Wirathu denies fuelling Rakhine violence
Rakhine was experiencing “Bengali terrorism”, Wirathu said on Saturday as he emerged from a one-year preaching ban.
Rakhine was experiencing “Bengali terrorism”, Wirathu said on Saturday as he emerged from a one-year preaching ban.
Myanmar Journalist Network is to be evicted from its Yangon office — news that comes just a day after they had scheduled to host a press conference called by a group of anti-Wirathu Buddhist monks.
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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Parmaukkha was denied bail today on charges of inciting unrest during an anti-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in Yangon last year.
Maung Thway Chon, the would-be chairman of the PUP, said, “Our policy is anti-Bengali and to lead in the development of Buddhism.”
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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.
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Tensions high after a recent spate of killings. Arakanese Buddhists fear fresh attacks by Rohingya insurgents.
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Zaw Htay said that security forces carried out a clearance operation in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw region of the Mayu mountain range. “That’s where the terrorists were hiding,” he said.
Arakanese Pho Thar arrested today when he walked into a courthouse in Rangoon in an attempt to post bail.
“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.”
The chief editor of Myanmar Now, who is facing a lawsuit for insulting monk Wirathu, says he was threatened by three men near his home in Rangoon last night.
Burma’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture claims there is no mention of the word ‘Rohingya’ in historical documents dating back to the British colonial era.
Firefighters continue efforts to suppress the blaze on Friday afternoon. At least two persons are hospitalised for severe burns.
We are a “Buddhist missionary organisation, made up of monks and laymen who share the same vision,” says Ma-Ba-Tha.
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The storm centers on a statement Chief Minister of Rangoon made to exiled Burmese while in Singapore recently.
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The influence of Burma’s controversial Buddhist nationalist organisation Ma Ba Tha is being felt across the border in neighbouring Thailand.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Recent events in the last five years will all impact the general election in November, as Burma goes to the polls amidst conflict and religious tension.
Ma-Ba-Tha urged their supporters to safeguard the Protection of Race and Religion laws, at the final celebration at Thuwuna Indoor Stadium, Rangoon.
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The firebrand monk says the NLD are “full of themselves” and unlikely to win the vote. In response, an NLD spokesman says Wirathu should “go to hell”.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
A war of words is being fought largely over social media, between Ma-Ba-Tha and the NLD, highlighting tensions in the lead up to the general election.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Religion Rohingya
Government rejects foreign powers’ criticisms, saying the country has addressed religious concerns and that the election process is largely harmonious.
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A website has been launched dedicated to controversial Mandalay monk Wirathu and his hardline Burmese Buddhist monk group, Ma-Ba-Tha.
Thein Sein signs into law the last of four controversial bills decried by rights groups as aimed at discriminating against the country’s Muslim minority.
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A UN envoy accuses Burmese authorities of conducting surveillance on some of the people she met on previous visits.
Burma Human Rights Lead Story Myanmar News Politics
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee began her third official visit to the country today. Lee will tour Burma for five days.
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Recent successes over two very distinct issues prove the hardline monks’ group has its own broad political agenda.
The failure of nationalist hardliners to react to routine cases of violence against women suggests that it is ownership of Buddhist women and girls – rather than their protection – that motivates them.
Communal Violence Lead Story Mandalay Division News
Two men and three women are sentenced to 21 years with labour for circulating false claims that Muslims raped a Buddhist woman.
The Monywa photojournalist was detained by police on Friday for mocking government and military leaders in a satirical post on social media.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has slammed the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, for her use of the term “Rohingya” during a recent 10-day visit to the country.