"SPDC authorities have systematically repressed
and relocated Muslims to isolate them in certain areas. For example,
Rakhine Muslims have been forced to donate time, money, and materials
toward buildings for the Buddhist community. There now are certain
townships in the Rakhine state, such as Thandwe, Gwa, and Taung-gut, which
are "Muslim-free zones." Muslims no longer are permitted to live
in the areas, mosques have been destroyed and lands confiscated." MORE Source: US.Department of State
International
Religious Freedom Report 2002, release by
U.S. Department of State
"The
sharp increase in the level of anti-Muslim violence during the
period covered by the previous report (some of which the Government
may have tacitly supported, contributed to, or even instigated) has
abated, there were reports that restrictions on Muslim travel and
worship countrywide have increased, especially since the fall of
2001."
The impact of violent attacks against Muslims last year in Burma should be
high on the agenda of the U.N. special envoy when he visits Burma next
month, Human Rights Watch said today.
Report on
Rohingyas in Bangladesh and Arakan
June 2001 by BRAJ
Recently a member of Burmese Rohingya Association in Japan (BRAJ), Mr. Aung
Tin has paid a visit to Bangladesh. He in association with the local
Rohingyas has uncovered the true situation of the Rohingyas both at
home in Arakan and in the neighboring host country Bangladesh.
Hearing from the Meeting
of Mr. Ismail Razali, Special Envoy of United Nations
On
Wednesday, May 5, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan, the official from MOFA
informed RENGO for a visit of Special Envoy of Mr. Ismail Razali to
RENGO. In the afternoon of Thursday (May6, 2001), he met General
Secretary, Mr. Kiyoshi Sasamori of RENGO with MOFA (Japan)
officials.
We urge and request to all Rohingyas to enlist their
local mosques in Arakan before it is no more. Please find the form and
more information in PROJECT BADR
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publication of Khawa Laung Media Centre. It focuses on the root
problems of the Rohingyas and brings awareness of the Rohingya
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Arakan
Human Rights Organisation
The International Federation
of Human Rights (FIDH)
Arakan Human Rights Organisation is
a regional campaigning body working
to protect and promote all the human rights in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and international
standards.**
The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) is an
international non- governmental organization dedicated to the
world-wide defense of human rights.**
IASB
will perform activities as a fully voluntary, non-political and
non-profit making Institute to render all out assistance in
socio-religious services such as educational, cultural, research and
advanced studies, etc. **
Poor Aid is
formed on the 28th of September,1999 to carry on social welfare
activities for the needy, poor, blind, orphanages and to extend help
and succor in the events of natural calamities.**
under construction
ARAKAN
DEMOCRATIC FORCES (ADF)
Burmese
Rohingya Association in Japan (BRAJ)
ARAKAN
democratic forces, Adf is a non violence BOdy established with
the sole objective of establishment of Justice in Rakhaingpray
and all over this world and universe at large.**
BRAJ was
formed at Omiya City, Saitama Ken, Japan, on 16th August 1994 for
the restoration of democracy in Burma and the rights of the Rohingya
people.**
This article is by Dr. Shahnawaz
Khan of ADF. Dr. Shahnawaz discribes the reasons for the demand
of Decolonization and the true fact of the current situation in
Arakan. The article is a Copyright by Dr. Shwe Lu Maung alias
Shahnawaz Khan, Ph.D. (Wales, UK), the Patron and Chief Executive
Officer of Arakan Democratic Forces. Please request his permission
to use it. Thank you.
This
section is a collection of the news of 1999 and of 2000. We are
currently collecting articles, reports and related matterials. Please let us know (info@rohingya.org)
if you have any correct and authentic news, articles or reports.
"On 16 March 1997 beginning at about 3:30 p.m. a mob of about
1,000/1,500 Buddhist monks and others shouted
anti-Muslim......."
"A SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MARCH 1997 FEUD BY IMAGES ASIA.."
The result of the Muslim massacre of 1942 is
that, 307 Muslim villages had disappeared from the soil of Arakan.
More than 100,000 Muslims were massacred and 80,000 fled to
Chittagong and Rangpur Refugee camps. The Muslim majority area of
the east of Kaladan River had turned into a Muslim minority area
Bangladesh-Myanmar
Relations and the Stateless Rohingyas
By Imtiaz Ahmed
I have lately been
disturbed by two developments. Firstly, at the very moment when
'realism' has lost its post-Westphalian glories and is suffering
from disrepute, the stateless people continue to be at the mercy of
the state. In the case of the Rohingyas it is even more pathetic for
their refuge across the border brought no change to their
sufferings.
The
following historical facts prove that the Rohingyas are indigenous
people of Arakan. "Muslims arrived and settled since last 1000
to 1200 years in Burma” (The SLORC Publication ' Thasana Yongwa
Htoonkazepo’ p.65).
The result of the Muslim massacre of 1942 is
that, 307 Muslim villages had disappeared from the soil of Arakan.
More than 100,000 Muslims were massacred and 80,000 fled to
Chittagong and Rangpur Refugee camps. The Muslim majority area of
the east of Kaladan River had turned into a Muslim minority area..
One
of the Mosques destroyed at Godusara, Maungdaw Township
Mosque
destroyed at Godusara, Maungdaw Township
Arakan
From the Satellite
Historical
Coin of Arakan
DV
2002
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put some information about DV2002. So I thought why not. Dear friends
where ever you may live in this world; live with dignity and moral. It
is only through keeping yourself content with your believes, culture,
custom and ethics you can be a true person. GOOD LUCK
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