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Arakan Buddhists rally against the return of Muslim refugees
A 600-strong crowd in Sittwe called for the Burmese government to refuse to repatriate the Muslim refugees who fled recently to Bangladesh.
Buddhist mistrust of foreign aid workers hampers relief for Rohingya
Relief agencies struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims displaced by strife in northwestern Burma are facing rising hostility from ethnic Arakanese Buddhists who accuse the United Nations and foreign aid groups of only helping Muslims.
Arakanese woman publicly humiliated for being a ‘traitor’
"They punched me and hacked my hair off. Then they tied me with a rope and hung a sign around my neck.
Rohingyas penned in as Arakanese neighbours form blockade
Arakanese villagers, some armed with swords and sticks, reportedly set up makeshift checkpoints at six points around the Rohingya quarter.
Hundreds of Arakanese demonstrate against aid agencies
Buddhists in Arakan protest against aid organisations they accuse of giving support to Muslim Rohingya militants.
UN warns aid workers of rising Buddhist hostility in Arakan
The United Nations has warned aid workers in western Burma of rising hostility and imminent protests from troubled Arakan State’s majority Buddhists, some of whom say humanitarian agencies are giving support to Rohingya Muslim militants.
