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    Tagged: ma-ba-tha

    Lead Story News Protest Rohingya

    Prominent Buddhist monk sentenced to 3 months for ‘inciting public unrest’

    Ultra-nationalist monk Parmaukkha was jailed for his role in leading an ant-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in April 2016.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Ultra-nationalist monk denied bail

    Parmaukkha was denied bail today on charges of inciting unrest during an anti-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in Yangon last year.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Suu Kyi under pressure as Rohingya exodus passes 123,000

    Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to stop violence against Rohingya Muslims.

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    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Persecution of Muslims on the rise in Burma: report

    At least 21 villages around Burma have declared themselves “no-go zones” for Muslims, report says.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Hundreds of Arakanese demonstrate against aid agencies

    Buddhists in Arakan protest against aid organisations they accuse of giving support to Muslim Rohingya militants.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Election commission probes new nationalist party

    Maung Thway Chon, the would-be chairman of the PUP, said, “Our policy is anti-Bengali and to lead in the development of Buddhism.”

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Suu Kyi’s office thanks citizens for not joining monks’ protests

    Office of State Counsellor thanks those who did not participate in sit-in protests staged by nationalist monks and hardline Buddhists aimed at overthrowing the government.

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Govt prepares to tackle Buddhist extremists

    A spokesperson for the religious affairs ministry said that local and township chapters of the Sangha Maha Nayaka have been instructed to stop the protests.

    Lead Story Media News

    Journalist Swe Win released on bail

    Swe Win was remanded in custody and escorted to Mandalay, where Maha Aung Myay court agreed to release him until his trial begins on 7 August.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Buddhist nationalist group attacks critics as ‘lowly people,’ vows to fight back

    The Buddhist nationalist group formerly known as Ma Ba Tha once again struck a defiant tone this week, releasing a statement proclaiming: “No matter which names the association has adopted, no changes will be made in terms of the standpoint of the association.”

    Lead Story News Religion

    Muslim man attacked by Buddhist nationalists in Meikhtila

    A Muslim man was attacked by Buddhist nationalists after a neighbour heard him talking about religion and told the Ma Ba Tha.

    Aid Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thousands urgently require shelter in north Arakan, says UN

    Most of the families are Rohingyas returning from Bangladesh, having fled their homes several months ago during an intense military crackdown in and around Maungdaw.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha rebranding, political decoupling do little to soothe critics

    Advocates of interfaith harmony say a renaming of the hardline Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha, and plans to formally inject its ideology into Burma’s political sphere, will do little to staunch — and may even exacerbate — the underlying religious intolerance that the organisation has been accused of fomenting.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha dealt potentially crippling blow by highest Buddhist authority

    The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee has announced a mid-July deadline that, if enforced, would effectively put an end to the public profile of the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Petitions against Wirathu to be lodged with Sangha

    “If the Sangha do not respond to us, we will cast the petition across the whole of Rangoon. And if that doesn’t work, we’ll take our campaign to Mandalay and other areas.”

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Two arrested over nationalists’ search for Rohingya in Rangoon

    At least two nationalists have been arrested in connection with a mob search in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township for alleged undocumented Rohingya’s.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma-Ba-Tha in spat with Buddhist clergy

    We are a “Buddhist missionary organisation, made up of monks and laymen who share the same vision,” says Ma-Ba-Tha.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Religion

    Monks vent fury after minister’s ‘We don’t need Ma-Ba-Tha’ comment

    The storm centers on a statement Chief Minister of Rangoon made to exiled Burmese while in Singapore recently.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    New Ma-Ba-Tha school teaches children to ‘protect race and religion’

    The nationalist monks opened a Rangoon school that teaches students how to become ‘decent citizens’ who protect Burma’s majority race and Buddhist religion.

    Lead Story News Opinion Religion

    Burma, leading the way toward Buddhist extremism

    The influence of Burma’s controversial Buddhist nationalist organisation Ma Ba Tha is being felt across the border in neighbouring Thailand.

    Lead Story News

    Monogamy Bill misses the target

    T’s husband ended their relationship with a simple text message, after leaving her for another woman. T turned to the Monogamy Bill for protection.

    Lead Story News Politics

    OPINION: Burma has failed women – that’s why the Monogamy Law is popular

    Patriarchal attitudes, bureaucratic indifference, and little support from society leave women feeling powerless.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Why Meikhtila embraced USDP

    Fears of a return of religious violence, favours from the ruling party and a large army presence conspired to land the USDP a standout victory in Meikhtila.

    Burma's ethnic Rohingya Muslims are not recognised as citizens of their country. (PHOTO: UNHCR).

    Arakan Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rangoon

    Men charged over ‘Rohingya calendar’

    A Rangoon court has used a printing and publishing law to fine five men for printing a calendar that reffered to Rohingya as an ethnic-religious minority.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Pro-nationalist sentiment dismissed on election day

    The NLD’s landslide victory over the USDP is seen to many as a dismissal of the anti-Mulism rhetoric that was employed by Ma-Ba-Tha during the election.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Building bridges in Sittwe

    In deeply divided Arakan State, one Buddhist man has created a safe space for Rohingya children to learn and play without fear.

    2015 Elections Contributor Lead Story News Politics

    OPINION: Should have read the small print

    Tomorrow’s election won’t be a turning point towards democracy; it’s another step in the military’s carefully thought-out plan, writes Mark Farmaner.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    From landslide to coup: post-election scenarios

    While an NLD victory looks likely in Sunday’s elections, we explore several possible outcomes.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics Suu Kyi

    ‘I will be above the president’ says Suu Kyi

    Suu Kyi says the NLD will win the election decisively, after which it will nominate a president, and that she’lll take on a role ‘above the president’.

    2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News

    ‘USDP members have right to join Ma-Ba-Tha’

    Moulmein USDP candidate Dr. Toe Toe Aung discusses his campaign challenges and offers some frank insight into the links between the Ma-Ba-Tha and USDP.

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