At least ten villagers have been killed after the military raided Sagaing’s Kanbalu township’s Kyisu village, according to the local sources. Almost all Muslim homes in the village are said to have been destroyed by the military’s arson attacks during the raid. Kyisu village had previously been targeted by military air raids on July 18, …
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No repatriation for Hindu and Muslim Rohingya displaced by Rakhine war despite junta promises
There have been no repatriations of those displaced during the recent war in Rakhine State, despite junta authorities claiming that Burma was ready to take back more than 1,000 Muslim and Hindu Rohingya refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, regional communities have told DVB. “They want to come back. They have registered and applied to be repatriated. …
Aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp in Myebon amid tension
Buddhists in Burma on Wednesday blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Arakan State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already displaced hundreds of thousands.
Arakan Buddhists rally against the return of Muslim refugees
A 600-strong crowd in Sittwe called for the Burmese government to refuse to repatriate the Muslim refugees who fled recently to Bangladesh.
Trapped Muslims in Arakan village get first substantial food aid in months
Rohingya Muslim villagers cut off from food and threatened by Buddhist neighbours in Burma’s violence-wracked Arakan State received their first substantial food supplies in months on Wednesday after international pressure on the government to help.
Bangladesh to press for Muslim refugees’ return to Burma
Bangladesh opens talks with neighbouring Burma on Monday with the aim of securing the return home of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees from Burma, most of whom have arrived since late August.