ASEAN mulls assistance for Myanmar Rohingya

JAKARTA — Southeast Asian nations are considering humanitarian assistance for Muslim-minority Rohingya facing “pain and suffering” in Myanmar, the head of the ASEAN regional bloc said Wednesday.   Association of Southeast Asian Nations secretary...

Burma Lets the Rohingya Burn | Wall Street Journal

The Burmese government willfully ignores a human-rights disaster. The West’s faith in Burma isn’t being repaid. When U.S. President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on investments by American companies in the country last month, state security forces...

It’s Neo-Nazi Racism, Stupid!

Dr. Habib Siddiqui In his book – Worse Than War – Daniel Jonah Goldhagen says that during mass murders, the murderers themselves, their supporters and those who wish to stand idly by practice linguistic camouflage. And this has been the case with the...

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights visits Maungdaw

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Mr Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Burma from July 30 for four days  accompanied by other members visited Maungdaw Township, Arakan today (July 31), at about 1:30 pm by three Helicopters, according to an elder from Maungdaw....

Indonesia ready to fight for Rohingya

In his first official statement regarding the prolonged communal violence in western Myanmar between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said that Indonesia would raise the problem at the Extraordinary Summit of the Organization...