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PRESS RELEASE: ARNO welcomes European Parliament Resolution on Burma
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
PRESS RELEASE
(24 April 2012)
ARNO welcomes European Parliament Resolution on Burma
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has welcomed the European Parliament resolution of 20 April 2012 which calls for changes to the 1982 law on citizenship to ensure due recognition of the right to citizenship of the Rohingya ethnic minority in Burma; for the release of all political prisoners without delay and conditions, and access of ICRC and international human rights bodies to Burma’s prisons; to introduce amendments to the 2008 constitution; to guarantee free and independent media; to initiate legal reforms in order to ensure a truly independent and impartial judiciary and to establish process of justice and accountability for past human rights abuses. The whole Rohingya people feel encouraged by this resolution.
PRESS RELEASE: ARNO Congratulates Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
PRESS RELEASE
(03 April 2012)
ARNO Congratulates Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has welcomed the results of the by-election that took place in Burma on 1st April 2012. We congratulate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and National League for Democracy for a resounding victory in this by-election, a key test of political reforms in Burma.
Press Release: Statement of ARNO on the 65th Anniversary of the Burma Union Day
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN
(12 February 2012)
Statement of ARNO on the 65th Anniversary of the Burma Union Day
On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Union Day Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) states as follows:
- 65 years ago, on February 12, 1947, the Panglong Agreement was signed between Gen. Aung San and leaders of the several ethnic groups in Panglong, Shan State. It was an epoch-making event in the history of Burma. The national leaders of both the Burman majority and ethnic nationalities of Burma committed themselves, for the first time, to achieve the country’s national sovereignty through the pure spirit of national unity, equality and fraternity. The history of Burma would have developed differently if there was no Panglong Agreement.
Press Release: 13 Rohingyas are not Taliban, it was all framed
The below-named Rohingya organisations strongly disapprove the statement, dated 14 January 2012, of the Burmese Home Minister Lt. General Ko Ko where he said, “the 13 persons arrested form Arakan border last year, for having connection with Taliban and taking explosive training, will be further detained.”
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
Latest News
Former Burmese Exile Broadcaster DVB Goes Commercial
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY
After more than two decades relying mainly on donors to fund its reporting and broadcasting, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a leading Burmese news outlet, has announced that it will turn to a commercial business model as donor funding dries up.
During an official announcement event at the Park Royal Hotel in Rangoon on Thursday, Khin Maung Win, deputy executive director of DVB, said “many challenges” would accompany the transformation.
“We might have many challenges ahead because we have been running our operations for 21 years with funding from donors, relying mainly on donors in the past. And we are not familiar with the process of how to run the organization commercially,” Khin Maung Win said.No Jobs at Home for Burmese Facing Expulsion From Thailand
By WILLIAM BOOT / THE IRRAWADDY
Desperate behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts by the government in Naypidaw to resolve the continuing migrant labour mess with Thailand “highlights the truly critical issue of the lack of employment opportunities in Burma,” a noted economist said.
Four-year work visas held by up to 100,000 Burmese migrant workers in Thailand have expired or are close to ending, and the Bangkok government has sent confused signals about the workers’ fate. Tens of thousands more visas will expire during 2014.
The visas were issued in administratively confused circumstances in 2009 and 2010, and Thai Ministry of Labour officials in Bangkok contacted by The Irrawaddy this week were unable to say exactly how many migrant workers were involved.Burma’s First Evening Private Daily on the Way
By KYAW HSU MON / THE IRRAWADDY
The Burmese-language newspaper, People Power, aims to hit the newsstands around 4 pm daily, as soon as it receives a license from the government’s press registration board, expected this week or next week.
“We have applied for a license, but we need to fulfill some requirements in the proposal,” managing editor Nyein Thu told The Irrawaddy on Thursday, saying the press registration board had given a green light to the newspaper but required some additional paperwork.
“That’s why the publishing date has been delayed—we originally planned to publish by the first week of October.”Is Burma’s Kachin maneuver anti-reform practice?
By Zin Linn
Burma/Myanmar government armed forces have been maneuvering strategic warfare against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) the armed wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) this time seems to be a crucial military operation of seizing more tactical positions around the challenger.
There are fresh reports from Kachin battle-frontline across the Internet as well as social media and the on-line newspapers constantly. Besides, people throughout the country including non-governmental organizations feel shock that this battle will cause more humanitarian disaster following 100,000 people fled their homes for safety shelter in remote forest during 28-month old war.NGO to Cut Rations for ‘Self-Reliant Refugees’ on Thai-Burma Border
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY
RANGOON — Rice rations for many of the more than 120,000 Burmese refugees living on the Thai-Burma border will be reduced, due to a reduction in funding for a humanitarian organization that has provided food for them for more than two decades.
The Border Consortium (TBC) says its funding for humanitarian work has dropped as donors redirect their funds to programs preparing for the return of refugees to Burma.
“However, donors are continuing substantial funding to humanitarian aid and making sure refugees continue to receive a standard ration while making sure the most vulnerable receive extra and children see no reduction,” TBC spokesman Mike Bruce told The Irrawaddy on Friday.On Gandhi’s Birthday, India Offers Assistance to Transitioning Burma
By SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY
Diplomats and scholars say neighboring India has much to offer Burma as it transitions away from authoritarian rule, with the world’s largest democracy also no stranger to the kind of ethnic conflicts that have for decades troubled the Southeast Asian nation.
At a ceremony marking Indian national hero Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday in Rangoon on Wednesday, Indian Ambassador to Burma Gautam Mukhopadhaya said the Indian Embassy was looking into ways that New Delhi might work together with the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC), a Burmese government-affiliated organization that is helping facilitate peace negotiations between the central government and the nation’s ethnic armed groups.
He said the Indian Embassy would also work closely with the government and civil society groups as Burma undergoes further democratic reforms and works toward national reconciliation.Burma’s Rakhine clashes kill five as Thein Sein visits
BBC Asia
At least five Muslims were killed by Buddhist mobs in the Burmese state of Rakhine on Tuesday, police say.
The bodies of four men were found near the town of Thandwe. Earlier a 94-year-old woman was confirmed killed.
Reports say terrified Muslims are hiding in fear of their lives. The renewed violence comes as President Thein Sein visits Rakhine.
Tensions between Buddhists and Muslims have risen in recent years in Burma, which is also known as Myanmar.
Violence which broke out in Rakhine in June 2012 left nearly 200 people dead and thousands displaced.Elderly woman killed in Myanmar sectarian violence
By KHIN MAUNG WIN
Associated Press
THANDWE, Myanmar (AP) – Terrified Muslim families hid in forests in western Myanmar on Wednesday, one day after rampaging Buddhist mobs killed a 94-year-old woman and burned dozens of homes despite the first trip to the volatile region by President Thein Sein since unrest erupted last year.
The violence near Thandwe, a coastal town the president was due to visit later Wednesday on the second day of his tour of Rakhine state, raised new questions about government’s failure to curb anti-Muslim attacks and or protect the embattled minority.Five dead in violence against Myanmar’s Muslim minorities
Morocco World News
LONDON – Rohingya Muslims have been the main target of Buddhist groups, resulting in hundreds of deaths and the displacement of 120,000 people last year
Buddhist rioters have killed four men and a 94-year-old woman and burnt down over 70 Muslim homes in Myanmar’s northern state of Arakhan after a reported dispute between a Buddhist and Muslim, according to local police.
Police said clashes broke out in Thabyachaing village, about 12 miles north of the coastal town of Thandwe, on Tuesday afternoon. They said the 94-year-old woman, Aye Kyi, died of stab wounds and that between 70 and 80 houses were set on fire.Reports
Burmawi panel completes work in Makkah
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — The task force drawn from various governmental departments to address the problems of the Burmawi community in Makkah and gather information about their number and conditions, has completed its work, according to a local daily.
The task force, which consists of 20 field teams, will also gather information about the Burmawi community in Taif and Jeddah to speed up the process of legalizing their residential status in the Kingdom.Rohingya Library
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