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Burma’s perennially contentious relationship with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation moved no closer toward amicability this week as the two sides traded barbs over the situation in Rakhine State, where a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims tied to allegations of ethnic cleansing has heaped global censure on the government.
Minister says Bangladesh is paying the entire US$280 million to build homes and fortify the muddy island in the Bay of Bengal from cyclones, and that it was mulling a formal request for international funds.
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Burma’s admission that soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 Muslims in September was an important step and the United States hoped it would be followed by more transparency and accountability, the US ambassador said on Thursday.
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A United Nations General Assembly committee on Thursday called on Burma to end military operations that have “led to the systematic violation and abuse of human rights” of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
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The European Union and the United States are considering targeted sanctions against Burmese military leaders over an offensive that has driven more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, officials familiar with the discussions say.
Burma must protect the rights of its Rohingya Muslim minority, the chief of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Thursday, urging the Southeast Asian nation to join hands with Muslim-majority neighbours in tackling a refugee crisis.
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Over 20 human rights organisations issue a call to the international community, urging world leaders to pressure the Burmese government into cooperating with a United Nations fact-finding mission on alleged human rights violations in Arakan State and elsewhere in the country.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sent off a ship carrying tonnes of food and emergency supplies to Burma’s Rohingya Muslims.
Foreign ministry says it was “regrettable” that Malaysia called together Muslim governments to put pressure on Burma over the plight of Rohingyas.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called on Burma on Thursday to stop all discrimination and attacks on Rohingya Muslims, and urged the world’s Islamic countries to act to end an unfolding “humanitarian tragedy.”
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The United Nations should intervene in Arakan State to stop further escalation of violence against Rohingya Muslims and avoid another genocide like in Cambodia and Rwanda, said the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s special envoy to Burma.
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Human rights advocates both at home and abroad this week issued calls for the creation of an independent, international commission of inquiry into allegations of serious human rights abuses committed by Burmese security forces in northern Arakan State.
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A special envoy of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will begin top-level talks in Bangladesh on Wednesday, as the United Nations said the Rohingya crisis prompted 65,000 people to flee Burma for Bangladesh in the past three months.
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Experts have warned that decades of treating the Rohingya as a thorn in the nation’s side is tantamount to doing the legwork for forces that would seek to radicalise the next generation of Rohingya.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called for foreign intervention to stop the “genocide” of Rohingya Muslims in Burma on Sunday, as he joined thousands of Rohingya protesters in Kuala Lumpur.
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Burma’s government appears to be backing away from claims that attacks that took place in Arakan State earlier this month were carried out by a Islamist group with links to Pakistan.
The UN has adopted a resolution urging Burma to grant citizenship to its Rohingya Muslim minority, ramping up pressure on Naypyidaw to scrap a controversial identity plan. The measure was[…]
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Arakanese authorities complain that they were not properly informed of the OIC’s visit and again turned down the Islamic bloc’s request to establish a presence in the state.
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Burma’s Foreign Minister says the president has ordered an investigation into alleged incidents in the Arakan State village of Duchira Dan, but it appears that US and UN calls for an internationally-backed inquiry have been rejected.
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The UN General Assembly’s human rights committee passes a resolution urging Burma to give the stateless Rohingya minority equal access to citizenship and to crack down on Buddhist violence against them and other Muslims in the country.
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A mosque was partially damaged in Kyaukphyu, Arakan state, after a mob of drunken revelers celebrating the full moon festival attacked the building.
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A delegation from the Islamic bloc wrapped up a four-day visit to Burma this weekend, pledging humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance to the communities affected and displaced by communal violence in Arakan state.
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Buddhist monks led more than 5,000 residents on a demonstration through the streets of Arakan state capital Sittwe on Friday morning to protest the arrival of a delegation from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Former US President Bill Clinton on Thursday praised Burma’s “remarkable” political transition but called for an end to sectarian violence in the country
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Hundreds of Buddhist monks and civilians staged a demonstration in Rangoon on Tuesday to protest a visit to Burma by representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation scheduled for the following day.
Burma desperately needs to launch a comprehensive national campaign to promote reconciliation, tolerance and interreligious dialogue between Buddhists and Muslims.
A group of Arakanese monks have called for Rohingya “sympathisers” to be targeted and exposed as “national traitors” while tensions again flare between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma’s westernmost state
Arakanese women who were planning to rally in Sittwe were prevented from demonstrating by police after the slogans they submitted for review contained incendiary language targeting the Rohingya minority
Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD must play a leading role in repealing the authoritarian 1982 citizenship law that rendered the Rohingya stateless in Burma, a group of human rights organisations urged on Monday
