Oct 20, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By IRIN Access to water just got more difficult YANGON, 18 October 2013 (IRIN) – Water access for tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State could worsen after the dry season begins in November, with...
Oct 17, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Associated Press MAUNGDAW, Myanmar — The 10-year-old struggles up the hill, carrying buckets filled with rocks. Though he tries to keep a brave face in front of his friends, his eyes brim with tears. Every inch of his body aches, he says, and he feels sick and...
Oct 12, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
(Burma times) by Ibrahim Shah – “Urgent! Urgent! Urgent! In Burma, isn’t it: Alas! What—? “To disband the pernicious virus that interrupts fragile reform in Burma—the newly registered neo-Nazi party known as Rakhine Nationalities Development party (RNDP) that has...
Oct 12, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
WNN Breaking (WNN) Denver, Colorado, U.S., AMERICAS: The United Nations agency for children, UNICEF, is urging all waring parties in Myanmar, also known as Burma, to “put an end to violence” as they focus on the plight of children under conflict conditions. In...
Oct 7, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui The House Foreign Affairs/Asia Sub-committee of the U.S. Congress recently held a hearing to examine the current political environment inside Burma (Myanmar), the growing human right abuses among its ethnic groups, and assess U.S. policy towards...
Oct 7, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
Saudi Gazette THANDWE, Myanmar — The Buddhist mob mutilated and burned Khin Naing so severely his son couldn’t recognize the body, one of series of attacks that suggest a resurgence of a monk-led movement in Myanmar accused of stoking violence against Muslims. Flies...