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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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Burma, also known as Myanmar, was long considered a pariah state, isolated from the rest of the world and with an appalling human rights record.
From 1962 to 2011, the country was ruled by a military junta that suppressed almost all dissent and wielded absolute power in the face of international condemnation and sanctions.
The generals who ran Burma stood accused of gross human rights abuses, including the forcible relocation of civilians and the widespread use of forced labour, including children.Burmawi panel completes work in Makkah
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — The task force drawn from various governmental departments to address the problems of the Burmawi community in Makkah and gather information about their number and conditions, has completed its work, according to a local daily.
The task force, which consists of 20 field teams, will also gather information about the Burmawi community in Taif and Jeddah to speed up the process of legalizing their residential status in the Kingdom.145 Rohingya found off Trang
About 145 Rohingya boat people were found crammed inside a vessel without food or water for 48 hours off Mook island in Trang’s Sikao district on Sunday.
The refugees told authorities that they were headed to Malaysia but their food and water had run out before they reached shore. Feeling exhausted and fatigued from hunger, they then decided to float their vessel off Mook island in the hope of being able to ask for food and water from the locals before they would go on, Pol Col Arthit Damsanit, chief of Marine Police Division 9, said.Asean must address Rohingya on humanitarian grounds : Surin
At the root of the problem is the fact that Myanmar’s constitution and internal laws do not recognise the Rohingya as citizens, he said. Other groups in Myanmar don’t accept the Rohingya, who are based mainly in Rakhine and number about 800,000 in all, he said, adding: “This has to be dealt with gradually, as Myanmar authorities are worried about intervention from the outside world.”
“The United Nations has been working on the Rohingya issue, but has to be careful in dealing with it, and Asean needs to address it, especially on humanitarian grounds,” he said.Rohingya baby born in refugee boat near Phuket
The boat was sinking when it landed at Surin island off Thailand’s southwestern province of Phang Nga near the border with Myanmar on Wednesday, a local government official told AFP.
“Among them there was a new-born baby, aged around a week up to 10 days old,” Manit Pienthong said.
Foreign Minister to lead OIC delegation on Rohingya update trip in Thailand’s South
BANGKOK, 31 January 2013 The Foreign Minister is set to lead a special delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Thailand’s South for first-hand information on how the country has been handling the Rohingya migrants.
Burma: Rights Abuses Endanger Reform
(Bangkok) – Burma’s human rights situation remained poor in 2012, despite some noteworthy actions by the government to adopt rights-respecting reforms, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2013 released today.
Red Cross chief upbeat after first-ever Myanmar visit
GENEVA: The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Saturday he had received assurances of cooperation from Myanmar during the first-ever visit to the nation by an ICRC president.
3 Army officers face Rohingya trafficking probe
The Army is investigating at least three military officers accused of trafficking Rohingya refugees into the Kingdom.
The news came as a fresh group of 179 boat people landed in southern Phang Nga province yesterday, with more boats headed this way.
The three military officers were assigned to work for the Internal Security Operation Command (Isoc) Ranong Attachment, according to Fourth Army Area chief Lt-General Udomchai Thammasarorach. They have been stationed in Chumphon province.Reports
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