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Rohingya: Security as `Self-Defense`

It is time for Rohingya Muslims, abandoned by their government, slaughtered by Buddhist nationalists, to take up arms and fight back.

(BERLIN Mayu Press) - For many decades, Rohingya Muslims have been persecuted
in Burma, continuously, but the world is ignorantly silent with no answers for the Rohingya's plight or crisis.

The international media groups highlighted the suffering of the Rohingyas, who are experiencing what can only be described as genocide.

Rohingya Documentary: `Stateless In Their Own Country`

The documentary - Stateless In Their Own Country serves as a visual reminder that the Rohingya are now facing a continually futile existence in the IDP Camps.

(LONDON) - To commemorate the one year anniversary of the first outbreak of violence in Arakan state, Myanmar, Restless Beings held a special exclusive screening of a Rohingya Documentary- Stateless In Their Own Country.

The documentary was filmed and produced by Swedish freelance journalist Kalle Bergbom and Jonas Gratzer.

Myanmar Muslim Genocide Awareness Convention: this Sunday in LA

A fascinating and important event to help people understand the Genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Burma.

(LOS ANGELES) - The Myanmar Muslim Genocide Awareness Convention happens this Sunday in Los Angeles. Matt Rains and Alia Mehboob of Lux Capio Photography Agency, will show their incredible photographs at this special event, taken during recent trips to Myanmar.

These images reveal the darkness that has enveloped an erratic SE Asian country, long ruled by a military junta, regarded internationally as a pariah state, which is now recognized by the United States as a 'democracy'.

Rohingya of Myanmar: One Year On- Different. Discriminated. Displaced. Desperate.

To the shock and disgust of many, the International Crisis Group even presented Myanmar President, Thein Sein with the ‘In Pursuit of Peace Award’ in April of this year!

(LONDON) - One year ago today, the course of Rohingya history took a dramatic turn for the worse.

Years of deep seated hatred for the Rohingya community, having lived on the margins of Myanmarese society, unravelled from a civilian dispute and attack in Arakan, and has since spiralled into systematic ethnic cleansing of the community.

US, UN Condemn Myanmar for `Two Child Rule`

UN deputy spokesman Del Buey told reporters that the United Nations was aware that Myanmar authorities planned to impose the two-child rule.

(RANGOON AFP) - The United Nations on Thursday called on Myanmar authorities to end a ban on families having more than two children in two Muslim-majority townships in a troubled state.

UN deputy spokesman Eduardo Del Buey said that pressing the policy in Rakhine state, where there have been widespread clashes between Buddhists and Muslims, would infringe "fundamental human rights".

`Obama Invite, Slap in Face of Rohingyas`

Described by the UN as one of the most persecuted minority groups in the world, Rohingya Muslims account for about five percent of Myanmar’s population.

(RANGOON) - Myanmar President Thein Sein's invitation to the U.S. is a slap in the face of the Rohingya Muslims, a prominent activist tells Press TV.

The invitation for Thein Sein to come to the White House is like a slap on the face to the ethnic minorities, to those people who have to suffer at the hands of these Burmese military,” Myra Dahgaypaw, affiliated with the US Campaign for Burma, said in an interview on Thursday.

Save Rohingyas from Continuous Genocide in Myanmar

Myanmar limits its Genocide victims, the Rohingya Muslims, to two children per family.

(RANGOON, Burma) - MERHROM strongly condemned the new policy introduced by the Myanmar government that restricted the minority Rohingya Muslim from having more than two children.

This is a gross human rights violation as it’s contradicting the basic human rights as stated in UDHR.

Nasaka whipped a Hindu School Teacher insensible in Northern Maungdaw

Zaw Myo Aung is known as an official who wrests money and tortures Rohingya Muslim community members in unusual ways.

(NORTHERN MAUNGDAW, Burma Mayu Press) - A member of Burmese Border Security Forces (Nasaka) is said to have extorted money from 25 different oil shops, where kerosene is sold for house lighting at night, as well as diesel for engines, petrol and vegetable oil in Tamanta (Saheb Bazar), northern Maungdaw.

The Nasaka member, Zaw Myo Aung, hails from the department of Immigration Camp No: 05 called Ngayin Chaung (Boutoror Ghati) under sector two of Maungdaw Township, he is said to have extorted 25000 Kyat from each oil shop.

Myanmar Army Continues to Live in Denial Over Abuses

Min Aung Hlaing should start by apologising to the Myanmar people and admitting that the army has committed widespread abuses.

(RANGOON, Burma) - Myanmar’s rapidly evolving political landscape produced another symbolic event at the recent Armed Forces Day parade.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended for the first time, sitting alongside generals in the viewing stands as thousands of troops, tanks, and missiles passed by.

Myanmar President Vows to Protect Rights of Minority Muslims

Thein Sein said his administration will “take all necessary security measures to deter illegal immigration,” and “will deal with the citizenship-related issues,” though he gave no details on how.

(YANGON Mayu Press) - Nearly a year has passed since sectarian violence first exploded in Myanmar.

Myanmar President Thein Sein vowed Monday that his government would do everything it can to protect the rights of minority Muslims living in the predominantly Buddhist nation.