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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: ARNO Welcomes the Statement of Bangladesh Foreign Minister
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) welcomes Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni’s Statement at Bali Process strongly refuting Burmese Deputy Minister's stand on the origin of the Rohingyas. She stressed the need for a multilateral approach by the region to solve the Rohingya problem.
European Parliament resolution on the situation of Burmese refugees in Thailand
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The European Parliament, – having regard to the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 and to the Protocol on the Status of Refugees of 1967, – having regard to the joint statement by the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) and the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) of 26 January 2009, – having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure, A. whereas it has been reported that around 1000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi boat-people were intercepted by the navy in Thai territorial waters between 18 and 30 December 2008 and were subsequently towed into international waters without navigational equipment or sufficient food and water and whereas many of them are missing and feared drowned, |
Burma Fuels the Rohingya Tragedy
by Khin Maung Lay Posted March 6, 2009 The Rohingya, a people previously unknown to many, were recently the focus of international media attention when two groups totaling around 1,000 people landed on the shores of Thailand. For years, mostly...
Buthidaung Water Festival Program stalled suddenly
Buthidaung, Arakan State: The Buthidaung Water Festival Program of the Burmese New Year was suddenly shut down due to the behaviour of some army personnel on April 16, according to local sources.
The Water Festival Program is controlled by a local committee and the authority, with some conditions, in case a person wants to pour water on a woman on a stage, the source said.
Tropical Cyclone Bijli Could Strike Myanmar Near Anniversary of Nargis
AccuWeather.com reports Tropical Cyclone Bijli (01B) is gathering strength as it churns through the northern Bay of Bengal.
The current position has the center of the storm 350-400 miles south-southwest of Kolkata, India, and has been slowly moving north-northeastward over the past several hours. High pressure over northern India will gradually steer the system more to the northeast and east Friday and Saturday.
Rohingya people in panic in northern Arakan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Rohingya people in northern Arakan have been passing days and nights in panic because of SPDC authorities have been seizing lethal weapons from Rohingya villages while the Rakhine and Natala villagers have been equipped with lethal weapons and even with guns since 15 days ago, said a local politician requesting not to be named. The concerned authorities have been seizing lethal weapons such as— knives (Dah), choppers, swords, daggers, hoes, adzes, spades from Rohingya villages, meanwhile, the authorities have equipped— swords, catapults, hmya sue (Chin kali) and even guns— to the Natala (model) villagers and Rakhines. Besides, Rohingya villagers are not allowed to go to another village to do works, so the local poor people have been facing many difficulties to support their family members, he more added.
A protest from a Rakhine historian against a press release on Rohingya
By Habib Siddiqui
Khin Maung Saw's thesis on trying to de-legitimatize the Rohingya history in Arakan is not new. For the last three years, as an obsessed, xenophobic Rakhine, much given to pen-pushing, and spread of hateful messages, he is known for trying his best to re-write history that would obliterate Rohingya's historicity in today's Arakan. His pseudo-history has been already refuted by others.
The ARNOs Statement on 64th Anniversary of the Resistance Day
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation: Arakan, Burma
(27th March 2009)
Today is a very significant day. 64 years ago, on 27th March 1945, the whole people of Burma, in full unity, resisted and repulsed the fascist Japanese from the soil of Burma.
It was a great people’s movement under political leadership. It inspired and facilitated the people of Burma to ultimately achieve Burma’s independence from the British on 4th January 1948.
Arakan Magazine: February Issue
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