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Administrative restriction on Muslims-owned Buses in Thandwe and Gwa

Administrative restriction on Muslims-owned Buses in Thandwe and Gwa

Myanmar News August 2, 2013 at 10:23 am 0 comments

ShareM-Media 2nd Aug 2013 It was reported that there is a racial discrimination against Muslims who work for Bus line between Thandwe and Gwa, the two famous towns in Rakhine state. The marginalization on religion in workplace is led by administration of Gwa and Road Transport Administration of Thandwe. SomeRead More

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

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

No permission for Muslim University Students to take exam in Swittwe University

No permission for Muslim University Students to take exam in Swittwe University

Myanmar News December 12, 2012 at 1:38 pm 0 comments

ShareDec 6,2012 M-Media Htoon Tauk It is learned that no Muslim Students from Swittwe University were allowed to take the exam.  Many missed the exam as they were allowed only one day to sit the exam not at the university but at Thekkalpyin Village Primary School without advance notice. MakingRead More