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Joint Statement of ARNO and BROUK on the Burma Union Day
Joint Statement of ARNO and BROUK on the Burma Union Day
On the occasion of the 64nd anniversary of Union Day Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) and Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) jointly state as follows:
LETTER OF CONDOLENCE: Demise of Mr. Khu Hteh Bu Phe,
We are shocked at the sudden and sad demise of Mr. Khu Hteh Bu Phe, Chairman of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and Prime Minister of Karenni government on 27th January 2011.
Rohingya boat people in Thailand need help and protection
PRESS RELEASE: STATEMENT OF ARNO ON THE ELECTIONS OF GENERALS IN BURMA
ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA
PRESS RELEASE
(13 November 2010)
STATEMENT OF ‘ARNO’ ON THE ELECTIONS OF GENERALS IN BURMA
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) again condemns the sham elections of the Burmese military general held on November 7, 2010, which brings no changes to the people of Burma except recurrence of the military rule with a civilian face.
As the people of Burma prophesied, the November 7 elections were neither free nor fair. The elections were only to prolong and consolidate civilianized military rule as they were based on SPDC’s undemocratic constitution drawn in 2008 against the aspiration of the people for human rights, federal democracy and principles of equality. The people of Burma will continue to suffer persecution.
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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18 Myanmar refugees arrive in Japan on resettlement program
Kyodo News International
Four families from Myanmar comprising 18 people arrived Friday evening in Tokyo on a pilot refugee resettlement program Japan introduced in fiscal 2010.
The families are of ethnic minorities in Myanmar, including Karen. They had been living in a refugee camp in Thailand across Myanmar’s border. After going through a 180-day program in Tokyo for vocational training and Japanese language study, they will decide on their employment options and where to settle.
After arriving at Narita airport on a flight from Bangkok, the refugees seemed tired but looked relieved at the sight of their Japanese hosts.
A 36-year-old man spent seven years in a refugee camp before coming to Japan with his wife and a child. He said he appreciated the warm welcome and expressed wishes to take up work after studying Japanese.Myanmar told violence threatens reforms
Associated Press, United Nations A group of Western and Asian governments are lauding Myanmar's progress toward democracy but warning outbreaks of communal violence could undermine the reforms. Foreign ministers meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the U.N. General...
Myanmar activists jailed for protesting against Chinese-led oil and gas project
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Myanmar court on Thursday sentenced 10 activists to three months in jail for protesting without a permit against a controversial Chinese-led oil and gas project in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, their defence lawyer said, in a case rights groups say is a sign of a new wave of authoritarianism creeping into Myanmar.
The activists were found guilty under Article 18 of the Peaceful Assembly Law, which requires police permission to march or hold a procession – a clause criticised by rights groups as undemocratic.Myanmar must continue making gains in democratic transition – UN chief
UN News Centre
26 September 2013 – Commending Myanmar for its remarkable progress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that the South-east Asian country must continue its democratic transition and overcome the inter-communal violence that is threatening it.
“Myanmar continues a journey towards a more open and broad-based democracy. Its robust civil society will play an increasingly crucial role as a bridge between government and citizens, in the process strengthening accountability, transparency and participation,” Mr. Ban told a ministerial meeting of his Group of Friends on Myanmar, which met on the margins of the 68th General Assembly in New York.Myanmar should keep good relations with the world’s nations—including China: Suu Kyi
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Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she hopes that Myanmar will maintain good diplomatic relations with all countries in the world—including China.
The National League for Democracy chair made the comment on Saturday during an address to the Singapore Summit, a forum organized by an inter-agency office.
“Myanmar has enjoyed friendly relations with many world nations. It has established a tradition of maintaining good relations not only with neighbouring countries but also with the West,” said Suu Kyi.More problems if Myanmar constitution not changed by 2015: Suu Kyi
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Myanmar will face more problems if the constitution is not changed by the next election in 2015, the country’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said at a news conference on Tuesday as she wrapped her visit to Singapore.
SINGAPORE: Myanmar will face more problems if the constitution is not changed by the next election in 2015, the country’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said at a news conference on Tuesday as she wrapped her visit to Singapore.
However, she did not elaborate on what these problems are.Jim Rogers: Forget India, try Myanmar or North Korea for next EM bonanza
Bad times are coming for India, says Jim Rogers. So where does the high-profile investor suggest for the next emerging-markets gold rush?
“You should get on the next plane you can and head to Myanmar or North Korea — maybe Angola,” Rogers told BBC Radio 4 reporter Simon Jacks on Tuesday.
In those Asian countries in particular, “there are extraordinary things happening — positive things happening,” he says.
All those countries could do with a boost. Myanmar — the former Burma — is ranked among the 10 worst economies in the world (Angola’s on that list too), while North Korea’s unstable currency is only one of the factors making it tricky to invest in the “Hermit Kingdom”.Myanmar wants to increase border trade with Thailand
NNT
BANGKOK, 24 September 2013 (NNT) – Myanmar is determined to strengthen economic partnership withThailand, as it targets increasing trade in the border areas.
After attending a welcome dinner party hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Speaker of Myanmar`s Parliament U Shwe Mann proceeded to the Government House to meet with Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.School Spotlight: Sun Prairie teachers help Myanmar educators
SUN PRAIRIE — Kathryn Fishnick said she has more empathy for her Horizon Elementary School students who are not native English speakers after taking a trip to Myanmar this summer to help evaluate the country’s educational system.
“We can talk to our students about putting yourself in other people’s shoes,” added Ali Armstrong, a school counselor and another participant on the trip.
Fishnick, a special education teacher, and Armstrong were two of four Horizon staff members who accompanied Thin Thin Rodgers, a Horizon parent and Burmese-English interpreter. Rodgers, a native of Myanmar, started the nonprofit group, Project Paramie, the trip sponsor. It’s named for a neighborhood in which she grew up.Reports
Analysis: Why civil registration matters in Asia
HIGHLIGHTS
• Two-thirds of children in South Asia unregistered at birth
• Unregistered are open to exploitation
• Harnessing technology to fight child marriages in Bangladesh
BANGKOK, 1 February 2013 (IRIN) – Stronger civil registration systems are needed in Asia, home to 60 percent of the world’s population, to ensure the legal and human rights of all, and facilitate health planning, experts say.
“Civil registration is the most basic requirement for individuals to establish legal identity and to formalize family relationships, and is thus a basic responsibility of the state,” Haishan Fu, director of the statistics division at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, told IRIN. “Without a legal identity, individuals may be deprived of the right of access to key public services such as health, education, social welfare and recourse to justice.”Rohingya Library
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