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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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Opinion: Burma’s draft media law reflects the government’s reform
By Zin Linn
Press freedom of Burma is still in the midst of an uncertain circumstance. The press law or the media law is a no-win situation so far. Since the majority of media personnel rejected the formation of the Core Press Council, the interim press council was a compromise between information ministry and the defiant journalists. The latest ‘interim press council’ was formed by referencing international standard of ‘Co-regulatory System’, as mentioned on the website of the Ministry of Information. Even though interim press council was formed on 17 September 2012 in Rangoon as a substitution for the Myanmar Core Press Council, its existence will be insecure within a few months.
According to earlier media reports, the interim Press Council has been assigned the task of drafting a code of conduct and to offer its input in rewriting a draft media law proposed by the Information Ministry. Most journalists believed that press council members’ major responsibility would be helping to draft the press law.Still in the dark on Myanmar�s nuclear ambitions
Robert Kelley
Francis Wade
Thein Sein must come clean on the ambitions of his military to break away from Myanmar’s past.
Three years ago a defector from the Myanmar military fled the country with extensive documentation of a nascent secret nuclear programme. The chain of custody and validation of the material he possessed rivals the equivalent information currently attributed to Iran, whose own ambitions have become the target of threats of war from the US and Israel.Exiled student group signs peace plan
By Todd Watson
The ABSDF formed in the aftermath of the 8888 Uprising, which led to thousands being massacred by the military, fought alongside rebels and ethnic minority groups.
YANGOON: Earlier this month, the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) agreed to a 12-point cease-fire plan with the government of Myanmar.
This is by far the most fruitful development to come from last week’s commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy uprising.
The ABSDF was formed in the aftermath of the 8888 Uprising, so called because it began on 8 August 1988, which led to the massacre of thousands of Burmese citizens by the military.Seeking Safe Passage, Persecuted Myanmar Minority Risk Abuse by Traffickers
BY JUDY WOODRUFF: Next to Southeast Asia.
The nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is home to one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, that according to the U.N.They are Muslims known as the Rohingya.And human rights groups say they have been recent targets of ethnic cleansing by their Buddhist neighbors.
John Sparks of Independent Television News reports on the dangerous journey for those who try to leave.
JOHN SPARKS: On a windswept stretch of the Bangladesh coast, there is a ragged-looking settlement hidden amongst the trees, home to thousands who’ve fled from neighboring Burma.They’re Rohingya Muslims fleeing vicious ethnic violence in their homeland, but few want to stay, however.They have come here to find themselves a ship.They want to escape.And these people are desperate.Rohingya Leader Calls for Talks with Myanmar Government, Rakhines
by Khin Maung Soe
A leader of the minority Rohingya Muslim community in western Myanmar’s restive Rakhine state has called for a meeting between representatives of his group, local ethnic Buddhists and the government to put an end to deadly clashes in the region.
Abu Tahay, chairman of the Union Nationals Development Party (UNDP), said the three groups should include an international arbitrator to independently judge on issues that have led to clashes between members of his minority group and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists, which last year left nearly 200 dead and 140,000 displaced.
“We need a group that can exert influence on both communities, such as an international intermediation group,” Abu Tahay told RFA’s Myanmar Service in an interview in Washington on Tuesday.Murder Trial Begins for Burmese Buddhists
VOA News
Burma has begun the trial of six Buddhist men accused of killing Rohingya Muslims during an incident that helped spark last year’s deadly sectarian violence.
The men face up to life in prison if convicted at the trial in the Rakhine state town of Taungkok, northwest of Rangoon.
They are the first to go on trial for the June 2012 incident, in which a mob dragged 10 Muslims from a bus and killed them.
A local man who did not want to be identified told VOA the killings were instigated by people who did not live in the town.
“We doubt the arrest and alleged charges on those six men. It’s impossible to kill 10 people by only six. There were many suspicious things in this accident. Most of those who were involved and committed the crimes are strangers, not locals,” he said.Peace Prize winner fights for survival of her health clinic
Sharon Bradley
The winner of this year’s Sydney Peace Prize, to be announced on Saturday, is fighting for the future of her internationally-renowned health clinic based in Thailand after AusAid slashed its funding last month.
As famous in Myanmar as her fellow countrywoman Aung San Suu Kyi, Dr Cynthia Maung, 54, has not returned to her homeland since she was forced to flee it, 25 years ago next month, during the great 8888 Uprising.
“The prize is a way of bringing attention to Burma”
The Sydney Peace Foundation will announce on Saturday that Dr Maung is the winner of the 2013 Sydney Peace Prize, an international award that celebrates the achievements of an individual who demonstrates in daily life a commitment to the pursuit of peace with justice.Interference in Judicial System Harming Burmese People: Lawmakers
By NYEIN NYEIN
More than a dozen lawmakers discussed rule of law in a session of the Lower House on Wednesday, after a parliamentary committee looking into the issue found continued intervention by administrative officials in the judicial system.
In an annual report submitted on Monday, a parliamentary committee led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said poor rule of law was harming the Burmese people.
Committee member Khin Saw Wai, from the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party said the committee had received about 11,259 complaints over the course of one year.Shan army initiates peace process with field Burmese units
BNI
The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS), commonly known as the SSA South, recently issued a directive to its field units to make direct contact with their immediate Burmese army units as part of an effort to avoid further clashes, according to Sao Yawd Serk, the SSA South’s top leader.
“One reason for the directive is most of the Burmese units have left it to their superiors at the regional headquarters to notify the SSA of its planned patrols and their headquarters does not usually inform the SSA’s liaison office of their movements,” Yawd Serk explained. “Inevitably there were clashes leading to unnecessary losses on both sides.”
There has been more than 100 military encounters between the two armies since the ceasefire agreement was signed on 2 December 2011.Reports
Expert warns of Rohingya genocide
The findings are the result of a four-month investigation into events in western Myanmar this June 2012. It is produced by British filmmaker Phil Rees and will be broadcast at the following times:
Al Jazeera English (GMT)
Sun 9th Dec 0600
Mon 10th Dec 2000
Tue 11th Dec 1200
Wed 12th Dec 0100
Thu 13th Dec 0600
Al Jazeera Arabic (AST)
Sat 8th Dec 2205
Sun 9th Dec 0305 & 1405
Mon 10th Dec 0505
Tue 11th Dec 1805
Wed 12th Dec 1305
“Warning signs” are in place for a genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, an Al Jazeera investigation has been told by a leading expert in the field.
According to Professor William Schabas, until recently President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, the findings of an Al Jazeera documentary reveal that “we’re moving into a zone where the word can be used”.
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