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Breaking News: The Violence-Hit Rohingya Village, Duchiradan, Set Ablaze

Duchiradan is the village which was hit by the Myanmar-Regime-sponsored violence on 14th January 2014.

(DICHIRADAN, Maungdaw Burma Times) - The west-hamlet of the village of Duchiradan (Kilaindaung) in southern Maungdaw is on fire now. The fire caught Rohingya houses at around 9PM on 28th January 2014 (Myanmar Standard Time-MST).

How the fire started in the village is unknown yet. Neither Rohingya from any other village is allowed to go the village nor many locals of the village live there because of the fear of becoming the victims of violence again. Those who were living in the village are believed to have fled to their nearby village as soon as the fire started.

Sri Lanka`s own Northern Council Calls for Int`l War Crimes Investigation Against Sri Lankan Leaders

The call for international investigation is to investigate killings that took place in the final months of the war between Sri Lankan Government and Tamil rebels called Tamil Tigers.

(LONDON) - “So far call to establish Int'l investigation came from Int'l NGO’s & diaspora groups like Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE). This is the 1st time, Tamils within Sri Lanka speaks out.”

In a major humiliation to Sri Lankan President, the Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC) unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the United Nations to establish an International War Crimes Investigation to investigate Sri Lankan leaders for committing War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide against Tamil people in that island.

Sri Lanka: Resolution in Geneva Will Go Through

The Rajapaksa government may be good at vote-rigging and manipulating the counting, but are they capable of doing this in the HRC?

(PARIS) - It has taken more than three decades for the International community to understand the attitude of Sri Lanka, which is unbending and characterizes each and every Sri Lanka government through history. Better late than never, two consecutive resolutions have been passed on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council – HRC.

Now there are rumours, talks and discussions about a resolution on Sri Lanka in the forthcoming 25th session of the HRC. If so, this 3rd resolution may call for an ‘international independent inquiry’. Well and good.

NPC Passes Resolution to Probe War Crimes Committed in Sri Lanka

A motion submitted by NPC member Ananthi Sasitharan on people reported missing in the North was also adopted on the same day.

(MELBOURNE) - On the 27^th January 2014, the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) passed a resolution seeking an international war crimes investigation in Sri Lanka.

Submitted before the NPC, the resolution also approved a proposal that an NPC member attend the March session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The Silent Massacre of Rohingya

To date, three million Muslims have been forced to migrate to neighboring countries, hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been martyred, tens of thousands of settlement units have been burned and destroyed, tens of thousands of women have been raped...

(ISTANBUL Burma Times) - The Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine province of Myanmar are going through a brutal ethnic slaughter campaign of an unimaginable size. The scale of the killings, persecution, torture and savagery are beyond comprehension.

The systematic slaughter policy waged towards Muslims since 1942 left only 70,000 out of the initial four million owing to mass murder and displacement.

International Community Urged to Stop the `Silent Genocide` of Rohingya Muslims

According to the country's law, Rohingya are not a recognised minority group and have no rights of citizenship. Due to their statelessness, they are subject to systematic persecution and have been victims of violence and discrimination.

(GLASGOW) - A Scotland-based human rights organisation is calling on the international community to intervene in what is being called the ‘silent genocide’ of the Burmese Rohingya Muslims, who the United Nations has called the most persecuted minority group in the world.

Global Minorities Alliance, a human rights group which advocates for the rights of persecuted minority groups around the world...

Mannaar Killing Reaches 43, But the Depth of the Killings Had Not Been Fully Fathomed

On 22 January, when the exhumation continued for the 11th time, 3 skeletons were recovered. (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

(MANNAAR, Sri Lanka) - The Mannaar killing had been carefully hidden away from public. The truth is now revealed, probably after six or seven years.

The international independent investigation into war crimes in Mullivaaikkal should also include Mannaar killings. TamilNet reported that 43 human skeletons have been recovered till 22 January 2012 at Thirukkeatheesvaram mass grave in Mannaar, news sources in Mannaar said.

European Rohingya Council Sharply Denounces Brutalities of Burma`s Quasi-civilian Regime

ERC speaks out over ongoing looting, sexual assault, murder, arrest, torture in detention centers by Burmese Security Forces and State Backed Extremists in Maungdaw, Western Myanmar (Burma).

(FRANKFURT) - We, the European Rohingya Council sharply denounce the brutalities of Burmese quasi-civilian regime led by President Thein Sein over Rohingya ethnic minority of western Burma.

Since last June, the regime itself triggered the violence which lead complete genocide against Rohingya with a high momentum and it stop some days when international community raises voice but resume when international community goes quiet.

Urgent Alarm! Another Possible Wave of Rohingya Genocide

Rohingya have been facing state backed atrocities since 1978. The most recent assault by Lun Htein forces vandalized a Rohingya village of 4000 inhabitants in southern Maungdaw.

(MAUNGDAW Burma Times) - The Myanmar military backed regime led by former high rank military officer president Thein Sein with power of 2014 ASEAN chair is busy in preparation to get rid of Rohingya within a short time in upcoming days before completion of Myanmar census 2014 that will be carried out from March 30 to April 10.

Undoubtedly, another wave of Rohingya genocide is about to trigger in western Myanmar according to reliable source from inside Burma. There is a standing order from central government Naypyidaw administration to round up all Rohingya males and boys above aged 10.

BREAKING NEWS Order for Arrests of all Rohingya Males Over 10 Years

This is a critical stage in this event that experts say is a Genocide. The Rohingya have always been persecuted, but the news of literally rounding up all Rohingya takes this event to a new level.

(RANGOON) - Two international people have been contacted from inside Maungdaw that an order from NayPiDaw has been given to arrest all Rohingya males over 10 years old. Mass arrests have started in Maungdaw.

One of these witnesses has said that arrests have already started in Maungdaw. It is not clear if these arrests have occurred in the last 24 hours or include the Jan 14-17 mass arrests in Kiladaung and nearby villages last week.