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Thank you, Thai Authorities!

A credible, independent investigation into the alleged January massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is needed.

(JEDDAH Burma Times) - Rohingyas from Arakan, Myanmaar used to escape and flee to neighboring countries because they are/were not safe in their homes and land.

They are still facing several kinds of atrocities not only in own land but also in other countries.

Why is Britain Training the Burmese Army?

What is the logic in training soldiers about human rights when Burma's govt has them commit the same crimes?

(LONDON) - Britain doesn't know if the people they are training have committed human rights abuses, and cannot monitor soldiers after they have been on the course.

Yet the UK is spending £87,850 on military training for Burmese?

Why Are Thai Authorities Unjust with Rohingyas?

The Rohingya are mostly stateless Muslims from Myanmar, also known as Burma.

(FRANKFURT Burma Times) - Thai authorities have sent around 1,300 Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar, a top official said on Thursday.

Thai authorities began deporting the Rohingya in September through a border checkpoint in the province of Ranong, national immigration chief Lieutenant General PharnuKerdlarpphon told AFP.

A Repeated Call for Rohingya Unity!

The Rohingya people are still persistently being tortured and their situation becomes worse day by day.

(NEW YORK) - Rohingya unity is mandatory in finding solutions to problems facing one of the world’s most persecuted people.

The Rohingya have been, and remains a key point in many discussions around the world Rohingya diaspora and those who are still in Myanmar.

Burma Urged to Drop Census Questions on Ethnicity, Religion

After the last census in 1983, the military regime reported that Muslims constituted 4 percent of the population in the Buddhist-majority country, but this percentage may not be accurate.

(RANGOON) - The International Crisis Group (ICG) is urging the Burma government and the United Nations to amend the country’s nationwide census survey.

Targeted at influencing the way Muslims participate in the process, the census includes questions described as “needlessly antagonistic and divisive.”

16-Year-old Rohingya Muslim Girl Says She Was Gang Raped

Teen says the offenders were police and Buddhist villagers.

(DU CEE TAR TAN Village World Bulleti) - A 16-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl told Anadolu Agency that she was gang raped by police and local Rakhine villagers after an alleged massacre in Du Chee Yar Tan village, Rakhine state, Myanmar.

According to AA sources, at least 50 people were killed last month when a group of local Buddhists, backed by police, rampaged through the village killing the elderly, women and children.

Rohingya: Time to Reflect for Consultative Leadership

Appeal to distinguished gentlemen and ladies regardless faith worldwide

(KUALA LAMPUR Burma Times) - The ongoing state-sponsored silent Rohingya massacre is a catastrophe not only for Rohingya but also for the humanity at large.

Thus, it is an obligation upon every individual who comes across this article to counsel Rohingya individuals and social and political parties to be unified...

Unveiled: Most Terrible Plot of Vet. Aye Maung to Trigger Fresh Calamity in Western Burma and Malaysia

Last year, Vet. Aye Maung incited religious hatred and masterminded unrest that brought a bad reputation to Burma and it is remained unresolved until today.

(KUALA LAMPUR Burma Times) - It is reported that the former RNDP head, currently Second in command at Arakan National Party as well as a lawmaker in parliament’s upper house, and Aye Thar head of ANP, escaped from an attempted assassination assault.

Gunmen waged their attack in Kuala Lumpur on 6 February at 11:00 PM and immediately returned to Yangoon.

Burma Arrests 5 Journalists

Media groups say the arrest of the five journalists “reminds us of the practice of the former military regime.”

(YANGOON Burma Times) - In what some fear could be a backsliding to authoritarian rule, Burmese police arrested five local journalists over a report they published alleging the existence of a secret chemical weapons plant operated by former Burmese generals.

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), a regional network of media organizations advocating the freedom of the press, said the arrests were “a throwback to the junta days.”

Aid Flows Into Myanmar Despite Medieval Muslim Massacre

World Bank loan follows government complicity in Du Chee Yar killings.

(LONDON Burma Times) - On January 26, 2014, the World Bank approved a two billion dollar development aid package to Myanmar.

For the past two years, western countries led by the US have been rewarding Myanmar handsomely for what they regard as the government’s greater commitment to improving the human rights situation in the country.