Burma govt seeks to prove Rohingya are not indigenous
Burma’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture claims there is no mention of the word ‘Rohingya’ in historical documents dating back to the British colonial era.
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Arakan Conflict Lead Story News Rohingya
Will ‘fairly soon’ be soon enough? Clock ticking for aid-needy in Arakan
Arakan State Advisory Commission chair Kofi Annan’s statement this week that he had been assured humanitarian aid access would be restored to northern Arakan State in the near future has put a tentative, if ill-defined, time table on potentially life-saving assistance.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News Parliament
Shan State MPs vote to designate Northern Alliance ‘terrorists’
In an emergency session on Wednesday, the Shan State legislature passed an urgent proposal to designate as “terrorist organisations” the four ethnic armed groups fighting with Burmese government forces in the state’s north.
Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
Bangladesh PM vows to work with Suu Kyi on refugees
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh said on Tuesday that she hopes her country can finally resolve the decades-old issue of Rohingya refugees residing in her country now that Burma is under a new government.
Arakan CSOs angry after meeting with Annan
Community leaders and representatives of civil society organisations in Arakan State say they were denied a chance to speak to Kofi Annan during a meeting on Tuesday.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s lower house rejects motion to oust Kofi Annan
The proposal to dismiss the three foreigners was rejected by a vote of 250 objections, 148 in support, and one abstention.
