Mar 30, 2013 | News / Article
PECIAL CORRESPONDENTTrending Discussions NEW YORK – An international human rights watchdog body Thursday accused the Myanmar’s government of systematically restricting humanitarian aid and imposing discriminatory policies on Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State.The...
Mar 29, 2013 | News / Article
Ahead of the monsoon season set to start in Myanmar in May, a senior United Nations humanitarian official today called for urgent help for more than 125,000 people displaced by inter-communal fighting in Rakhine state, a region he had just visited. Speaking to...
Mar 29, 2013 | News / Article
By Patrick Winn YANGON and MANDALAY, Myanmar — To untrained eyes, the symbol that has suddenly appeared on shop windows across Myanmar appears benign: a patchwork of pastel hues overlaid with the numerals 969. But to Muslims living in overwhelmingly Buddhist Myanmar,...
Mar 29, 2013 | News / Article
The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide today voiced deep concern at reports of increased violence between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Myanmar, and called on leaders to promote respect for diversity and peaceful coexistence. Last week...
Mar 29, 2013 | News / Article
by Andrew SelthAndrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute. Given the spate of articles in the news media which connect the anti-Muslim riots in Burma last week with the sectarian violence in Rakhine (Arakan) State last year, it may be helpful to...
Mar 29, 2013 | News / Article
Mark SnowissWhen 16 Burmese newspapers are granted operating licenses on April 1, they will become the first independent dailies allowed to publish in nearly 50 years. While journalists have described the move as a major step toward media freedom in Burma, they have...
