Oct 4, 2013 | News / Article
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY Diplomats and scholars say neighboring India has much to offer Burma as it transitions away from authoritarian rule, with the world’s largest democracy also no stranger to the kind of ethnic conflicts that have for decades troubled the...
Oct 4, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
BBC Asia At least five Muslims were killed by Buddhist mobs in the Burmese state of Rakhine on Tuesday, police say. The bodies of four men were found near the town of Thandwe. Earlier a 94-year-old woman was confirmed killed. Reports say terrified Muslims are hiding...
Oct 2, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By KHIN MAUNG WINAssociated Press THANDWE, Myanmar (AP) – Terrified Muslim families hid in forests in western Myanmar on Wednesday, one day after rampaging Buddhist mobs killed a 94-year-old woman and burned dozens of homes despite the first trip to the volatile...
Oct 2, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
Morocco World News LONDON – Rohingya Muslims have been the main target of Buddhist groups, resulting in hundreds of deaths and the displacement of 120,000 people last year Buddhist rioters have killed four men and a 94-year-old woman and burnt down over 70...
Oct 2, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
YANGON (Reuters) – Security forces raced to contain deadly violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Tuesday, police said, after mobs torched Muslim homes and Buddhist villagers were attacked in a third day of unrest in a region plagued by intractable...
