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.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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THE SITUATION OF MUSLIMS IN BURMA
By Kyaw Zwa
History
The dawn of Muslim settlements and propagation of Islam has been widely documented by Arab, Persian, European and Chinese travelers of the ninth century AD.
The current population of Burmese Muslims are the descendants of Arabs, Persians, Turks, Moors, Indians, Chinese and Malays, who settled and intermarried with local Burmese and many ethnic Burmese groups such as Kachin, Kaya, Kayin, Chin etc
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