Today's News (Quick Search ) January, 2022

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26.01.2022

Arakan Army troops get COVID-19 vaccine in Rakhine State | Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight Mizzima

Burma Army Planning Large Scale Offensive Against Combined Karen Forces – Displaced ... Burma News International

ICG includes Myanmar to its list of 10 world hotspots | Burma News International Burma News International

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind distributes relief among Rohingya refugees - Greater Kashmir Greater Kashmir

Myanmar Junta Security Minister Admits Defeat Across Region - The Irrawaddy The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Junta's New Cyber Law to Jail Anyone Using VPN - The Irrawaddy The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Revolution Has Necessary Ingredients for Success: US Security Expert - The Irrawaddy The Irrawaddy

Myebon Twsp villager not heard from since November arrest on suspicion of unlawful association Burma News International

Nusrat Ghani's Tory Islamophobia claims are the tip of the iceberg, it's been in plain sight for years iNews

Opinion | Why I'm opposed to Ilhan Omar's bill against Islamophobia - The Washington Post The Washington Post

Regime Arrests Dawei Journalists | Burma News International Burma News International

Risky dwelling for Rohingya living on hill slopes - Asia News Network Asia News Network

The Rohingya Situation on Myanmar-Bangladesh Border Is Getting More Dangerous - The Irrawaddy The Irrawaddy

Turkish state aid agency hailed for humanitarian work in Bangladesh - Yeni Şafak Yeni Şafak

UN Security Council Should Act on Myanmar Atrocities | Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch 

New Light of Myanmar ( English Newspaper )2022 January

 26.01.2022

 

 

Rebel yell: Arakan Army leader speaks to Asia Times

ASIA TIMES
By BERTIL LINTNER

JANUARY 18, 2022

Rebel commander says military junta could explode ‘like a supernova’ and claims AA’s parallel administration is restoring stability to RakhineTwan Mrat Naing, commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, attends a meeting of leaders of Myanmar's ethnic armed groups at the United Wa State Army headquarters in Myanmar's northern Shan state, May 6, 2015. Photo: Twitter

CHIANG MAI – At just 43, Major General Twan Mrat Naing may be the youngest and most successful rebel commanders in Myanmar. The force he leads, the Arakan Army (AA), has grown from a handful of recruits when it was first established in April 2009 into one of the war-torn nation’s most powerful and potent ethnic armies.

AA first waged war against the Myanmar military in 2012 in northern Kachin state arm-in-arm with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). It later fought alongside the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in northeastern Shan state before launching an insurgency in its home state of Rakhine, also known as Arakan, where thousands have flocked to join its ranks.

'We recognise the human rights and citizen rights of the Rohingyas'

Prothum Alo ------ 
Altaf Parvez,Ashfaq Rony,Shafiqul Alam
Published: 02 Jan 2022, 13:11

Interview
Interview: Arakan army chief Twan Mrat Naing

General Twan Mrat NaingReuters file photo

The Arakan or the Rakhine state of Myanmar is a close neighbour of Bangladesh and has been so in the past. With the influx of the Rohingyas, this state has placed Bangladesh in a worrisome predicament. The Arakan Army is a significant political and military factor there. General Twan Mrat Naing is the commander in chief of the Arakan Army. On 19 December, he spoke over Zoom from the Chin state to three journalists and researchers of Bangladesh on the situation in Arakan and Myanmar.

Today's News (Quick Search ) December, 2021

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31.12.2021

2021: Myanmar's Post-Coup Bloodshed Eclipsed Other Conflicts, Violence in Southeast Asia BenarNews

BANGLADESH Cox's Bazar: Rohingya Christian beaten by refugee camp authorities - AsiaNews AsiaNews

Boat with 120 Rohingya refugees disembarks in Indonesia port | The Independent The Independent

Burmese court jails celebrities who backed anti-coup protests | Myanmar | The Guardian The Guardian

Christmas eve killings reinforce views of 'evil' Myanmar military - Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

EU backs international arms embargo after killings in Myanmar | European Union News | Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

EU readies more sanctions on Myanmar over Kayah state killings - Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

'In the name of humanity', Indonesia welcomes Rohingya refugees found adrift on broken ... South China Morning Post

Indonesia navy ship tows boat with Rohingya refugees to port - CNA CNA

Indonesia relents on plan to push back boat carrying 100 Rohingya refugees after outcry ... The Guardian

Indonesia says it will allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek refuge - NBC News NBC News

Indonesian Navy ship tows boat with Rohingya refugees to port - The Bharat Express News The Bharat Express News

Myanmar emerges as one of world's biggest drug hotspots | Military Coup | Latest English News YouTube

Myanmar Junta Orders Judges to Ignore Correspondence From International Courts - The Diplomat The Diplomat

Myanmar military reverts to scorched earth tactics, massacres - YouTube YouTube

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings - Vanguard News Vanguard News

Rohingya Muslims reach Indonesia port after month at sea in damaged boat - TRT World TRT World

Rohingya refugees brought ashore after dramatic Indonesia rescue - Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

Stricken boat with over 100 Rohingya allowed to dock in Indonesia - Today Online Today Online

The UN has blamed the killings on the military - Balkan Travellers Balkan Travellers

Worldly, Charming, and Quietly Equipping a Brutal Military

The New York Times

By Hannah Beech
Dec. 24, 2021

A Burmese-Irish family said all the right things, even as it helped Myanmar’s rulers avoid sanctions scrutiny in buying airplanes, defense radar and more.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar’s military commander in chief, during a parade for the 76th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, the capital, in March.Credit...EPA, via Shutterstock

Three years ago, the Kyaw Thaung family partied at the Pegu Club. The venerable Burmese-Irish clan had restored the teak-lined establishment to its 19th-century glory, evoking the days when gin-sipping colonialists ruled. The Pegu Club project befitted the family’s East-meets-West positioning and the optimism of a country newly engaging with the world.

Amid periodic power cuts in the rest of Yangon, the Kyaw Thaungs danced and sipped champagne among the new elite, including young entrepreneurs returned from exile, bejeweled daughters of generals, and even former political prisoners suddenly responsible for attracting foreign investment to the latest frontier market.

New Light of Myanmar ( English Newspaper )2020 December.

31.12.2021  

 

Boat carrying Rohingya refugees stranded off Indonesia's Aceh

CNA

28 Dec 2021 

Rohingya refugees on a boat. (File photo: AFP/Handout) 

 

JAKARTA: A boat carrying scores of Rohingya refugees including women and children broke down and was stranded in waters off the coast of Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island, local authorities and humanitarian groups said on Monday (Dec 27).

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have for years sailed to countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia between November and April when the seas are calm.

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday the boat carrying the Rohingya was spotted on Sunday in waters off Bireuen, Aceh and it was working with local authorities to rescue the group.

Indonesia rejects Rohingya refugees, sends boat to Malaysia

Aljazeera
28 Dec 2021

At least 100 people, mostly women and children, on board a wooden vessel said to be taking on water denied refuge.

A boat carries Rohingya people stranded at sea off Indonesia [Aditya Setiawan via Reuters]

Dozens of Rohingya refugees who were intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Indonesia’s Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian waters, authorities said.

At least 100 people, mostly women and children, on board a wooden vessel said to be taking on water were denied refuge in Indonesia and instead pushed into the neighbouring Southeast Asian country.

Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Meets Reality (ဘာသာၿပန္ ေအာက္မွာ ေဖာ္ၿပထားသည္ )

The New York Times
Opinion
By Kevin Rudd
Sept. 21, 2017

Sébastien Thibault

The news coverage of Myanmar over the past several months has led many people to conclude that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of the country, has abandoned her responsibility to protect human rights. Hundreds of thousands of people from the Rohingya ethnic minority are being expelled by the military from lands in western Myanmar, where they have lived for centuries. By any standard, we are witnessing the most fundamental violations of human rights.

UN Calls for Investigation After Dozens Massacred in Myanmar

TRT World
27 Dec 2021

The United Nations is calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into the massacre of at least 35 people, including women and children, in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. The incident, that's reported to have taken place on December 24, came to the world's attention after photos taken by the Karen Human Rights Group showed bodies on the backs of trucks, burnt beyond recognition. While Myanmar's military stands accused of another mass killing, the country's state media is reporting that the army had shot and killed terrorists. International condemnations are in order, but are these enough to change the reality on the ground? 

 

Guests: 

 

Maung Zarni

 Adviser to Genocide Watch 

 

Nay San Lwin 

Co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition 

 

Htwe Htwe Thein 

Associate Professor at Curtin University 

 

 

Link: Here

[Book] Marxism and Anarchism

(Various authors)06 April 2015

Page 1 of 23

The millions of people who have come out onto streets and squares around the world in recent years to oppose the policy of cuts and austerity do not trust politicians and trade union leaders. This shows a revolutionary instinct. Those who sneer at the movement as “merely spontaneous” display their ignorance of the essence of a revolution, which is precisely the direct intervention of the masses in politics. This spontaneity is an enormous strength—but at a certain point it will become a fatal weakness of the movement. Unless the movement is taken to a higher level, at a certain stage, it will subside, leaving the people disappointed and demoralised. Upon reflection of their experience, an increasing number of activists will come to see the need for a consistent revolutionary programme.

[Book] China: From Permanent Revolution to Counter-Revolution

John Peter Roberts21 January 2016

Page 1 of 23

 

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the revolutionary history of China, from the early 20th century to the present era of crisis, aided by a wealth of research which cuts across the many historical distortions both of bourgeois academia and of the Chinese Communist Party.

This book answers the questions:

• What was the class composition and class nature of the Chinese Communist Party when it took power in 1949?
• What forces pushed the Mao regime, despite its explicitly class-collaborationist strategy, to take measures which were objectively socialist and to establish the Chinese workers’ state?
• The Chinese Revolution was a practical test of both Trotsky’s theory of permanent revolution and Mao’s theory of uninterrupted revolution by stages. Which theory matched reality?
• The degeneration of the Chinese People’s Republic to capitalism has been a second rigorous practical test of Trotsky’s analyses. Has his prognosis that without a political revolution to overthrow the regime, a Stalinist bureaucratic state would return to capitalism, been proved correct?

Is There Any Solution to Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis?

THE I DEPLOMAT

By Sebastian Strangio

December 21, 2021

The February coup has further complicated the potential return of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.

In the 10 months since the Myanmar military’s seizure of power tipped the nation into a toxic, nationwide political emergency, another serious crisis – that facing the Rohingya refugees of Bangladesh – has largely been consigned to the margins of international attention.

More than 1 million mostly Muslim Rohingya civilians have been entrapped, limbo-like, in the rambling refugee camps that surround the town of Cox’s Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh, since fleeing in scorched-earth military offensives in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017. While a solution was remote even before the coup, the new crisis has further compounded their troubles, complicating any resolution to the refugee emergency, while also distracting international attention away from what might be done to resolve it.

Rohingya lawsuit against Facebook a 'wake-up call' for social media

Eco-Bussiness
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Dec. 14, 2021

Will the landmark suit, which argues that the spread of hate speech on the platform facilitated the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, be a turning point for Big Tech?

Rohingya refugees sit on a makeshift boat as they are interrogated by the Border Guard Bangladesh after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, at Shah Porir Dwip near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 9, 2017. Image: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo

A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, is a “wake-up call” for social media firms and a test case for courts to limit their immunity, human rights and legal experts said.

The $150 billion class-action complaint, filed in California on Monday by law firms Edelson PC and Fields PLLC, argues that Facebook’s failure to police content and its platform’s design contributed to violence against the Rohingya community.

British lawyers also submitted a letter of notice to Facebook’s London office.

Rohingya lawsuit ‘wake-up call’ for social media

GULF TIMES

Rina Chandran and Avi Asher
Schapiro/Bangkok/Los Angeles
December 14 2021

FINDINGS: United Nations human rights investigators said in 2018 that the use of Facebook had played a key role in spreading hate speech that fuelled the violence against the Rohingya 

 

A landmark lawsuit by Rohingya refugees against Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, is a “wake-up call” for social media firms and a test case for courts to limit their immunity, human rights and legal experts said.

The $150bn class-action complaint, filed in California last Monday by law firms Edelson PC and Fields PLLC, argues that Facebook’s failure to police content and its platform’s design contributed to violence against the Rohingya community.

Rohingya refugees seek Facebook action over hate speech

RTE

By Colm Ó Mongáin

Deputy Foreign Editor
Thursday, 9 Dec 2021

 

The complaint has been made by young people who live in Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh

 

A group of young Rohingya refugees have submitted a complaint about Facebook Ireland to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The 16 men and women are also seeking reparations from the social media platform, which is now known as Meta, for carrying material inciting hatred against Rohingya people.

The inflammatory material was posted during a period of violent attacks by the country's army and armed militias from 2017.

Can Facebook be blamed for pogroms against Rohingyas in Myanmar?

THE ECONOMIC
Dec 11th 2021 edition

 

Lawsuits in America and Britain seek billions of dollars in damages

THAT FACEBOOK was used to spread rhetoric that incited carnage in Myanmar is hardly up for debate. According to the lead author of a UN report published in 2018 the firm’s platform played a “determining role” in the violence inflicted on Rohingya Muslims by marauding Buddhists. Facebook acknowledges that it did not do enough to prevent its services from being abused. But whether it is liable for what happened is a trickier question.

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It may soon be answered. A legal campaign is under way on both sides of the Atlantic. It claims that Facebook, now renamed Meta, should be held liable for allowing users to spread such content during the Rohingya genocide. A letter delivered to Facebook’s London offices on December 6th gave the firm notice of intent to sue it in the High Court. That suit will be on behalf of Rohingyas living everywhere in the world outside America, including Bangladesh, where 1m or so dwell as refugees.

Arsa is being used to destabilize the Rohingya camp

Dailyhover
Marc Barman
December 9, 2021

Former Foreign Secretary and North South University South Asian Institute of Policy Governance Fellow Professor. Shahidul Haque said many believe that the Myanmar army is using the terrorist group Arsa to destabilize the Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar. If the Rohingyas do not unite now, Arsa’s dominance will expand. This will weaken the efforts to establish the rights of the Rohingya.

Shahidul Haque made the remarks at a webinar on Thursday to establish justice for the Rohingya.

The talks were held on the sidelines of the 20th General Assembly of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The webinar was jointly organized by Bangladesh, Gambia and Brussels-based human rights group No Peace Without Justice. The discussion was moderated by Alison Smith, Director of No Peace Without Justice.

Rohingya rights bodies denounce insurgent group ARSA

AA
Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh
07.12.2021

Joint statement calls for improving system of providing protection at refugee camps in Bangladesh

Dozens of Rohingya rights organizations on Tuesday denounced the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an insurgent group recently involved in killing Rohingya at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh.

“The Rohingya community does not accept ARSA as a group that represents the ideals and interests of them in or outside of Burma (Myanmar). Thus, the group must not claim it represents the interests of the Rohingya nation,” said a joint statement signed by 22 Rohingya rights organizations, including the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO), the European Rohingya Council (ERC) and the Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC).