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In This Issue:
- Editorial: Myanmar’s Federal Vision Hinges on Rohingya Inclusion
- Myanmar’s Draft Law and Women Under Arms
- Independence Promises and the Systematic Stripping of Minority Rights in Myanmar
- The Arakan Army’s Divide-and-Rule Tactics Against the Rohingya
- Rohingya Security and Peace in Rakhine
- IIMM Shares Evidence of Crimes Against Rohingya with International Courts
- Dhaka Declaration: Rohingya Speak with One Voice
- A Mosque Reopens in Maungdaw but What Does It Really Mean?
- Rohingya Women are Forced into Arakan Army Ranks
- On the 8th Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide the Crisis Continues, the World Must Act
- ARNO Expresses Concern Over Crisis Group Report’s Misrepresentation of Rohingya Realities
- Eight Years On, Genocide Against Rohingya Persists
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PRESS RELEASE: STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF DAW AUNG SUU KYI
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
PRESS RELEASE
(13 November 2010)
STATEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF DAW AUNG SUU KYI
- We warmly welcome the release of Burma democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi today. The release was long overdue and her detention for 15 of the past 21 years was a mockery.
- Daw Suu, who was barred to participate at the military held November 7, 2010 elections, is a source of an inspiration for the people of Burma. The news of her release has outshined the common pain of the people over the false elections. In facts, her participation in these sham elections wouldn’t have any difference as they were based on SPDC’s 2008 undemocratic constitution which does not signify any political changes or democratic reforms excepting to consolidate the military rule with a civilian face.
Press Release: ARNO welcomes the resolution tabled by Congressman Chris Smith
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
(10 October 2010)
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has welcomed the resolution introduced by the Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey on September 30, 2010 in US House of Representatives.
The draft resolution, among other things, (i) calls on the Burmese regime to recognize the Rohingya people as “full and equal citizens” and to lift restrictions of movement, marriage and access to education imposed on them; (ii) calls on the Government of Bangladesh to address “the dire humanitarian conditions and food insecurity in the makeshift camps” for Rohingya refugees on the border and to stop forcing unregistered Rohingya back to Burma;
Press Release: ARNO welcomes US support for UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
Press Release
(19 August 2010)
ARNO welcomes US support for UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) welcomes the decision of the United States to support for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry to investigate into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. The USA became the 5th nations to support the proposal of UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Tomas Ojea Quintana to consider establishing a UN Commission of Inquiry on Burma. Australia, United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are the four other countries that already had expressed their support for the proposal.
Press Release: Statement of ARNO on the juntas election
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
Press Release
(18 August 2010)
Statement of ARNO on the junta’s election
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) denounces the holding of a general election on November 7, 2010 by ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) without creating conducive political environment in Burma.
Crimes Against Humanity Committed Against Rohingyas in Western Burma,
Concludes Report from Irish Centre for Human Rights,NUI Galway
Thursday, 16 June, 2010: The Rohingya minority group in Western Burma has been victim
of human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity, according to a report
released today by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. The report, entitled
Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas, was officially
launched by Micheál Martin, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Iveagh House, Dublin.
“For decades now, the Rohingya minority group has endured grave human rights violations in
North Arakan State. Every day, more Rohingya men, women and children are leaving Burma,
fleeing the human rights abuses in the hope of finding peace and security elsewhere,” said
Professor William Schabas, director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway.
The Report is based on extensive open-source research and on a fact-finding mission to
Burma, Thailand and Bangladesh conducted by experts in international criminal
investigation. As well as interviewing organisations working in the region, investigators met
with Rohingya victims in and around refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Rohingyas’ plight
has been overlooked for years and the root causes of their situation still remain underexamined.
The Irish Centre for Human Rights’ Report identifies and discusses some of these
causes.
Today is the 65th birthday of Burma democracy icon, noble peace laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
Press Release
(19th June 2010)
Today is the 65th birthday of Burma democracy icon, noble peace laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She is spending her birthday in detention away from her relatives and friends. She has spent almost 15 years in detention since 1989.
Time and again the United Nations, with the international community, and the world leaders expressed that her arrest is illegal and is a clear violation of international law. But no real action has yet been taken to secure her release as well as the release of all political prisoners. Like an ostrich the military regime is unheard of the Burmese people’s clamours and international outcries, and is busy with its own undemocratic roadmap trying to legitimize its military dictatorship, with worst record of human rights violations and crimes against humanity, in the country.
An MoU for unifying Rohingya leaders signed at OIC
Upon the initiative of the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the department of Muslim Minorities and Communities invited leaders of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Burma, to setup a platform for unification...
Desperate plight of Burma’s Rohingya people
Nasima, 22, is from the Rohingya ethnic group, a Muslim minority that lives in western Burma. Rights groups say it is one of the most persecuted communities in the world – they were made stateless in 1982, and deemed to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh.
Several hundred thousand have since crossed into Bangladesh, where people speak a similar language. This year Dhaka has been accused of arresting hundreds of Rohingya and forcing them over the border – claims the government denies. It says it is too poor to help them. The BBC's Mark Dummett spoke to Nasima in the Kutupalong makeshift camp, which is now home to more than 30,000 Rohingyas.
Nasima's baby died as she fled Burma back to Bangladesh
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"In Burma my people face persecution, so that's why we come to Bangladesh," Nasima said.
"In my family's case, we came under pressure from the government because we had some property.
"One day, the army accused my father of sheltering someone who had just returned from Bangladesh. Anyone who comes back to Burma is sent to jail, so it is illegal to look after them. But that accusation was false.
"They took my father to a military camp and beat him up. After seven days they sent us his blood-stained clothes and said they would kill him.
"So we sold all our cattle and chickens at the market. We sent that money to the camp and they then released him.
"Later, my brother was attacked by some Buddhist people. He was badly injured and after lots of suffering he eventually died.
"As I grew up, my father decided that I wasn't safe in Burma. The government doesn't let us marry so he told me to leave for Bangladesh.
"We had a relative who was handicapped and a beggar, and she agreed to look after me.
"We took a boat over the river and it was very dangerous. On the other side we were stopped by the Bangladesh Rifles [BDR].
Press Release: ARNO supports the NLDs decision
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATIONARAKAN, BURMAPress Release(31 March 2010)ARNO supports the NLD’s decisionArakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) fully supports the decision of the National League for Democracy (NLD) not to register as a political party...
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