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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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UN Rights Envoy to Burma Meets With Family of Young ’88 Victim
By KYAW PHYO THA
RANGOON — The United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, met on Tuesday with the parents of a girl gunned down by the Burmese military in a killing that brought the brutality of the 1988 pro-democracy crackdown to the eyes of the world.
The father of Win Maw Oo, the subject of an infamous photograph that appeared in the Oct. 3, 1988, issue of Newsweek magazine’s Asian edition documenting a blood-soaked 16-year-old girl being carried by two doctors, said he and his wife were invited to the UN Development Program’s office in Rangoon to meet with Quintana on Tuesday evening.
“Mr. Quintana said after reading a story about our daughter in The Irrawaddy magazine that he felt sad about our daughter,” the father Win Kyu said. “He also said he respects our daughter for her sacrifice at such a young age for democracy in Burma so that he wanted to see us.”Fresh Myanmar clashes signal growing desperation
The Morung Express
Sittwe, August 12 (Reuters): Attempts to bring stability to Myanmar’s strategic northwest Rakhine State could be unraveling after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims for the third time in two months, reviving tensions in a region beset by religious violence last year.
Villages outside the state capital Sittwe remain volatile after a dispute over custody of a dead Rohingya quickly escalated into a day of clashes on Friday in which police raked Rohingya crowds with gunfire, according to witnesses.Defiant Myanmar activists expect jail over oil/gas protest
Author: Thomson Reuters Foundation Correspondent
CORRECTION – In paragraph 10, please read ‘Thailand-based Shwe Gas Movement, an activist group’, correcting from the group’s former description of itself as ‘Shwe Gas Movement, a group of Myanmar exiles in Bangladesh, India and Thailand’.
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ten activists on trial for protesting without a permit against a Chinese-led oil and gas project in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state say they expect to be jailed, in a case rights groups say is typical of a new authoritarianism creeping into Myanmar.
Tun Kyi, an activist from Maday Island, the westernmost project site, told Thomson Reuters Foundation the defendants expected to be found guilty and jailed when the verdict is handed down in a week or two.Fresh Myanmar clashes signal growing Muslim desperation
By Reuters Staff
Attempts to bring stability to Myanmar’s strategic northwest Rakhine State could be unraveling after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims for the third time in two months, reviving tensions in a region beset by religious violence last year.
Villages outside the state capital Sittwe remain volatile after a dispute over custody of a dead Rohingya quickly escalated into a day of clashes on Friday in which police raked Rohingya crowds with gunfire, according to witnesses.
The violence underscores the growing Rohingya desperation in the face of an increasingly unsparing police response. At least two people were killed and more than a dozen injured, locals said.UNHCR appeals for dialogue, confidence-building following recent IDP violence in Myanmar
Report from UN High Commissioner for Refugees
This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva.
Violent clashes between displaced Muslims and security forces in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last Friday have left one man dead and about 10 people injured. UNHCR is reiterating its call for peaceful dialogue and confidence building between the IDPs and Government. We believe this is key to avoiding further violence.Police arrest man accused of posting photos of Myanmar violence online
By Associated Press
YANGON, Myanmar — A man accused of posting online photos from violent clashes between displaced Muslims and security forces was arrested in Myanmar’s restive state of Rakhine, police and an activist said Wednesday.
It was not immediately clear what charges Than Shwe, a 29-year-old Rohingya Muslim, would face.
A police officer who refused to give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media said the man was trying to cause trouble during the visit of U.N. human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana, who was touring the strife-torn region.Are Rohingya the world’s most unwanted people?
Ben Doherty
South Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media
When their country is not running them out of town, Rohingya live like prisoners in their own homes.
Kutupalong New Camp, Bangladesh-Myanmar border: Mohammed Rahim* has walked an hour to talk to us, from the green slopes of western Myanmar where he lives, down through the jungle, past the razor-wire fence and the border checkpoints, to this small wooden hut in Bangladesh.
From the window where he sits, the 18-year-old can see the hills of his homeland, and he speaks quietly about his life back over the border.
“We are afraid to live in our country, the situation is so bad,” he says. “In the past we could move freely from one village to another, from our home to a neighbour’s house. Now it is strictly forbidden – we can’t even go to see our relatives.”Veteran Burmese Journalist Maung Wuntha Dies
By THE IRRAWADDY
Maung Wuntha, a veteran Burmese journalist who also served as deputy chairman of the country’s interim Press Council, succumbed to cancer on Sunday. He was 68 years old.
His son Naung Naung Soe confirmed Maung Wuntha’s death to The Irrawaddy, saying his father passed away after a battle with lung cancer at Rangoon’s Victoria Hospital, where he had undergone treatment for more than a month.
“We still haven’t confirmed the date for the funeral as we are waiting for one of our family members who is far from home,” Naung Naung Soe added.Shan refugees fear repatriation
Author: Saw Blacktown
Shan community based organizations claim that Burmese authorities are preparing to repatriate Shan refugees from Thailand, warning that the safety of refugees are at risk and repatriation is “premature.”
The community groups, include the Shan Human Rights Foundation and the Shan Women’s Action Network, said that Burmese authorities had visited Koung Jor camp of about 500 people last month.
The camp leader was contacted shortly afterwards by Burma’s military to say that new housing would be built for returning families on the Burma side of the border, about 15km from the camp.Rohingya Library
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