Youth Radio: Burmese Refugees Help Each Other Out In Carrboro
By Akib Khan
This summer WUNC has been working with six youth reporters as part of the Summer Youth Radio Institute in our American Graduate Project. Akib Khan moved with his family to the U.S. from Dhaka, Bangladesh when he was nine years old. He reports on the Burmese refugee community in Carrboro.
Abdul Hussain and his family came to Carrboro in July. Hussain grew up in Burma. He says when he was 13, the local government made false allegations against him, forcing him to flee his homeland and that this happens to many minorities in Burma. He lived in Malaysia for years before finally being granted asylum in the United States. When he arrived, the first thing he did was look for something familiar—as a Muslim, he wanted to find a mosque.Use of Chemicals in Food a Growing Worry for Burmese Consumers
By NYEIN NYEIN
RANGOON — For decades, Burma’s food manufacturers have been using dangerous chemicals to produce food quickly and cheaply, but it is only in the past few years that consumers have become aware of the problem, says the country’s only consumer rights group.
The latest revelation came earlier this week, when the Myanmar Consumer Protection Association confirmed that urea-based fertilizer is being widely used in the production of fish paste, a staple of the Burmese diet.
The association said that it had been unable to find any fish paste produced in Irrawaddy Division that was not contaminated by the fertilizer.Burmese dissident Suu Kyi is coming to the Forum 2000 conference
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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
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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.Press Releases
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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
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Crimes Against Humanity Committed Against Rohingyas in Western Burma,
Concludes Report from Irish Centre for Human Rights,NUI Galway
Thursday, 16 June, 2010: The Rohingya minority group in Western Burma has been victim
of human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity, according to a report
released today by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. The report, entitled
Crimes against Humanity in Western Burma: The Situation of the Rohingyas, was officially
launched by Micheál Martin, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Iveagh House, Dublin.
“For decades now, the Rohingya minority group has endured grave human rights violations in
North Arakan State. Every day, more Rohingya men, women and children are leaving Burma,
fleeing the human rights abuses in the hope of finding peace and security elsewhere,” said
Professor William Schabas, director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway.
The Report is based on extensive open-source research and on a fact-finding mission to
Burma, Thailand and Bangladesh conducted by experts in international criminal
investigation. As well as interviewing organisations working in the region, investigators met
with Rohingya victims in and around refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Rohingyas’ plight
has been overlooked for years and the root causes of their situation still remain underexamined.
The Irish Centre for Human Rights’ Report identifies and discusses some of these
causes.
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