Tag: Freedom of Religion
Study: Rohingya Among World’s Most Persecuted
The Rohingya minority community in Myanmar should rank as one of the most excluded, persecuted and vulnerable communities in the world. That is the conclusion of a pair of studies, prepared over a three-year-period, looking at the plight of the stateless group.
Steve Herman
October 17, 2014 5:33 AM
BANGKOK— The Rohingya...
Seven Christians arrested for prayer gathering, released in Laos
Authorities in Laos have freed seven out of the eight Christians, including a three-year-old child, arrested in September for flouting the orders of a village chieftain who banned prayer gatherings.
Miko Morelos | Friday, October 17 2014
Authorities in Laos have freed seven out of the eight Christians, including a three-year-old...
As insurgency burns, revival of Thai south script points way to peace
A high-pitched chorus pours out from a Muslim nursery school in Thailand's insurgency-battered south, as girls in crisp, white hijabs read aloud the curls and flourishes of a homegrown script virtually erased from public life.
Saiburi (Thailand) (AFP) - A high-pitched chorus pours out from a Muslim nursery school in...
Myanmar: The Politics of Rakhine State
The situation in Rakhine State contains a toxic mixture of historical centre-periphery tensions, serious intercommunal and inter-religious conflict with minority Muslim communities, and extreme poverty and under-development.
Asia Report N°261 22 Oct 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The situation in Rakhine State contains a toxic mixture of historical centre-periphery tensions, serious intercommunal and inter-religious...
Interview: The Stateless Rohingya
The Rohingya are one of the world’s most persecuted ethnic minorities and are internationally recognized as de jure stateless.
The growing persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar.
By Vanessa Thevathasan October 25, 2014
The Rohingya are one of the world’s most persecuted ethnic minorities and are internationally recognized as de jure...
Number of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar tops 100,000
A growing sense of desperation is fueling a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar, with the number who have fled by boat since communal violence broke out two years ago now topping 100,000, a leading expert said Saturday.
Oct 25, 10:31 AM EDT | By ROBIN McDOWELL |...
Around 3,000 people stage protest for enactment of interfaith marriage bill
Around 3,000 people including Buddhist monks led by the Yangon Region's Nationality and Religion Safeguarding Association held a protest yesterday to call for the enactment of the interfaith marriage bill.
Published on Sunday, 26 October 2014 07:41
YANGON- Around 3,000 people including Buddhist monks led by the Yangon Region's Nationality and...
Sarawak denies giving the nod to Isma women’s meet in Kuching
The Sarawak government said it did not give approval for the women’s wing of Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) to hold a two-day conference in the state capital, Kuching.
BY DESMOND DAVIDSON | Published: 28 October 2014
The Sarawak government said it did not give approval for the women’s wing of Ikatan...
Burma’s state security forces profit from trafficking Rohingya Muslims
Authorities are earning $7,000 per boatload in exchange for passage out to sea
Kate Hodal in Phnom Penh
The Guardian, Friday 7 November 2014 16.10 GMT
Burma’s state security forces are profiting directly from the trafficking of stateless Rohingya Muslims, earning up to $7,000 per boatload in exchange for passage to sea,...
Indonesia Drafts Religion Legislation to ‘Protect All Faiths’
The Indonesian government says it is drafting new legislation to protect citizens of all faiths in the world's largest Muslim majority nation.
Fatiyah Wardah
November 11, 2014 4:09 PM
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government says it is drafting new legislation to protect citizens of all faiths in the world's largest Muslim majority...
