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Indonesia pledges $1m in aid to Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Indonesia pledges $1m in aid to Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Myanmar News January 5, 2013 at 3:24 am 0 comments

ShareJanuary 4. 2013 JAKARTA: Indonesia’s foreign minister said Friday Jakarta would pledge $1 million in aid to western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where tens of thousands have been displaced by sectarian violence. Clashes between Buddhists and Muslims have left at least 180 people dead in Rakhine since June, and displaced moreRead More

Yearning for the escape of innocents

Yearning for the escape of innocents

Myanmar News December 30, 2012 at 2:28 am 0 comments

ShareDecember 26,2012 M-Media We six persons had escaped from Sittwe Prison on December 17, 2012. Rakhines’ one-sided riot occurred in Jun spread to our Anautpyin Village, Rathaetaung Township. Mayyu River is in the east of the village, where we Rohingya ethnics live in, also enclosed by twenty two Rakhine villages.Read More

Myanmar: Is a warning by the Election Commission enough for offense against Islam by RNDP?

Myanmar: Is a warning by the Election Commission enough for offense against Islam by RNDP?

Myanmar News December 28, 2012 at 3:04 am 0 comments

ShareDecember 27, 2012 M-Media MT The Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) was sent in and warned by the Union Election Commission on 25 December in Nay Pyi Taw about three matters. Among the three matters is the writing offending Islam and Muslims of Myanmar featured in the Toe-Tat-Yay Newsletter (VolumeRead More

OIC chief to visit Myanmar soon for addressing Rohingya concerns

OIC chief to visit Myanmar soon for addressing Rohingya concerns

International News, Myanmar News December 19, 2012 at 1:28 pm 0 comments

Share19 December 2012 Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said yesterday that he would soon visit Myanmar as the head of a high-level delegation including OIC foreign ministers as part of efforts to stop the attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Addressing a press conference, he said the visit cameRead More

School Refusal : Muslim children from Paikthae Village in Minpyar

School Refusal : Muslim children from Paikthae Village in Minpyar

Myanmar News December 19, 2012 at 5:55 am 0 comments

ShareDec 17,2012 M-Media Nay Thit Tun A local resident said that Muslim Students in Minpyar Township, where the second wave of Rakhine-Rohingya conflict had occurred, were now educationally disadvantaged. “Our village has about 220 students. They are in Grade 11 and 10.They can’t go to school after being terrorized,” aRead More