Oct 14, 2013 | News / Article
YANGON, Myanmar, Oct. 11 (UPI) — Members of the minority Muslim community in Myanmar said they were able to find safety from violence in Rakhine state by hiding out in Yangon. Hundreds of Muslims from Rakhine fled to Yangon, the country’s former capital,...
Oct 13, 2013 | News / Article
McClatchy Tribune in Yangon Fighting in disputed region continues despite agreement to ease tensions, with both sides accused of continuing to enlist child soldiers Analysts and members of the Kachin community have expressed scepticism about a seven-point agreement...
Oct 13, 2013 | News / Article
By Farish A. Noor NATION-BUILDING: It must ensure the rights of all communities, including the Rohingya, are protected ONCE again, violence is flaring in the state of Rakhine, Myanmar. Once again, the headlines are full of stories about the violence meted out to the...
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 12, 2013 | News / Article
By ZARNI MANN & SAMANTHA MICHAELS / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — Burma’s government has removed more than 1,000 Burmese doctors from a blacklist that stripped them of their medical licenses and prevented many who lived abroad from returning home. As Burma attempts to...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By BBC Police have found two more bodies in the western Burmese state of Rakhine, bringing the death toll to seven after recent deadly religious clashes. The bodies are those of two local Buddhist men. Police said last week that four men and a 94-year-old woman...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By DVB The Karen National Union (KNU) is ready to sign a nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to one of its most prominent central executive committee members, Mahn Nyein Maung, who spoke to DVB in an interview on Monday. “The KNU is looking to find solutions to...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY Following last week’s outbreak of deadly inter-communal violence in Thandwe Township, southern Arakan State, police arrested 48 people for their role in the unrest. An Arakan politician said on Wednesday that 35 of the detained are...
Oct 12, 2013 | News / Article
By SHWE AUNG Burma’s Joint-house Committee for Reviewing the Constitution has announced through state media that it is seeking advice from political, legal, administrative and public stakeholders on how to proceed with moves to either amend or rewrite the 2008...
