Aug 22, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Iris C. Gonzales How do you solve a problem like Burma’s Arakan (Rakhine) State, where violence is almost a daily fare for the men, women and children in the impoverished area? The solution is not a simple one, but the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian...
Aug 22, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
BBC News-Asia A United Nations watchdog group says Australia has treated 46 detained refugees in an “inhuman” way and should release them. The refugees were denied visas and kept in detention centres for more than two years, the UN report said. The...
Aug 19, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
Tom Farrell Buddhist extremists are stirring up hatred of Rohingya and other Muslims in a display of racism that is part of a political agenda Just beyond the administrative buildings in Sittwe, capital of the state of Rakhine (Arakan) in northwestern Burma, a...
Aug 18, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
by Khin Maung Soe A leader of the minority Rohingya Muslim community in western Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state has called for a meeting between representatives of his group, local ethnic Buddhists and the government to put an end to deadly clashes in the region. Abu...
Aug 15, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
The Morung Express Sittwe, August 12 (Reuters): Attempts to bring stability to Myanmar’s strategic northwest Rakhine State could be unraveling after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims for the third time in two months, reviving tensions in a region beset by...
Aug 15, 2013 | Rohingya Issues
By Reuters Staff Attempts to bring stability to Myanmar’s strategic northwest Rakhine State could be unraveling after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims for the third time in two months, reviving tensions in a region beset by religious violence last year. Villages...
