Press Releases
Press Release:CONCERN FOR U KYAW MIN & HIS FAMILY
(Arakan, Burma)
ARNO Condemns London Bombings
Arakan Rohingya National Orgnisation strongly condemns the bomb explosions in London on 21 July 2005. This is the second terrorist attacks on the British Capital in two weeks while the people of the United Kingdom with the international community are still mourning for the victims of the 7/7 outrages.
ARNO condemns the Terrorist Bomb attacks in London
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation strongly condemns the terrorist massacre in London Bombing. We recognize with sadness that among the dead were citizens of many nationalities and faiths. Many innocent people have been killed and injured.
Press Release: Commemoration of Daw Aung San Suu Kyis 60 th. Birthday
ARAKAN (Burma)
In This Issue:
- Editorial: Rohingyas are in a geopolitical crossroad: Global Powers and Competing Interests
- Rohingya Resilience in Exile: Rebuilding Lives in Refugee Camps
- Containing Arakan Army: A Security Imperative for Myanmar and Bangladesh
- Ending Digital Violence against Women and Girls
- Myanmar’s Election: Conflict, Exclusion, and a Crisis of Legitimacy
- Rohingya Families in Maungdaw Prepare to Flee Amid Forced Conscription Fears
- Arakan Army Orders Rohingya to Surrender Household Registration Lists
- Fire Tears Through Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Injuring Three Children and Destroying Dozens of Shelters
- Rohingya Men and Women Forced to Join Armed Group in Maungdaw
- ARNO Welcomes UN Third Committee Resolution on Rohingya Rights, Demands Accountability for Armed-Group Abuses
Latest News
Burmese dissident Suu Kyi is coming to the Forum 2000 conference
Forum 2000 Foundation
The Burmese opposition leader, member of parliament and Chairperson of the National League for Democracy Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting the Czech Republic for the first time in history. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who spent almost 15 years under house arrest when the military government was in power, is coming to the Czech Republic at the invitation of the Forum 2000 Foundation. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has also been a member of the Forum 2000 Foundation’s International Advisory Board since October of last year. “We invited Suu Kyi to Forum 2000 every year even though during her house arrest it was clear to us that this would only be a symbolic invitation,” says the Executive Director of the Forum 2000 Foundation. Jakub Klepal. “But this is precisely why we wanted to at least support her in this way in her fight for democracy and the observance of human rights in Burma. Václav Havel, who nominated her for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, would undoubtedly have taken great delight in her visit.”Can Myanmar Be Civilized? – OpEd
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was in Myanmar last week on a 10-day fact finding trip. It was his eighth official visit to the country that took him to Rakhine State, Chin State, Kachin State and Shan State, and Meikhtila in Mandalay Region.
Quintana’s visit to Burma got off to a bumpy start when he was greeted in Arakan State by nearly 90 Arakanese Buddhist Magh protesters, some of whom carried signs urging the “one-sided Bengali lobbyist” to “get out,” reflecting perceptions among some that the UN envoy is biased in favor of the state’s Rohingya Muslims. It is not unusual for a country that has come to symbolize the den of intolerance, racism and bigotry in our times. Many in Burma—including the government—refer to the Rohingya – who are indigenous to Arakan before Buddhist Maghs moved to the region – as Bengalis.Author: Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Myanmar: UN expert urges reconciliation, curbing spread of religious hatred
UN News Centre
A United Nations independent expert today urged greater inclusion of women and other minority voices in the peace efforts in Myanmar and called on the Government to fulfil its obligations in stemming the spread of incitement of religious hatred directed against minority communities.
Wrapping up his eighth visit to the South-East Asian country, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, stressed that Myanmar had made positive improvement in its human rights situation, and has the potential for further progress
But at the same time, he stressed that the historical need of reconciliation with ethnic groups and the spread of incitement of hatred against religious minority groups are among remaining critical challenges.Thailand Must Free Captive Rohingya, Says Rights Group
By Human Rights Watch Media Release
UPDATING All Day, Every Day
ABOUT 80 of 137 Rohingya men being held in the Immigration centre at Sadao in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province escaped about 3am today, according to aid sources.
Original Report
PHUKET: Thailand’s government should release ethnic Rohingya from Burma who are detained under inhumane and unsafe conditions, and ensure their protection needs are met, Human Rights Watch said today.
On August 13, 2013, the Thai cabinet considered a plan to transfer 1839 Rohingya who have been held in immigration detention facilities and social welfare shelters across Thailand to refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border.U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets: Burma
MENAFN
(Menafn – STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE/ContentWorks via COMTEX) –U.S. Relations With Burma
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Fact Sheet
August 13, 2013
U.S.-BURMA RELATIONS
The United States supports a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Burma that respects the human rights of all its peoples. Elections in November 2010 led to a peaceful transition from sixty years of military rule to a quasi-civilian government headed by President Thein Sein. Under President Thein Sein, the Government of Burma has initiated a series of political and economic reforms which have resulted in a substantial opening of the long-isolated country. These reforms include the release of many political prisoners, ceasefire agreements with 12 of 13 major non-state armed groups, greater freedom of the press, and parliamentary by-elections in 2012 in which pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her opposition party won 43 of the 44 seats they contested (out of 45) gaining approximately 11% representation in parliament.Conflict erupts over Govt teachers deployed to KNU areas
By Saw Eh Na
A move by the Burmese government to send teachers to Karen National Union controlled areas has created tensions with villagers.
Saw Mu Htee, from the Karen Teacher Working Group (KTWG) who is visiting Karen schools in the Pa-an district spoke to Karen News.
“In 2013, Burmese government sent more government teachers to Karen villages and order local educational authorities. Parents and the village education responsible authority were not informed. The government put in place the government’s teaching system [without consultation] and ordered the school to fly the Burma flag.”
KTWG is a Karen non-government organization (NGO) that provides Karen teacher training and educational assistance to villages in eastern Burma, specifically Karen State.Repentance and political will key to Burma’s peace process
Editorial – S.H.A.N
After reading a recent piece, dated 16 August, written by Harn Yawnghwe, in DVB, titled: “Can President Thein Sein be trusted?” two crucial points raised, need to be emphasized. One is “engaging the Bama or Burman” and the other, the need to learn from our “past mistakes”.
In his closing remark, Harn Yawnghwe writes: “Can we learn from our mistakes? Now, as then, conditions are not ideal. Will we wait for ideal conditions or will we make the best of the situation and try to make them better?”
I really don’t think Harn Yawnghwe should worry about the non-Burman ethnic nationalities for not engaging the Bama or political power holder of the day seriously enough.Myanmar risks spiralling anti-Muslim unrest: watchdog
AFP
Myanmar has strongly denied previous accusations of ethnic cleansing
Myanmar must address anti-Muslim propaganda and stamp out a culture of impunity for religious violence or risk “catastrophic” levels of conflict, a rights group warned Tuesday.
Physicians for Human Rights described attacks on Muslims, that have swept the country since fighting first broke out last year as “widespread and systematic,” in a report examining unrest that has killed around 250 people and left tens of thousands homeless.
The US-based group said that while the situation in the country currently appeared calm, a failure to properly investigate and deal with the causes of the tensions risks further clashes.
PHR reported that “the brazen nature of these crimes and the widespread culture of impunity in which these massacres occur form deeply troubling preconditions that make such crimes very likely to continue.”Reports
Al Jazeera Investigates : The Hidden Genocide
{youtube}CqCcoXVb-fI{/youtube}
Rohingya Library
All ABOUT ROHINGYA
Press Release
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Experts Writing
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Rohingya History
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Rohingya Culture
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Rohingya Books
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.