Tag: Freedom of Religion
Group presses for action on rights violation in Chin State
Chin Human Rights Group has said they will encourage the Chin National Front (CNF) and Myanmar Human Rights Commission to look into violations of human rights in Chin State.
Published on Sunday, 21 September 2014 | 07:34
Chin Human Rights Group has said they will encourage the Chin National Front (CNF)...
Tolerant religion minister wanted
Many have called on president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to retain the current minister, Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, due to his progressive stance on many issues, especially religious minority rights.
Margareth S. Aritonang, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Mon, September 22 2014, 7:36 AM
As the National Awakening Party (PKB) and...
Rohingyas face pressure to deny identity
Already widely reduced to statelessness and in many cases forced into camps for displaced people, an 800,000-strong population of Muslims in western Myanmar now faces increasing efforts to eradicate the very word they use to identify themselves as a group.
Already widely reduced to statelessness and in many cases forced...
Exclusive: Rohingya could face detention under Myanmar draft plan
Myanmar's national government has drafted a plan that will give around a million members of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority a bleak choice: accept ethnic reclassification and the prospect of citizenship, or be detained.
By Jared Ferrie and Thin Lei Win
YANGON/BANGKOK Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:31am EDT
(Reuters) - Myanmar's...
Legal manual for Muslim Filipinos now available
The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has urged its constituents to avail a copy of a legal handbook primarily designed to help Muslim Filipinos increase their human rights knowledge.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/27 September)—The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) has urged its constituents to avail a copy of a...
U.N. concerned about Myanmar’s ethnic, religious tensions
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS Thu Oct 2, 2014 1:37pm EDT
(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's latest report on Myanmar raises serious concerns about ethnic and religious tensions that have led to violence against Rohingya Muslims, though he praises the government's attempts to press ahead with democratic reforms.
The situation is...
Myanmar’s Plan For Rohingya Muslims Detention Camps Condemned
Human rights groups condemned today a Myanmar government plan that could force thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims into detention camps indefinitely if they do not qualify for citizenship.
Details Published on Friday, 03 October 2014 14:54
YANGON: Human rights groups condemned today a Myanmar government plan that could force thousands of...
Indonesia’s Aceh province minorities alarmed at new Shariah-based law
Minority communities in Indonesia's Aceh province are worried about their fate after its parliament passed a Shariah-based law that also punishes non-Muslims living in the area.
Oct 07, 2014, Updated at 06:30 AM EST
Minority communities in Indonesia's Aceh province are worried about their fate after its parliament passed a Shariah-based...
Rakhine government spokesperson responds to UN statement U Win Myaing
A spokesperson from the Rakhine State government has told Mizzima on October 7, that both the Union and State governments are committed to dealing with the issues in the state in a fair and balanced manner.
A spokesperson from the Rakhine State government has told Mizzima on October 7, that...
Myanmar blockades Rohingya, tries to erase name
Authorities sealed off villages in Myanmar's only Muslim-majority region and in some cases beat and arrested people who refused to register with immigration officials
Associated Press By ROBIN McDOWELL
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities sealed off villages in Myanmar's only Muslim-majority region and in some cases beat and arrested people who...
