Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
By Chris LewaConsultant and Coordinator of the Arakan Project Delivered at the Burma/Myanmar Forum 2006 A Conference organised by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) Panel I – Challenges: Working in...
Apr 27, 2008 | Chris Lewa
By Chris Lewa On 25 November 2007, a trawler and two ferry boats carrying some 240 Rohingyas being smuggled to Malaysia sank in the Bay of Bengal. About 80 survived; the rest drowned. A week later, another boat sank, allegedly fired at by the Burmese Navy. 150...
Mar 1, 2008 | ARNO Press Release
29th February 2008Arakan Rohingya National Organisation strongly condemns the State Peace and Development Council for its announcement of 1/2008, 2/2008, and 3/2008 about holding of referendum on its draft constitution in May 2008. The draft...
Feb 15, 2008 | ARNO Press Release
14 February 2008We at Arakan Rohingya Organisation (ARNO) are shocked and saddened at the assassination of Padoh Mahn Sha, the General Secretary of the Karen National Union (KNU) at his home in the border town of Maesod, Thailand. It is no doubt, the murder was...
Jan 21, 2008 | Chris Lewa
December 3, 2007 Mr. Chair, Honorable Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for inviting me before this commission. Having worked with ethnic people from Burma and, more specifically with the Rohingya minority for the last 7 years, I am...
