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European Royingya Council Issues `Denmark Declaration`

More than one hundred young generations with vision, passion, solidarity, hope, unity and perseverance finally decided to form an umbrella organization with the name of “The European Rohingya Council (ERC)”

(ESBJERG, Denmark) - A historical two-day convention of Rohingyas living in Europe was successfully held in Esbjerg Denmark.

Delegates came up with various ideas and proposals and unanimously agreed to form a Europe-wide Rohingya organization...

How Can We Maintain Communal Harmony Between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya in Myanmar?

To maintain communal harmony between these two ethnic groups, the restoration of the Rohingya’s rights is essential.

(SITTWE AKYAB, Myanmar) - Arakan State is our homelands. We sing our songs with the same band. We, Rakhine-Rohingya, are mutual friends. Arakan is our only common land

Tension between Rakhine and Rohingya in the Arakan State of Myanmar, increase day by day.

Breaking News: Looting, Extortion, Police Harassment, Continuing in Maungdaw, Burma

In the meanwhile, the area's only Muslim Lawyer, U Kyaw Min, has been set up in what advocates say is a false case.

(MAUNGDAW, Burma) - The police officers in Maungdaw spent the whole day rounding up a file of arrest warrant lists with the intention of extorting money from Rohingyas.

Police officer, Aung Kyaw Kham raided a village, Alipara ( Quarter No.2) on 8th October and arrested 5 persons. However the officer freed them by taking 300,000 kyats as a bribe.

Burmese Rohingya Group Issues Strong Condemnation Letter

Advocates say Burma's government is not taking any action intentionally.

(MILWAUKEE, WI) - Those responsible are a group of Rakhine Buddhist extremists in the collaboration with the Burmese security forces- Hluntin and police.

Besides burning the central mosque in Akyab, about 3,000 Buddhist Rakhine extremist surrounded remaining the Rohingya villages Aung Mingala and Maueik to attack, killing and to destroy whole villages, sources report.

Demonstration during President Thein Sein`s Asia Society Speech in NYC

Burma Task Force USA will not sit idly until the situation in Arakan and restoration of Rohingyas human rights are established.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Rohingya Concern International (RCI) actively participated under the banner of Burma Task Force/New York in the demonstration held on September 27, 2012 while Burmese President Thein Sein was delivering a speech at Asia Society/NYC.

In his speech RCI- President said that Rohingyas are bona fide citizens and an imdegenous people of Burma/Myanmar.

Breaking News Rohingya Historic National Jame-Mosque in Sittwe (Akyab) Now Burning

Attack on religious building was reported via telephone.

(WASHINGTON DC) - We have just have learnt from reliable source that the Buddhist Rakhine Buddhists today torched the Rohingya Historic National Jame-Mosque (built more than 150 years ago) and it is now burning.

Also some Muslim houses near the Mosque are burning due to spreading fire.

Law and Order in Myanmar

Prejudice and violence against Rohingya and religious minorities such as Kachin are pushing the risk of dividing the country and back stepping its commendable national reconciliation efforts.

(SITTWE AKYAB, Myanmar) - Today 7th Oct 2012, 300 Rakhine Buddhists attacked ancient central Mosque of Sittwe, Akyab, the biggest historical Mosque in Arakan State.

First the Rakhine burned the Imam and Muazin houses which were located in the compound of Mosque, and later they burnt all those Rohingya houses near the Mosque.

Who Holds Real Power in Myanmar?

No Buddhist leader except Dalai Lama condemned the violence of Rakhine Buddhists.

(SITTWE AKYAB, Myanmar) - It has been early four months after the bloodiest clashes between Myanmar's ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and stateless Rohingya Muslims.

Rakhine can move freely, can do their jobs as usual, nearly one million Rohingya have effectively been confined to a series of rural displaced camps and in detention.

OIC Collects $25 Million for Rohingya and Rakhine

Recent tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine left civilians dead and hundreds of homes destroyed.

(RANGOON, Burma) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has collected around US$25 million in funds during the second consultative meeting on humanitarian aid in Doha, Qatar on Friday for victims of the Rohingya-Rakhine conflict in Myanmar.

The funds will be used for rehabilitation and reconstruction in the areas affected by the conflict.

U.S. Ignores Burma`s Ethnic Cleansing, Now Bangladesh Sees Retaliation

As the U.S. cuts deals, Suu Kyi accepts rewards and President Thein Sein is pardoned for his past crimes; the conflict continues to burn homes and claim lives and now it has crossed an international border.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Ethnic tension has consumed Burma in recent weeks and now the problems are spilling over in a retaliatory fashion, into Bangladesh.

It all began over the reported rape of a Buddhist woman in Burma, a long closed pariah state which the Buddhist government renamed Myanmar. Almost immediately after that happened, a bus carrying Muslim men in Burma was pulled over, and the passengers murdered in open daylight.