Feb 4, 2013 | News / Article
Burma, also known as Myanmar, was long considered a pariah state, isolated from the rest of the world and with an appalling human rights record. From 1962 to 2011, the country was ruled by a military junta that suppressed almost all dissent and wielded absolute power...
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 17, 2012 | Press Release (Others)
Days ago, 7 year-old Fatimah died of dehydration, cast out and neglected by her home country of Burma because she is a Muslim. And she’s not alone — thousands of Rohingya Muslims are starving to death or even murdered because of their religion and ethnicity. But...
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...
