MAUNGDAW, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – Hla Moe, 25, has a university degree but it is worthless in the eyes of Myanmar's military government. Thus, he and other Rohingya youth have no choice but to till the land just as their ancestors have done for generations...
Thursday 9 July, 7.30pm Venue: St Margaret's Church, Westminster Tickets: £20.00 £15.00 Restricted View English PEN's Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) and the John Armitage Memorial Trust (JAM) are holding a joint fundraiser in honour...
B6‑0084/2009The European Parliament,– having regard to the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 and to the Protocol on the Status of Refugees of 1967,– having regard to the joint statement by the...
Buthidaung, Arakan State: The Buthidaung Water Festival Program of the Burmese New Year was suddenly shut down due to the behaviour of some army personnel on April 16, according to local sources. The Water Festival Program is controlled by a local committee and...
AccuWeather.com reports Tropical Cyclone Bijli (01B) is gathering strength as it churns through the northern Bay of Bengal. The current position has the center of the storm 350-400 miles south-southwest of Kolkata, India, and has been slowly moving north-northeastward...
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Rohingya people in northern Arakan have been passing days and nights in panic because of SPDC authorities have been seizing lethal weapons from Rohingya villages while the Rakhine and Natala villagers have been equipped with lethal weapons and...
