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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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The Rohingya community of Arakan , Burma (Myanmar) is one of the most down-trodden ethnic minorities of the world. They are victim of political oppression, economic exploitation, cultural slavery and communal violence in their ancestral land Arakan where they have been living centuries after centuries. |
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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The blood-drenched Arakan is being tormented decades after decades in a terrible death throe which has germinated from the grim showbiz of the Reign of Terror of the military rulers. The people of Arakan who had been once living in peace and perfect amity, have to witness many often recurrent phenomenon of communal violence, social anarchy and widespread unrest goaded by the despotic military rulers where the voice of peace and communal harmony is a far cry. |
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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It was 1978. I was a lad of eight years old. The military operation against the Rohingyas "Dragon King" was going on. Rohingyas were fleeing from different parts of Arakan to Bangladesh to save their life from the military crackdown. |
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Burma: The Road to Democracy |
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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Today it is well known to the world that during the long army rule, Burma has turned into a land of blood-bath. The military regime has taken the whole country to the brink of devastation. Our yards were full of grain and our country was full of smiles. But with the coming of the military rulers in 1962, our miseries knew no bounds. Our mother of grace was being dragged by the tress by the rapacious hands of the army who were constantly devouring the wealth of the land with gargantuan pair of belligerent jaws. |
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Population Transfers and Religious Persecution |
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
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The interviews with Rohingya refugees revealed what appeared to be a government policy of moving non-Muslim Burmese into northern Arakan in an effort to displace the people the government calls "foreigners." The population transfer has only intensified persecution of Muslims in the area as the following interviews illustrate. |
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