Oct 17, 2012 | News / Article
by Danielle BernsteinThe Organization of Islamic Cooperation says Burma’s decision to deny it an office in the country is a setback that appears to contradict an earlier agreement the group struck with Burmese officials. This week, thousands of Burmese monks and...
Sep 30, 2012 | News / Article
(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world’s largest Islamic body on Saturday to “treat carefully” the issue of the stateless Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar because it could affect the reform process underway in the country,...
Aug 27, 2012 | News / Article
By Patrick Barta YANGON—Intolerance toward Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar has dented some Americans’ perceptions of the country, but hasn’t significantly altered Washington’s views on easing sanctions, the U.S.’s new ambassador in Yangon said. Like other Western nations,...
Aug 27, 2012 | News / Article
By Habib Siddiqui Myanmar government wants to hide its despicable record of racism and bigotry against non-Buddhist minorities inside the country by saying that there was no religious discrimination. As we say here, when a duck flies like a duck, swims like a duck and...
Aug 27, 2012 | News / Article
A government official in Cox’s Bazar said Friday that Bangladesh will not reverse its decision to suspend operations of NGOs serving the Muslim Rohingya refugees in the country, despite an urgent call from an international rights group to allow humanitarian aid. “Two...
Aug 27, 2012 | News / Article
August 24, 2012 By admindiggEmail Sajjad has welcomed the British Government’s strong stance against the on-going state-sponsored violence affecting the minority Rohingya people in Burma, and the promise by the Foreign Office to engage with multilateral organisations...
