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    46 Search results for ""Ma Ba Tha""

    Lead Story News Religion

    USDP demands govt address Ma Ba Tha’s concerns

    “Whether the Ma Ba Tha continues or ceases to exist depends entirely on the policies of the NLD government,” said Nandar Hla Myint.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Karen chapter of Ma Ba Tha defies order to change name

    The statement comes after a 23 May order by the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee for the group to cease using the Ma Ba Tha name and banner.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha rebranding, political decoupling do little to soothe critics

    Advocates of interfaith harmony say a renaming of the hardline Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha, and plans to formally inject its ideology into Burma’s political sphere, will do little to staunch — and may even exacerbate — the underlying religious intolerance that the organisation has been accused of fomenting.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha hits back at Sangha ban, vows to continue

    Following its two-day “special conference,” the group also announced that it would hereby adopt a new name – the Buddha Dhamma Parahita Foundation.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Ma Ba Tha dealt potentially crippling blow by highest Buddhist authority

    The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee has announced a mid-July deadline that, if enforced, would effectively put an end to the public profile of the Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Monks’ censure deepens Ma Ba Tha’s isolation

    Mainstream Buddhist clerics are among the growing chorus of voices speaking out against the divisive activities of Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha.

    Lead Story News Protest Rohingya

    Ma Ba Tha monk denounces anti-Rohingya protest

    Ashin Kawthala, the chairperson of the Magwe Division chapter of the Association for the Protection of Race and Religion, accused the protestors of “trying to whip up hatred”.

    Lead Story News Religion Rohingya

    Nationalist monk warns NLD about taking on Ma Ba Tha

    A Buddhist monk who is a regional spokesperson for Ma Ba Tha said the new NLD-led government should avoid a showdown with Burma’s nationalist movement.

    Lead Story News Technology & Science

    Hardline monks in Burma vow to stay on Facebook despite ban

    Burma’s hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using the social media giant to “tell the truth,” they said on Friday, after it barred several Buddhist nationalists for hate messages targeting Rohingya Muslims.

    Lead Story News Religion

    MJN office to close down following anti-Wirathu gathering

    Myanmar Journalist Network is to be evicted from its Yangon office — news that comes just a day after they had scheduled to host a press conference called by a group of anti-Wirathu Buddhist monks.

    Lead Story News Protest Rohingya

    Prominent Buddhist monk sentenced to 3 months for ‘inciting public unrest’

    Ultra-nationalist monk Parmaukkha was jailed for his role in leading an ant-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in April 2016.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Scandal-hit Thai temple helps to stage mass Buddhist event in Mandalay

    Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Mandalay on Sunday for an event partly organised by a scandal-hit Thai temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Election commission rejects nationalist political party’s registration bid

    The Union Election Commission rejects a proposal by Burmese nationalists seeking to establish a political party with an explicit goal of furthering their agenda, with the electoral gatekeeper saying its decision was made based on the country’s Political Parties Registration Law.

    Lead Story News Politics

    UEC still weighing aspiring nationalist political party’s registration bid

    The Union Election Commission will need more time as it weighs approving the establishment of a new political party with a declared nationalist bent, according to the head of the electoral body.

    International Relations Lead Story News Religion

    At interfaith gathering in Yangon, Pope stresses unity in diversity

    Pope Francis met leaders of several faiths in majority-Buddhist Burma on Tuesday, stressing the importance of “unity in diversity” but making no mention the Rohingya Muslims who have fled en masse to Bangladesh after a military crackdown.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Pope Francis meets army chief Min Aung Hlaing

    Burma’s army has denied accusations of murder, rape, torture and forced displacement that have been made against it.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Hardline Buddhist monk sentenced under Article 19

    Further charges – under Section 505 (b) of the penal code – for “inciting unrest” at the demonstration remain to be heard at a later date.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Ultra-nationalist monk denied bail

    Parmaukkha was denied bail today on charges of inciting unrest during an anti-Rohingya protest outside the US embassy in Yangon last year.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Both plaudits and criticism for Suu Kyi’s speech on Arakan crisis

    There were mixed reactions to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech this morning on her government’s efforts to address the crisis in northern Arakan State.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Election commission probes new nationalist party

    Maung Thway Chon, the would-be chairman of the PUP, said, “Our policy is anti-Bengali and to lead in the development of Buddhism.”

    Lead Story News Protest Religion

    Govt prepares to tackle Buddhist extremists

    A spokesperson for the religious affairs ministry said that local and township chapters of the Sangha Maha Nayaka have been instructed to stop the protests.

    Lead Story Media News

    Journalist Swe Win released on bail

    Swe Win was remanded in custody and escorted to Mandalay, where Maha Aung Myay court agreed to release him until his trial begins on 7 August.

    Lead Story News Religion

    Buddhist nationalist group attacks critics as ‘lowly people,’ vows to fight back

    The Buddhist nationalist group formerly known as Ma Ba Tha once again struck a defiant tone this week, releasing a statement proclaiming: “No matter which names the association has adopted, no changes will be made in terms of the standpoint of the association.”

    Lead Story News Religion

    Muslim man attacked by Buddhist nationalists in Meikhtila

    A Muslim man was attacked by Buddhist nationalists after a neighbour heard him talking about religion and told the Ma Ba Tha.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Two arrested over nationalists’ search for Rohingya in Rangoon

    At least two nationalists have been arrested in connection with a mob search in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township for alleged undocumented Rohingya’s.

    Lead Story Media News

    Support rallied for Myanmar Now journalist in defamation row

    Supporters have rallied behind embattled journalist Swe Win after a defamation complaint was filed against him on behalf of extremist monk Wirathu.

    Lead Story Media News

    Distinguished reporter facing defamation over Wirathu criticism

    A case was opened against Swe Win, the editor-in-chief of news outlet Myanmar Now, under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law on Tuesday evening, the defendant himself confirmed on Facebook.

    International Relations Lead Story News Religion

    Buddhists in Burma decry Thai govt’s temple crackdown

    Around 100 Buddhist monks and nationalists in Burma staged a protest against Thailand on Friday, denouncing the government of the neighbouring country for its actions against a temple that has defied orders to hand over a wanted monk.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Sobering verdict on UN rights envoy’s second visit under NLD govt

    UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee gave a sombre review of Burma’s human rights progress after her second tour of the country under the NLD government.

    Arakan International Relations Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Yanghee Lee visit brings increased humanitarian access in northern Maungdaw

    More than 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled conflict-torn northern Arakan State in recent months, seeking shelter across the border in Bangladesh, according to startling figures released by the United Nations this week.

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