CONFIDENTIAL INCIDENT REPORT 20 JANUARY 2014 Two incidents appear to have transpired in Dar Chee Yar Tan Village Tract in January 2014. The first, the taking and killing of eight Rohingya men on or about 9 January, appears to have led to or become entwined with an ongoing security operation in the village that began on 13 January. The follow synopsis is based primarily on eyewitness testimony compiled by the UN staff in Rakhine State between 14 and

Migrants sentenced to five years Tin Thein, the Burma Times 26 June 2015     A huge number of Rohingya migrants rescued from the two ships have been sentenced to five years for trafficking Bangladeshis. One source claimed that as many as two hundred boat people will be locked up for five years under the case no 113. The Maungdaw Criminal Court passed the sentences on Thursday. The accused have been transferred to the Buthidaung jail. Families of

The Rohingya and Islamic Extremism: A Convenient Myth Myanmar is pursuing a narrative that rests on dubious evidence. By Elliot Brennan & Christopher O'Hara, The Diplomat 29 June 2015       The firebrand Buddhist monk, U Wirathu, frequently remarks that Islam poses an existential threat to Myanmar. A central tenet of this argument is the citation of one Muslim militant organization, the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO).

China and India Are Sitting Out Refugee Crisis Austin Ramzy, The New York Times 28 June 2015 Image: Migrants found at sea were escorted across the Bangladesh border to Rakhine State in Myanmar this month. Persecution has driven thousands from Myanmar. CreditYe Aung Thu/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images HONG KONG — When a deadly earthquake rocked Nepal in April, China and India rushed to send relief supplies and search-and-rescue teams.

Rohingya Situation Statement on World Refugee Day Australia Burmese Rohingya Organization 19 June 2015 We, Australian Burmese Rohingya Organization (ABRO) would like to raise serious concern over ongoing humanitarian crisis of Rohingya and Kaman of Arakan state. For decades, Rohingyas have been oppressed, victimized, terrorized and forcefully expelled from homelands by the both government authorities and extremist Rakhine people. The campaigns of

Myanmar’s Missing Rohingya Thomas Fuller, The New York Times 12 June 2015  Image: An area called "plastic camp," named for the scavenged materials the Rohingya have used to improvise dwellings, in Sittwe, Myanmar. CreditTomas Munita for The New York Times At a makeshift government encampment in Sittwe, Myanmar, holding 140,000 Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim ethnic group, I asked camp residents if they had relatives who had traveled to Malaysia.

Myanmar Says Persecution Not the Cause of Migrant Crisis Reuters via The New York Times 04 June 2014 (posted on Genocide Watch 15 June 2015) Image: Migrants allowed to land by the Myanmar Navy collected rainwater on Thursday at a camp in the western part of the country. CreditNyunt Win/European Pressphoto Agency YANGON/MAUNGDAW, Myanmar — Myanmar said on Thursday that persecution of its Rohingya Muslim population was not the cause of Southeast

Enemies of the State Political reform in Myanmar cannot be complete without an end to the long-standing persecution of the minority Rohingya people Raza Rumi, Foreign Policy 10 June 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 15 June 2015)     The persecution of Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims, their desperate flight from Myanmar and horrific plight at sea has attracted global attention. The predicament of the hapless, stateless Rohingya has

Parliament unanimously passed resolution against muslim killings in Burma The News Tribe 9 June 2015   ISLAMABAD – The upper house of Parliament, Senate, has unanimously passed resolution against the muslim genocide in Burma. The resolution is put forward by Senator Syed Mushahid Hussain, who is head of Senate committee for defense affairs.The context of resolution stated that government should raise voice in gavour of Burma Muslims at global

Where’s Aung San Suu Kyi When Burma Needs Her? It’s time for Aung San Suu Kyi to stand up for her country’s persecuted Rohingya minority Nafees Syed, Foreign Policy 08 June 2015       This month, U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration made two of its strongest statements yet about what experts call the “early warning signs of genocide” in Burma. Obama said last week that Burma must end discrimination against the country’s