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Census-takers fail to count Rohingyas
Census-takers are locked in a standoff with Rohingya householders in Arakan State as the Muslim minority decline to answer questions while the enumerators refuse to record their ethnicity on the census questionnaires.
Buddhist mob attacks aid offices in Sittwe
Hundreds of Arakanese Buddhists gathered and attacked homes and offices occupied by Malteser International in Arakan State capital Sittwe on Wednesday night.
Burma’s badly needed census may have come too soon
Incomplete demographic data is holding back development efforts in a new Burma, yet counting heads now could cause violence.
Arakanese threaten to boycott census over Rohingya issue
Arakanese Buddhists from all of the state’s 17 townships have vowed to boycott Burma’s upcoming census after the government ignored an ultimatum to omit the term “Rohingya” from data collection.
Burmese Islamic group issues census directives
The All Myanmar Islam Association has issued census directives to the country’s Islamic population as Rohingya classification remains a contentious issue.
Burma calls on UN to respect its sovereignty
Responding to this week’s UN resolution on Burma which urged Naypyidaw to grant citizenship to the country’s Rohingya community, presidential spokesman Ye Htut hit back, calling on the world body to respect Burma’s sovereignty.
