Tag: Freedom of Religion
Myanmar: Fears extremists could drive out aid
The expulsion of an international medical NGO providing a vital lifeline to displaced Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state has raised fears other aid agencies could be next.
Advocates for the Rohingya Muslim minority -- tens of thousands of whom have been displaced by sectarian violence and are forced to live...
Myanmar’s upcoming census could spark anti-Muslim violence
BANGKOK — Decades of dictatorship in Myanmar produced a deep catalogue of casualties: slain dissidents, land mine victims and economic ruin, to name a few.
A lesser-known casualty of Myanmar’s totalitarian rule? Facts.
For instance: Maybe Myanmar has the population of South Korea. Maybe its population rivals that of France. Both...
WHO IS LYING? Comango denies Perkasa accusation it provoked the ALLAH fracas
The Coalition of Malaysian Human Rights NGO for the Universal Periodic Review process (Comango) has denied that it had provoked Muslim NGOs to cause a fracas at the Palace of Justice yesterday.
Referring to an Utusan Malaysia report, its spokesperson Yap Swee Seng said that the act of giving flowers,...
Brunei sultan urges country to support Islamic law
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (AP) — Brunei's ruling sultan has urged his people to support the implementation next month of a form of Islamic Shariah law that includes harsh penalties, and says foreign countries should respect the country's decision.
Starting in April, the tiny Southeast Asian nation will begin phasing...
The plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya
Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma, has made substantial progress in the last few years, moving from military rule toward democracy, releasing political prisoners and freeing from house arrest Nobel Prize-winning democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. However, the government has relentlessly continued its appalling treatment of the...
Myanmar Panel Rejects Claims of Rohingya Killings, Recommends Citizenship
A Myanmar government commission investigating allegations of recent violence in volatile Rakhine state has totally rejected U.N. claims that dozens of Rohingya Muslims had been killed but highlighted a need for the stateless group to be granted citizenship to ease any potential violence.
The panel said its investigations did not...
A Private Little War: Muslim Insurgency In Southern Thailand Rages, Ignored By Outside World
The Thai government says it will lift the state of emergency in Bangkok nearly two months after it was imposed to stamp out protests that have rocked the country for months. The demonstrators have been agitating to remove Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from power, saying she is merely a...
Christians, minorities UNDER THREAT in Sunni Malaysia, Suaram & Aliran tell United Nations
Geneva - SUARAM and Aliran have told the UN Human Rights Council that Christianity and other minority religions in Malaysia are increasingly under siege as right-wing Islamist groups threaten, with apparent impunity, the constitutional right of all Malaysians to freely practice their chosen faith. The Malaysian rights-advocacy groups made...
Myanmar rejects UN claims of anti-Muslim massacre
A Myanmar government commission has rejected United Nations' claims that an anti-Muslim massacre took place in the west of the country in January.
The investigation into violence in the country’s Rakhine State earlier this year, claims that there is no evidence of any Muslim deaths, despite U.N. claims to the...
Investigation team accuses media, INGOs of inflaming Rakhine conflict
An investigation team appointed by the government has refuted allegations that up to 48 Muslims were killed in northern Rakhine State’s Maungdaw township in January and accused the international community of inflaming tensions.
Commission head Dr Tha Hla Shwe said at a press conference on March 11 that the team...
