Jan 30, 2013 | News / Article
A Rohingya youth who was escorting his 2 elder sisters to their father-in- laws’ homes following a wedding ceremony was detained and tortured by Nasaka (Burma’s border security force), according to the youth’s relative who spoke to the Kaladanpress on condition of...
Dec 19, 2012 | News / Article
SITTWE, Myanmar – Six months ago, 55-year-old Misho was contemplating an early retirement. Today, all she wants is a roof over her head. She is one of the tens of thousands of people whose lives were uprooted when inter-communal violence broke out in western...
Dec 19, 2012 | News / Article
Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said yesterday that he would soon visit Myanmar as the head of a high-level delegation including OIC foreign ministers as part of efforts to stop the attacks against Rohingya Muslims....
Dec 16, 2012 | News / Article
Burma (MNN) ― It’s a situation that is being ignored by the international media and governments around the world. According to a team member with Partners Relief & Development (PRAD), sectarian violence broke out in Arakan State, Western Burma in May 2012...
Dec 16, 2012 | News / Article
Jakarta, 1 Shafar 1434/14 December 2012 (MINA) – Six months of sectarian violence has driven more than 100,000 people from their homes in western Burma, said BBC News Asia in a byline story by Jonah Fisher received by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) here, Friday....
Dec 16, 2012 | News / Article
India will open a consulate at Sittwe, a sea port on the Myanmarese flank of the Bay of Bengal, becoming the first country to have three missions in the country. China and India have their embassies in the national capital and consulates in Mandalay. Sittwe port,...