A history of ‘complete repression’ in Arakan state

Dec 15, 2012 | Report

Ethnic cleansing does not have to, by definition, emanate from a government. However after nearly 50 years of military rule, the apparatus of the state is entrenched in the fabric of Burmese society and as the pogrom continues in Arakan state, the back story provides...

Homeless and Helpless: The Rohingya Muslims of Rakhine State

Dec 8, 2012 | Report

By Andrew BuncombeThe Independent, December 5, 2012″What difference does a simple name make? For Mohammad Ali, a resident of this town’s last Muslim neighbourhood, a ghetto cut-off by barbed wire and military check-points, it matters to his very core....

Expert warns of Rohingya genocide

Dec 8, 2012 | Report

The findings are the result of a four-month investigation into events in western Myanmar this June 2012. It is produced by British filmmaker Phil Rees and will be broadcast at the following times: Al Jazeera English (GMT) Sun 9th Dec 0600Mon 10th Dec 2000Tue...