Burmese soldiers confiscated church alms during Nhka Ga interrogation
Written by Kachin News Group
Burmese government soldiers purportedly robbed the entire alms collection of Kachin Baptist Church in Nhka Ga village, where fighting between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has been ongoing since Aug. 28, according to aid workers stationed in the village.
The sources said that an estimated 1,000,000 Kyat (US$1,041) was confiscated by Burmese soldiers of Infantry Battalion No. 138, during an incident in early September that involved the detention and violent interrogation of both clergy and civilians.Thousands of Burmese remain homeless after communal clashes
IRIN
MEIKTILA, 20 September 2013 (IRIN) – Close to 4,000 people in Meiktila remain displaced as residents of this otherwise quiet Burmese university town mark the six-month anniversary of one of Myanmar’s worst incidents of sectarian violence in decades.“We’re desperate to learn when we can return to our homes,” Yee Yee Win, a 40-year-old Muslim woman, told IRIN as she prepared dinner for her seven-member family in an overcrowded camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). The camp is set up within the grounds of the local water authorities and houses some 870 residents.
“We don’t want to live in this camp any longer. We want to go back as soon as possible,” her husband, Than Win, jumped in.
Burma’s Police, Farmers Clash as Six Charged for Trespassing on Confiscated Farmland
By NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY
Burma’s police and farmers in Naypyidaw’s Popathiri Township clashed early Thursday morning when police raided homes of residents, who are demanding they be allowed to return to farmland confiscated by the Ministry of Information (MOI).
Trespassing charges have been filed against six leaders of the residents, who are now in hiding. The six escaped arrest as angry residents of Weigyi village detained almost 30 police officers and allegedly injured seven police.Central Bank Confirms $7.6B in Burmese Funds Held in Overseas Accounts
By HTET NAING ZAW/ THE IRRAWADDY
NAYPYIDAW — Burma’s Central Bank chairman confirmed recent claims that the government holds billions of dollars of foreign reserves in overseas bank accounts. He said on Friday that a total US $7.6 billion was kept offshore by Burmese state-owned and private banks.
Central Bank Chairman Kyaw Kyaw Maung, President’s Office Minister Soe Thein and Deputy Energy Minister Myint Zaw held a general press conference in Naypyidaw on Friday morning.
Asked by The Irrawaddy about recent reports that claimed that the government held up to $11 billion in several bank accounts in Singapore, Kyaw Kyaw Maung said the claims were partially true.Whistleblower welcomes Burma’s nuclear cooperation
By DVB
Nuclear whistleblower and former military engineer in the Burmese army, Sai Thein Win, says Naypyidaw is “doing what needs to be done” by signing an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday.
The Additional Protocol would give UN weapons inspectors wider access to facilities that could be used to develop nuclear technology.
In 2010 Sai Thein Win leaked sensitive documents and photographs to DVB, which amounted to evidence that Burma had a nascent nuclear weapons programme.
Sai Thein Win says he welcomes Burma’s cooperation with the UN’s nuclear agency.Burma Shows Flaws in China’s Sino-Centric Foreign Policy
By Brian
China has been aggressively moving into developing countries across the world, but an inherent flaw in their strategy is slowly coming to light. China’s self-centered approach is alienating governments, activists, and organizations across the world.
China is set to become a world super power
China has emerged as perhaps the strongest single challenger to American supremacy on the world stage. With an economy that regularly records growth rates in excess of 6 percent per year, and an emerging middle class that may some day replace American and European consumers as the world’s number one engine of growth, China is set to become a world super power.Press Releases
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- 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
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ERT Issues Emergency Report and Writes to Myanmar President on Violence in Rakhine State
London, 2 November 2012
The Rohingya of Myanmar have been subject to systematic, state sponsored attacks in Rakhine State, Myanmar, since June this year. The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) has been monitoring the situation and making recommendations since the outset of the violence. However, past recommendations made by ERT and other human rights organisations to the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh and to the international community have not been adequately acted on. In October 2012, a new outbreak of more intense and widespread violence has begun. The nature and extent of this new violence together with mass evictions and forced relocation of Muslims by security forces has resulted in claims of ethnic cleansing being made by many advocacy groups. ERT is of the position that unless decisive action is taken, the violence is likely to continue and increase, and will have a devastating impact on the Rohingya and other Muslim communities of the country, destabilising Myanmar and having security and human rights repercussions throughout the region.
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