( 10.12.2016 ) On Myanmar, Ban's Nambiar's Canned Statement Does Not Mention Rohingya ( Inner City Press )Video

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, December 9 -- Myanmar was the quiet topic of the UN Security Council on the evening of November 17, between meetings on South Sudan and Syria chemical weapons.

Inner City Press was informed that while the US requested the closed door briefing, the US agreed as a condition that there would be no outcome to the meeting.

( 07.12.2016 ) Clamp down on hate speech against Rohingyas, says ex-envoy

FMT  
Free Malaysia Today

December 7, 2016 8

  

Lamenting hate speech in Myanmar, former Malaysian ambassador to Myanmar Mazlan Muhammad suggests there are lessons for Malaysians in this too.

KAJANG: Beyond stopping the violence against the Rohingyas, the Myanmar government should clamp down on hate speech against the community, says a former Malaysian ambassador to the country.

( 07.12.2016 ) Former ambassador tells of persecution faced by Rohingyas ( Free Malaysia Today )

Robin Augustin,

December 7, 2016

 

Former Malaysian ambassador to Myanmar fears repression of Rohingyas could lead to radicalisation of the minority Muslim community

KAJANG: Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority could become radicalised if they continue to be oppressed by the Myanmar government, a former Malaysian ambassador to the country fears.

Mazlan Muhammad, a retired diplomat who served as Malaysia’s envoy to Myanmar from 2008 to 2012, opened up about the extent of the persecution faced by the Rohingyas to FMT.

( 06.12.2016 ) Don’t push Myanmar too hard, ex-diplomat tells Putrajaya ( Free Malaysia Today )

Robin Augustin
|December 6, 2016

An ex-diplomat says Malaysia must opt for constructive engagement and gentle persuasion in trying to stop violence against Rohingyas.


PETALING JAYA: A former diplomat has warned Putrajaya against pushing Myanmar too hard on the Rohingya issue, saying it might tempt it to go back to the days when it isolated itself from the rest of the world.

( 05.12.2016 ) Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Life of ‘Unwanted’ Rohingyas ( intpolicydigest ) Video

Husnain Iqbal
05 Dec 2016



At a time when the world is debating measures to deal with the refugee influx from the Middle East, the plight of the Rohingyas in another part of the world is being met with indifference. Maybe, this is due to the few numbers involved or that the geo-political placement of this ‘refugee’ crisis is far away from the lands of Western hegemonic interest and the suffering of this community is falling on deaf ears – even those of a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

( 04.12.2016 ) Myanmar: Abuse of human rights ( Financial Express )

Muhammad Zamir,Published : 04 Dec 2016

The Rohingyas are again under attack in Myanmar. The New York Times has correctly observed that "Myanmar has long persecuted the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, denying it basic rights to citizenship, to marry, to worship and to education." Reuters has reported from Yangon that more than 1,000 homes have been razed in Rohingya villages during a military 'counter-insurgency' lockdown (between October 22 November 10). This estimate is based on the analysis of satellite images which Human Rights Watch released on November 21. Latest figures indicate that up to 30,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar's Rakhine state - half of them over the course of the second and third weeks of November.

Malaysia: Myanmar pursues ethnic cleansing of Rohingya

Al Jazeera  

2016 December 16

Malaysia says Myanmar behind exodus of hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya to neighbouring countries.

Government restrictions on the Rohingya has been likened to apartheid [EPA]

Malaysia has accused Myanmar of engaging in "ethnic cleansing" of its Rohingya Muslim minority, as former UN chief Kofi Annan visits a burned-out village in violence-hit Rakhine state.

Tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya have fled their homes since a bloody crackdown by the Myanmar army in Rakhine, sparked by a string of deadly attacks on police border posts in early October.

Rohingya in Rakhine state suffer government retaliation

AL Jazeera
by Katie Arnold
4 Dec 2016

 Military uses indiscriminate violence in pursuit of Al Yaqeen fighters who demand equal rights for Rohingya Muslims.

 

Supporters rally against attacks on the Rohingya in Myanmar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh [Abir Abdullah/EPA]

When Faizul* fled the smouldering remains of his village in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state, he barely noticed the shards of wood that punctured every extremity of his body. He just wanted to escape the bullets raining down from a helicopter above. But by the time he reached Bangladesh, a shrapnel wound on his right leg had grown to the size of a golf ball, and its yellow flesh was festering with signs of an infection.

Al Jazeera
Published on Dec 2, 2016

  Former UN chief in Myanmar to investigate plight of Rohingya

Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims may be victims of crimes against humanity, the UN rights agency has said, as Kofi Annan undertakes a visit to the country that will include a trip to the conflict-ravaged region of Rakhine.

Link :https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=yA7204i-HKU

( 30.11.2016 ) Burma Officials Lodge Complaints with BBC, UNHCR ( Irrawaddy )

The Irrawaddy

30/11/2016

                                                   By Moe Myint 28 November 2016

Burmese officials have lodged complaints with both the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the BBC World Service over comments and reports made on the Arakan State situation last week.

The Burmese Embassy in Britain wrote a letter of complaint on Friday to the BBC World Service over their Nov. 22 report “Rohingya Muslims hated and hounded from Burmese Soil” which the Embassy said was “based on rumors, hearsay and one-sided views which are far from the true situation.”

( 30.11.2016 ) HRW satellite data shows 1250 Maungdaw structures destroyed ( Myanmar Times )

By AFP | Tuesday, 22 November 2016

More than 1200 houses have been destroyed in northern Rakhine State, according to an analysis of satellite images by Human Rights Watch released yesterday.

( 29.11.2016 ) Myanmar lodges protest over UNHCR official’s critical Rakhine comments ( Myanmar Times )

Myanmar Times

Monday, 28 November 2016

A UNHCR representative’s comments about violence in Rakhine State have sent the government into public relations overdrive, with a senior cabinet member describing the UN official’s remarks as “just allegations” and calling into question his professionalism.

Bangladesh refuses Rohingya fleeing 'ethnic cleansing'

Al Jazeera
28/11/2016

Eight boats carrying Rohingya refugees have been turned away by Bangladesh as thousands amass on the border.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh by boat in recent weeks [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Multiple boats packed with Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar have been turned back by Bangladesh border guards despite appeals by the country's opposition to provide shelter to the persecuted Muslim minority. 

Khaleda asks Myanmar to stop Rohingya genocide

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday called the repression of Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar forces as ‘genocide’, asking the Bangladesh authorities to give them shelter as much as possible.
“I am deeply shocked and concerned over the brutal genocide being carried out by the government forces of neighbouring Myanmar on the Rohingya community,” she said in a statement issued by her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan.

( 27.11.2016 ) “ဘီဘီစီမှ ၂၂-၁၁-၂၀၁၆ ရက်နေ့တွင်ထုတ် လွှင့်ခဲ့သည့်အစီအစဉ်အပေါ် မြန်မာသံရုံး၊ လန်ဒန်မြို့မှ ကန့်ကွက်စာပေးပို့ထားရှိမှု”

“ဘီဘီစီမှ ၂၂-၁၁-၂၀၁၆ ရက်နေ့တွင် ထုတ်လွှင့်ခဲ့သည့်  အစီအစဉ်အပေါ် မြန်မာသံရုံး၊ လန်ဒန်မြို့မှ ကန့်ကွက် စာပေးပို့ထားရှိမှု”

Response by Myanmar Embassy to the BBC World News Program.

Restore citizenship to Rohingya

malaysia kini

P Ramasamy   

Published: 26 Nov 2016

The Rohingya is one of the most deprived and exploited minority groups in the world today. While there is much emotional frenzy about their tragic plight, the Malaysian government has not taken any concrete step to address their issue at the international forums. The least that the government can do is to press home the point that the present government in Myanmar should restore their citizenship status that was deprived many years back.

Malaysia to Summon Burmese Ambassador as Protests Mount Over Treatment of Rohingya

The Irrawaddy
25.11.2016

Protesters hold signs during a demonstration against what organizers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Burma, outside the Burmese embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 25, 2016. The text on the poster reads, “Rohingya are our brothers.” / Darren Whiteside / Reuters 

By Reuters 25 November 2016 

KUALA LUMPUR & DHAKA – Malaysia will summon Myanmar’s ambassador over the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in northwestern Arakan State, it said on Friday, as protesters across Southeast Asia demonstrated against the rising violence.

Malaysia to summon Myanmar envoy on Rohingya as protests mount

REUTERS
By Joseph Sipalan and Ruma Paul
KUALA LUMPUR/DHAKA
November 25, 2016 

[1/2]Muslims protest against what they say is Myanmar's crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva Acquire Licensing Rights

( 24.11.2016 ) Rohingya face Myanmar 'ethnic cleansing': UN official ( ALjazira )

Al Jazeera
24/11/2016

UNHCR chief accuses country's troops of killing men and raping women, forcing stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh.

Hundreds of thousands live in camps in Bangladesh [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]


Myanmar is carrying out "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims, a United Nations official has said, as stories of gang rape, torture and murder emerge from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh.

( 24.11.2016 ) Bangladesh briefs foreign diplomats on Rohingya influx concerns ( bdnews24.com )

Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 2016-11-24



Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has told Dhaka-based diplomats about the government’s concerns over the influx of Rakhine Muslims into Bangladesh despite the border guards’ efforts to stop the flow.

He briefed them on the evolving situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh-Myanmar relations at State Guest House Padma on Thursday.