Dec 8, 2012 | News / Article
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) are in talks to jointly launch a humanitarian mission for refugees of the deadly conflict between the Rohingya and Rakhine ethnic groups in Myanmar. OIC secretary-general Ekmeleddin...
Dec 8, 2012 | News / Article
Daniel Schearf December 06, 2012BANGKOK — The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator,Valerie Amos, is meeting with Burma’s President Thein Sein after visiting displaced peoples camps in Rakhine and Kachin...
Dec 8, 2012 | News / Article
We ask everyone around the world to light a candle for U Gambira (Ko Nyi Nyi Lwin) and all victims of injudicial arrest, detention and torture in Burma.The event will start on Monday, December 10th, the international Human Rights Day and will be going on in the next...
Nov 22, 2012 | News / Article
Burma’s President Thein Sein told reporters on Wednesday that the government will pursue a four-point plan aimed at resolving the bitter divisions between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Rakhine State. He said the plan will involve changing people’s prejudices,...
Nov 21, 2012 | News / Article
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (Bernama) — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is in the midst of arranging a visit to Myanmar for discussion on ways to resolve the crisis faced by minority Rohingya Muslims. According to OIC, the visit will be led by...
Nov 21, 2012 | News / Article
Myanmar President Thein Sein has asked Indonesia to help his government in resolving ongoing ethnic tensions in the country’s western Rakhine state, where more than 110,000 people, the vast majority of them Muslims known as Rohingya, have been displaced. “Myanmar...
