Tag: Freedom of Religion
International community urged to stop the ‘silent genocide’ of Rohingya Muslims
Glasgow: January 25, 2014. (PCP) 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...
Myanmar claims Muslim militants targeted police officer
By Simon Roughneen
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's government is continuing to push back against calls for an investigation into the reported massacre of more than 40 Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state, saying that militants had infiltrated the restive region close to the Bangladesh border.
Myanmar’s foreign ministry claimed that an...
Asean chair grapples with domestic uncertainties
Myanmar made succinctly clear the Rohingya problem would not be raised in any Asean meeting during its chairmanship this year. U Ye Htut, the spokesperson of President Thein Sein, reiterated his country's position during a press conference on the eve of the first Asean informal ministerial meeting recently in...
Malaysia: The only real (and unlikely) solution to Allah controversy
By being deluded into thinking that they can gain political mileage from fighting over Allah instead of doing what is morally right, both Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) could end up sacrificing support from the very communities they depend on.
More than that, they also risk sacrificing the...
Thai police raid illegal border camp holding Rohingyas
(CNN) -- Thai police detained hundreds of Muslim Rohingya following a raid on a suspected people-trafficking camp, police said.
A Royal Thai Police spokesman said 531 men, women and children were detained following a raid on Sunday at a camp near the town of Sadao in the southern province of...
Burma: Govt moves to silence Rohingya MP after homes torched
Rohingya MP Shwe Maung has been interrogated and threatened with a defamation lawsuit after he accused local police of involvement in the burning of Rohingya homes in Du Char Yar Tan village in late January, the latest effort by the Burmese government to silence accusations of wrongdoing in the...
In search of a secular president
Indonesia is in dire need of a secular president because it is a secular country by law.
The de jure fact that Indonesia is a secular country is often blurred by the de facto reality that too many Indonesian leaders indulge themselves in religious symbols. Such lifestyles have reached an...
Myanmar President Orders Commission to Probe Rakhine Violence
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Friday appointed a commission to probe the death of a policeman which had sparked what was described as revenge killings of at least 40 Rohingya Muslims by Buddhist mobs in western Rakhine state last month.
The 10-member commission will probe the Jan. 13 death of...
Investigation commission for Du Chee Yar Tan incident to report at the end of this month
An investigation commission for Du Chee Yar Tan village incident was formed with ten commission members on 6 February with the order from Presidential Office. It was published in government owned newspapers on 7 February.
Chairperson of Myanmar Red Cross Association Dr. Thar Hla Shwe acted as chairperson of the...
Quintana plans Arakan visit in midst of anti-UN protests
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will undertake his final official visit to the country from 14 to 19 February, a UN statement said on Tuesday.
The UN said that the envoy’s trip will include a visit to Arakan State, where a series...
