(Burma Times) Yangon – The United States is deeply concerned about recent reports of violence against Muslim-majority communities around Thandwe, Rakhine State. We are saddened to hear reports that at least one person was killed, several injured, and hundreds of civilians displaced in violence that included arson attacks destroying dozens of homes and several mosques. The United States strongly condemns such acts of violence.

BurmaTimes – Ibrahim Shah- Around twelve o’clock at midday on 29th September, a motorcycle owned by one Buddhist youth Maung Naing Oo was placed in front of a shop owned by the Chairman of Kaman Muslim party in Thandwe. The Buddhist youths started to argue harshly when the shopkeeper requested them to remove and place the vehicle some ahead from the shop since the vehicle closed the entrance of the shop.

On the double, the Buddhist youth diffused the entire town that the Kaman Muslim Party Chairman insulted Buddhism. The main reason of diffusion of such aggressive news is because the extremists of RNDP and the 969 Campaign have been seeking chances to attack the Kaman Muslims since long time.

(Burmatimes) by WAM NEW YORK, 28th September 2013 (WAM)– The UAE has expressed concern over the acts of violence which target the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, and demanded the international community encourage the government of Myanmar to carry out its duty to put an end to these acts which contradict the basic principles of human rights, as well as to help the Rohingya restore their rights as a Muslim Minority in Myanmar.

The UAE also re-affirmed that it will continue to provide humanitarian aid to the victims of violence in Myanmar and to defend the legitimate rights of the Muslim minority in the country.

This came in the UAE’s statement at the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on Rohingya, held in New York, USA, under the chairmanship of Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of OIC, on the margins of the 68th United Nations General Assembly.

By AP

Former President Jimmy Carter talks to journalists during a news conference Thursday at Strand Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. Carter and other former world leaders wrapped up a visit to Myanmar with calls to address spiraling Buddhist-led violence against minority Muslims.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Jimmy Carter and two other former world leaders who are part of a group known as “The Elders” wrapped up a visit to Myanmar on Thursday with calls to address Buddhist-led violence against minority Muslims and end impunity for the perpetrators.

“No one can afford to ignore these senseless, destructive, repeated acts of brutality,” they said.

“This is a very serious problem for the world community,” the former U.S. president said, adding how it is tackled by the quasi-civilian government will be a “key test as to whether Myanmar is going to honor international standards of human rights.”

Editor: Hou Qiang

Xinhua

Myanmar’s opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) on Saturday urged to amend the country’s 2008 Constitution.

The NLD-formed Constitution Amendment Committee said in an announcement that constitution amendments is necessary as rule of law, internal peace and genuine democracy building are depending upon it.

The committee found out that the present constitution includes provisions which are not in line with democracy standard and which harm the free and fair 2015 General Election.

The committee and ethnic political parties recently held discussions regarding whether to support amendments to the 2008 Constitution or call for a new constitution to replace it, but the solution has not resulted yet, the announcement said.