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Buddhist Racists Resume Fresh Riot Against Muslims in Meiktilar, Mandalay

Rakhine Buddhist continue to plague the Muslim minority in Burma.

(RANGOON Mayu Press) - An elderly Buddhist woman tried to pass low quality gold off as number one gold to a Muslim shop owner, but tests revealed it was now what she claimed.

The woman accused the shop owner of destroying her gold. Witnesses say it was a preplanned event with a goal of creating a communal riot of Buddhists against Muslims.

The Japanese Way to Peace in Burma

Facilitating peace between the Burmese government and ethnic armed groups may not be an easy task...

(RANGOON The Irrawaddy) - Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of the Tokyo-based philanthropic organization the Nippon Foundation, is a man with a mission.

As the Japanese government’s recently appointed “special envoy for national reconciliation in Myanmar,” he has taken on the daunting task of helping Burma to achieve peace after decades of ethnic conflict.

BURMA: Misery life of Rohingya in Rathidaung, Arakan

One village after another in Burma was burned, the residents abused and murdered, by government forces and Rakhine Buddhist mobs.

(RATHIDUANG, Burma Mayu Press) - This is Rathidaung, one of the seventeen townships in Arakan state, Burma, which included Kuduk Chaung (Koun Dan) village.

On 12th June 2012, Rakhines and Military attacked Kuduk Chaung village, killed two women, looted all the valuable properties; golden ornaments and money, burnt down the entire village.

Suu Kyi Roundly Criticized at Oxford University Forum

Criticism focused on Aung San Suu Kyi in particular, with concern being raised over her continuing silence on the government’s campaign against the Kachin rebels.

(OXFORD Mizzima News) - It has been a pivotal, some might say defining week for Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

She has been the subject of harsh criticism from her supporters, the media, the international community and even her own party members, mostly over her stance on the Latpadaung copper mine.

An Urgent Appeal Letter to President Barack H. Obama

Rohingya Muslims are considered the most persecuted people in the world.

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) writes open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama in the wake of his recent visit.

The group advises President Obama that the suffering of the Rohingya Muslims continues in a stark and open continuing violation of international law.

BRCA Delegates Attend Burma Forum at Australian National University

RNDP General Secretary Said He Sympathize Rohingya Muslims

(CANBERRA, Aust.) - Burmese Rohingya Community Australlia (BRCA) contacted Australian National University (ANU) a day prior to their scheduled forum and raised the concern over Rakhine National Democrtic Party (RNDP) party participation in the forum.

They were informed that BRCA delegates would be joining the forum.

Rohingya Patriotic Poem

Poem relates story of the most persecuted people on earth.

(RANGOON Mayu Press) - Since last summer, Rohingya Muslims have been the focus of an ongoing Genocide in their native Burma. Rakhine Buddhists are in charge of this country under the leadership of President Thein Sein.

This is a country that until very recently, was closed to the outside world, ruled by an inflexible military junta.

Rakhines Kill Rohingya University Student in Buthidaung

Twelve Rakhines with long swords and knives cruelly attacked both father and son.

(RANGOON Mayu Press) - A group of Rakhine terrorists brutally killed a second year Rohingya University student in Thayet Pyin village, Buthidaung today at about 1:00 p.m.

U Ali is one of the employees of department of forestry. He accompanied his beloved son, Elias Maung Than Lynn, was a second year University student carrying on his duty in the sentry box of the forestry dept.

Nasaka Continue Harassment and Extortion of Rohingya Muslims in Northern Maungdaw, Arakan

Border security is being tightened, as the Burmese military forces deliver increasing quantities of arms and weapons primarily to Nasaka Sectors 1-4.

(DIYOLTOLI, Arakan Province Burma May) - The Nasaka, the Burmese border security force, arrested Sabet Ali, age 40 from Diyoltoli in the Maungdaw district of Arakan on March 3rd 2013.

The case the Nasaka filed against him claimed he was communicating to foreign countries using a Bangladeshi mobile phone.

Suspects with Reported Ties to Shanti Bahini, Busted Hauling Arms from Burma

A huge arms haul in Mizoram is reportedly tied to Rakhine terrorists in Burma.

(MIZORAM, Burma) - Police in India's northeastern state of Mizoram have seized a huge consignment of weapons from two hideouts.

Three tribal men arrested, are suspected to belong to the Shanti Bahini, the former military wing of the once-rebellious Parbattya Chattogram Jansanghati Samity (PCJSS) and ALP.