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OIC Blasts Burma Govt.

Victims continue to suffer...

(RANGOON, Burma ) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has blasted the Burmese government for reneging on its commitment to allow the group to open an office in Burma, saying that it is not serious about humanitarian issues.

The director of the Muslim Minorities and Communities Department, Talal Daous, said, “It is an unfortunate thing to happen, because this office is only for humanitarian purposes.

Role of UN`s own Review Panel Head Scrutinized

Petrie’s working for the Norwegian government while at the same time working for the UN panel could be in conflict with the UN Charter depending on how it is interpreted.

(COLOMBO Daily Mirror) - The head of the Norwegian government-funded peace initiative for Burma’s ethnic areas, Charles Petrie, is facing scrutiny after it was revealed last week that he is simultaneously working on an unrelated United Nation’s review panel looking into the Sri Lankan civil war.

An article posted last Friday suggests that Petrie’s involvement with the ambitious Norwegian project may run afoul of UN rules forbidding staff from being employed or under the influence of the governments of UN member states.

Arakan`s Buthidaung Jail Becomes Secret Rohingya Killing Center

Visit of International and Myanmar Investigation teams to this jail is a clarion call of Muslim Rohingyas.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The death of a Buddhist woman, Ma Thida Twe, Tongup in last May, 2012 brought peril for the vulnerable Muslim Rohingyas living in Burma's Arakan state.

As a result of the ensuing violence, displaced Rohingya refugees are living in unhealthy tents mostly in Sittwe, facing starvation and falling sick due to inadequate food supply and lack of treatment and medicines.

Tortured to Death in Burma - Extremely Graphic!

The Rohingya people of Burma are being slaughtered and nobody of political import in the west cares.

(SITTWE / SACRAMENTO) - Any time a person is murdered it is a tragedy; but when a human being is tortured to death, it is more than a tragedy; it is a blemish of unrelenting shame upon the entire human race.

No such treatment of prisoners under restraint is ever acceptable, though one can understand from the example set by world leaders like former U.S. President George W. Bush, how people could get the wrong idea.

Burma`s President Yields to Protesters, Says No to OIC Office

The decision to suspend the agreement was first broken on the Facebook page of Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut.

(RANGOON, Burma) - Burma’s President Thein Sein announced on Monday that he will not allow the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to open an office in the country.

More than ten thousand people filled the streets of several cities across the country on Monday, as protesters vowed to continue the mass demonstrations until their demands were met.

Burmese Troops Fire Warning Shots at Crowd in Sittwe

The police station in Sittwe is also refusing to confirm any details of the incident when contacted by Narinjara.

(SITTWE, Burma) - Burmese security forces fired warning shots in the air to disperse a crowd who targeted and besieged a Muslim ward in Sittwe on Friday night, said officials and local residents.

It took place at around 8 PM one day after the authority eased the hours of the curfew. The curfew has been reduced from 7 pm to 5 am to a six-hour period between 10 pm and 4 am from the 11th October.

UNHCR Alarmed at Fragile Security Situation in Burma`s Rakhine State

The number of people estimated to have been affected by the violence continues to grow, with latest unofficial estimates close to 90,000, including those displaced and those too frightened to leave their homes.

(GENEVA) - We are very concerned about reports we are receiving concerning the tense and fragile security situation in the areas affected by the recent violence in Rakhine State.

Even though the situation appears calm, we are still getting reports of violence and new displacements.

New `Retaliatory` Attacks on Myanmar`s Rohingyas

Rohingya activists have alleged that Myanmar's Buddhist protesters have launched fresh attacks on Muslims in retaliation to last week's attacks by Muslims on Buddhist temples and houses in Bangladesh.

(LONDON) - Nurul Islam, a Rohingya activist in Bangladesh, told DW that a number of Myanmar Buddhists took out a protest rally on Sunday against the attacks on Buddhist temples and houses in Bangladesh.

He alleged that the protesters attacked a 400-year-old mosque and burnt hundreds of copies of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, and other religious texts.

Police in Burma Accused of Raping Muslim Women in Pretext of Checking Family Lists

Activists say it is necessary to stop this level of police misconduct immediately.

(LONDON) - Some elders from Burma's Maungdaw advised over the telephone that police from Maungdaw town in Arakan state, are raiding Muslim villages almost every day.

They are not only surrounding Maungaw town, but also communities south and north of Maungdaw.

Take Action to Free Tun Aung! No Political Prisoner Should be Left Behind in Burma¹s Jails

Tun Aung M.D. is also a chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Burma.

(LONDON) - The military-backed government in Burma still continues to use torture and arbitrary arrest against its civilians despite carrying out a limited reform process in the country.

Tun Aung is a respected community leader who has been arrested and jailed for political reasons.