after militant attacks on 9 October.
The 18-year-old Somali immigrant was apparently driven to rage by reports of atrocities against Burma’s ethnic Rohingya community.
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“Malaysia also calls on the government of Myanmar to take all the necessary actions to address the alleged ethnic cleansing …” says Malaysian Foreign Ministry.
Firefighters continue efforts to suppress the blaze on Friday afternoon. At least two persons are hospitalised for severe burns.
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Western nations are increasingly concerned at how Aung San Suu Kyi’s government is dealing with violence in Burma’s divided northwest.
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Malaysia is considering pulling its side out of the Suzuki Cup in protest over Burma’s crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims.
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Buddhist families who were displaced amid violence in northern Arakan State last month take refuge in Buthidaung.