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Jakarta’s Christian governor was found guilty of blasphemy against Islam and sentenced to two years in jail on Tuesday after a trial that was seen as a test of religious tolerance in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.
The UNHCR applauds a decision by the Philippines and Indonesia to grant citizenship to thousands of stateless people, saying it sets an example for resolving a global issue.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s government appears to be backing away from claims that attacks that took place in Arakan State earlier this month were carried out by a Islamist group with links to Pakistan.
Human Trafficking Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
Southeast Asian countries were urged on Tuesday to treat migrants landing on their shores humanely and avoid a repeat of this year’s disaster in which hundreds of refugees were either lost at sea or died in jungle camps.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has repatriated 105 Burmese migrant workers, the first of some 364 nationals stranded in Indonesia.
Human Trafficking Lead Story Migrants Issues News
An Associated Press investigation uncovers ships believed to be carrying enslaved fishermen, many of whom may be Burmese.
ASEAN Environment Lead Story News
Asia can fight climate change and lift people out of poverty if it invests in communities living in forests, claims a Thai-based environmental organisation.
Environment Lead Story Lifestyle News
Just over 3,000 tigers remain across Asia, mainly in India. But researchers say many conservation campaigns are unnecessarily restricting gene pools.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News Photos
After being rescued at sea, Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have received a hospitable welcome in Indonesia’s Aceh, and found a semblance of normality.
Lead Story News SEA Games Sport
Playing ahead of the SEA games opening ceremony, the men’s Under-23 team turned out in red for a convincing win over Indonesia 4-2 at Jalan Besar Stadium.
Boatpeople Contributor Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
Regardless of the desperate conditions in the hastily assembled camps, many Rohingya asylum seekers say the Acehnese are receiving them with open arms.
Boatpeople Lead Story News Video
The United States said on Friday that thousands of migrants adrift in Southeast Asian seas needed urgent rescue, as countries gathered in Bangkok to discuss the regional crisis.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News Polls Rohingya
DVB asks readers for opinions and solutions to the Rohingya boat people crisis.
Aid Lead Story Migrants Issues News Rohingya
Tony Abbott emphatically rejects suggestions that boat people could be resettled in Australia. Meanwhile, Canberra revises its aid package to Burma.
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A White House spokesperson has said that the US is “taking a careful look” at how to dealing with the crisis affecting Rohingya migrants in Southeast Asia.
Lead Story Migrants Issues News Politics
Burma’s Information Minister Ye Htut on Monday said that Burma will repatriate any so-called ‘boat people’ – so long as they can show evidence of citizenship.
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Lead Story Migrants Issues News
The first group of Burmese migrants among those rescued from slavery on remote Indonesian islands are flown to Rangoon on a government-sponsored flight.
Lead Story News Rohingya Video
More than 500 migrants, thought to be Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis, were rescued from boats off the coast of Indonesia’s northern Aceh province on Sunday, 10 May and given temporary shelter at a mosque in the town of Seunuddon.
Human Trafficking Lead Story News
Over 450 trafficked Burmese fisherman have been rescued from the Indonesian island of Benjina. Now, embassy officials are working for their repatriation.
Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News
Assistance is being provided to the Burmese nationals among those fishermen who were rescued from an island in Indonesia.
Labour Issues Lead Story Migrants Issues News
More than 300 Burmese and Cambodian migrants who were forced to work in slave-like conditions were rescued.
Business Weekly Lead Story News
In business this week: A Japanese loan for ICT; Indonesia explores Burmese tin; Rangoon to get its own Hooters bar
Almost 30 Thai and Burmese fishermen facing exploitation on deep-sea fishing trawlers in Indonesian waters recently sought help from a labour rights network.
Burma’s army chief and his Indonesian counterpart propose joint military exercises and reciprocal visits with the first such initiative being a peacekeeping training course to be held in Indonesia.
An Indonesian court has sentenced an Islamist militant to seven and a half years in prison for masterminding a plot to attack the Burmese Embassy in the Indonesian capital.
A district court in Jakarta on Monday has reportedly sentenced Achmad Taufik to seven years and six months in prison for his role in a failed plot to bomb the Burmese embassy in Indonesia.
Ethnic issues Feature Lead Story News Rohingya Video
Burmese asylum-seekers living in Indonesia say they will continue to risk their lives and travel by boat to Australia, despite the very high chance they will never get there.
Anti-terrorism squad kills six suspected militants and arrests another during an extended standoff at a house near the Indonesian capital which comes as an investigation continues into an alleged plot to bomb the Burmese embassy.
Lead Story News SEA Games Sport
Burma loses 1-0 to Indonesia on a night that will be more remembered for the disgraceful scenes after the match when disgruntled fans tore up seats, set fires and confronted riot police in the streets of eastern Rangoon.
