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Burma Government Made Model Villages of Rohingya Lands

There are 50 such model villages in Rohingya Township with 200 families in each.

(RANGOON ) - To implement its Human Barrier policy the government of Burma has taken a plan to establish Model Villages to populate the Rohingya majority areas of Arakan by the Rakhine and Buddhist people.

Model villages have been established in the confiscated lands of the Rohingya communities.

BURMA: Security Personnel (Nasaka) Squeezing Money from Rohingya CItizens

Humiliation and theft are everyday reminders of the Rohingya struggle.

(RANGOON Mayu Press) - Nasaka officers entered the home of Mv. Mohib Ullah, and found a child playing with a used hypodermic syringe.

The kid found it at a rural clinic where their mother received medical treatment.

ERC Delegation Visits OIC Head Office in Jeddah

OIC representatives thanked ERC delegates for working for the suffering Rohingyas in this critical time.

(JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) - The ERC delegation from the KSA branch visited OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) headquarters in Jeddah today.

Delegates oriented OIC representatives on the current catastrophic situation faced by Rohingya in Arakan state of Burma and Bangladesh.

Burmese Muslims Stateless at Home and No Refuge Elsewhere!

In Bangladesh, it is said that there are over 250,000 Rohingyas, some 35,000 of them in overcrowded camps.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh Mayu Press) - THEY are thought to be the world’s most persecuted refugees. It is also argued that they are one of the most forgotten too.

In Jeddah prison I saw and met hundreds of inmates from Burma.

BURMA: Hlun Tin (Paramilitary) and Rakhine Beat Rohingya Unconscious in Maungdaw

A doctor told relatives that one of Mohammad Gani's vital organs was damaged by severe beating. They are not sure that he will fully recover...

(MAUNQDAW, Burma Mayu Press) - On the night of 21 February at about 9:00 p.m., numbers of Rakhine youths gathered and shouted near the gate of Mr. Mohammad Gani, 42 years old, an educated Rohingya person in Boumo Para, Maungdaw.

He shut down all his windows and doors of his home for his family's safety, trying to avoid the attack. Unfortunately, the Rakhine terrorists entered his home jointly and strong armed Hlun Tin.

Are Rohingyas and Kamans Less (Than) Human Beings?

If the vulnerable situation of Rohingyas and Kamans continue, it will not take long for the humanity to see exterminations of more ethnic communities in the modern time, why?

(KUALA LAMPUR) - The world has been witnessing the well-planned Genocide of Rohingyas and Kamans in Arakan, Burma for more than eight months now.

Consequently, Rohingyas and Kamans are now without foods, any access to medical treatments and their other ways to livelihoods are blocked. They are being arbitrary arrested, tortured and killed.

Burmese Authority Supplies Guns to Rakhine, Second Time in Northern Maungdaw

Rakhine can move and carry their activities openly as there are no barriers and attachments from government.

(RANGOON) - The Burmese government supplies ten guns to each Rakhine village on 16 February 2013 in Northern Maungdaw.

The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP) formed a youth group having a leader to every Rakhine village who are under training with gun and long swords to attack Rohingya at any time.

UN Envoy Concerned on Arakan Rights Abuses

The UN envoy said that he met many of the 120,000 internally displaced people during his visit to Sittwe, Myaybon and Pauk Taw. He expressed concern at the lack of medical care in the Muslim camps.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The United Nations has raised concerns on Saturday that the unrest in Arakan could derail the entire reform process in Myanmar.

“Rakhine (Arakan) State is going through a profound crisis that threatens to spread to other parts of the country and has the potential to undermine the entire reform process in Myanmar”, said Tomas Ojea Quintana, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma.

Stand Up for Burma - Jo Brand and Omid Djalili gig for Burma Campaign UK

Live at Brighton Dome Wednesday 6th March 8pm.

(LONDON) - Two of Britain’s funniest comedians are doing a stand up gig on Wednesday 6th March at the Brighton Dome.

Jo Brand is one of the UK’s leading comedians. A BAFTA winning comedian, writer, and actress, Omid Djalili is star of ‘The Omid Djalili Show’ on BBC One and regularly appears on other TV shows.

Burma: More Lands Confiscated in Maungdaw South

Many Rohingyas have been starving from the shortage of food in Arakan State since June of last year.

(MAUNGDAW, Arakan State) - More than 150 acres of arable lands were recently confiscated from Rohingya Muslims in Burma by the government authority.

The land was given to Natala villagers in Maungdaw south, said a local farmer on condition of anonymity.