Ethnic Rohingya Committee of Malaysia

Source  CNN , 26 Nov   By  Dan Rivers,  CNN November 26, 2012 -- Updated 1109 GMT (1909 HKT) Myanmar's minorities fight for survival STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority living in Myanmar's Rakhine state Thousands have been forced to flee the region amid persecution from Buddhist majority They are driven to refugee camps where conditions are extremely poor U.S. President Barack Obama raised the issue during his recent visit to Myanmar Sittwe, Myanmar (CNN)  -- It's been three years since I reported on the plight of the Rohingya Muslim people of western Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh. We called our documentary "A Forgotten People," and it looked at appalling incidents where boatloads of refugees fleeing poverty and persecution arrived in Thailand only to be towed back out to sea and abandoned by the Thai security forces. Hundreds died or went missing. WATCH: The Forgotten People:  Part 1  ...

Source  Rohingyablogger , 19 Nov THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________ ______________________________ ____ Obama speech at University of Yangon - DVB Live   For Immediate Release November 19, 2012 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YANGON Rangoon, Burma PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Myanmar Naingan, Mingalaba! (Laughter and applause.) I am very honored to be here at this university and to be the first President of the United States of America to visit your country. I came here because of the importance of your country. You live at the crossroads of East and South Asia. You border the most populated nations on the planet. You have a history that reaches back thousands of years, and the ability to help determine the destiny of the fastest growing region of the world. I came here because of the beauty and diversity of your country. I have seen just earlier today the golden stupa of S...

Source  Kaladanpress , 19 Nov   Maungdaw, Arakan state:  A group of Rakhines from Kanbay Natala –news shelter villager- together with Burmese border security force (Nasaka) are setting on fire to Horsara under Zaw Matet village tract – a Rohingya village, today, according to a village elder. "The Horsara village is situated near the Maungdaw- Aley Than Kyaw highway and beside a new shelter village (natala) and Nasaka outpost under Nasaka area number 7. The Nasaka always harass the Rohingya villagers and the travelers on this road. With them, the new shelter also giving trouble to Rohingya community who pass this point." "The village has more than 58 houses and the Nasaka personnel have already driven out from the village with open fire, then the Rakhines set on fire the village at 20:00 hour after listening the news at 20:00 hour from Burma broadcasting service. In the news, there was US President Barak Obama speech which mention about Rohingya that become ang...

Source  interaksyon , 17 Nov   DJIBOUTI -- The world's top Islamic body called Saturday for the international community to protect Muslims in Myanmar's unrest-hit Rakhine state from "genocide" as US President Barack Obama readied for a landmark trip to the country. "We expect from the United states to convey a strong message to the government of Burma so they protect that minority, what is going on there is a genocide," said Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, who is the acting chairman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. "We are telling things how they are, we believe that the United States and other ... countries ... should act quickly to save that minority which is submitted to an oppressive policy and a genocide," he said.

Source  Albany tribune , 18 Nov Dear Mr. President, I am somewhat puzzled by your decision to visit Myanmar, which has the worst records of human rights in our planet. As an overture to your trip, your administration has recently lifted import restrictions on Myanmar, broadly authorizing Myanmar-origin goods to enter the United States for the first time in almost a decade. So, you can understand why like so many other concerned human rights activists, I am at a loss to understand your rationale for the trip. I am sure your administration is well aware of Myanmar government's apartheid policy and its monumental crimes against its own people, esp. the Rohingya, who remain the worst persecuted people in our time. The root cause of the Rohingya people lies with the 1982 Citizenship Law, which is at odds with scores of international laws. This law, formulated during the hated dictator Ne Win's era, has effectively made the Rohingya people stateless in their ancestral homela...

Saturday, 17 November 2012 London, 17 November, ( Asiantribune.com ): Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) urges US President Barack Obama to raise constitutional and legislative reform, religious freedom and the need to end conflicts and begin a peace process with ethnic nationalities, during his official trip to Asia on 17 November, which will include a visit to Burma. CSW is also calling on President Obama to press for the release of all remaining political prisoners in Burma. According to media reports, earlier this week the Burmese government released more than 450 prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of President Obama's visit, however there are concerns that no political prisoners are among them. Reuters reports that President Obama is expected raise the issue of ongoing ethnic violence in Burma's Rakhine State "directly with the leadership". US Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ), along with 20 other members of the Senate and House, have written a bi-par...

Tuesday, 13 November 2012   By NDPHR(exile), Despite the ongoing crises  of Aarkan state need humanitarian assistance, the  government paves another way to expel Rohingya and other muslims of Arakan state through various programs. From last week, its authorities are checking family census and other evidences of all Arakanese muslims after burnt down their properties and demolished historical existence.  At the moment, the Nasaka and Immigration authorities do force through various abuses over the Rohingya people of Pauktaw town to accept Bengali. Conspiracy & Reality Here is a popular report of  June  hiding the reality. When  two groups of 29 Barugua (Maramagyi  and Hindu religions) people  who also spoke the same language of Rohingya and have similar facial appearance were red-handed with knives and explosive bottles, the Burmese officials and local media openly lied by expression that ...

Source Presstv, 11 Nov Watch the video link  here Activists in France take part in a global day of protests to raise awareness about anti-Muslim atrocities in Myanmar. As a Muslim minority in an overwhelmingly Buddhist country, Rohingyas continue to be persecuted. Activists in Paris rallied on the worldwide day to support the embattled Rohingyas of Myanmar, often referred to as the most persecuted group in the world. As a Muslim minority in an overwhelmingly Buddhist country, the Rohingyas have suffered generations of mistreatment, but a state-sponsored campaign of ethnic cleansing has led to a humanitarian crisis. Since June thousands of Rohingyas have been forcibly relocated to refugee camps, hundreds have been killed and dozens more are missing. Despite living in Myanmar since the 7th century, the government has classified some 800,000 Rohingyas as "illegal" immigrants, hoping that they will be taken in by neighboring Bangladesh. US President Obama...

Source  Phuketwan , 11 Nov   PHUKET: A boatload of 112 Rohingya have come ashore to be arrested by local police north of Phuket,  Phuketwan  learned early today. Captive Rohingya crowd into a local police pickup north of Phuket Photo by Anothai Ngandee (see more photos  here ) The men and boys made land on the beach at Thai Muang, a short drive north of Phuket in Phang Nga province, about 7.30am yesterday, a local officer said. The men, aged 18 to 40, are being held at the immigration office in Phang Nga. Their arrival confirms concerns that thousands of Rohingya could flee to sea in coming weeks to escape persecution in Burma, also known as Myanmar. ''They have told us that the boat was one of seven that left Rakhine province in western Burma about the same time,'' said a policeman. ''One of the boats sank with more than 130 people on board. About 1000 people in total were on all the vessels.'' The boat, old and barely seaworthy, had be...

 Source from The White House Blog Friday, November 09, 2012    . Yesterday’s announcement that President Obama will become the first U.S. President to visit Burma marks an historic step in the United States’ engagement with Burma. In the past year, since President Obama first noted “flickers of progress” in Burma – and since Secretary Clinton became the most senior U.S. official to visit since 1955 – we have seen continued progress on the road to democracy. Several opposition political parties have been permitted to register legally for the first time and their members – including Aung San Suu Kyi – have been elected to parliament. Restrictions on the press have been eased. Legislation has been enacted to expand the rights of workers to form labor unions, and to outlaw forced labor. The government has signed an action plan aimed at ridding its army of child soldiers; it has pledged to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to help ens...