tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60596130696534864662024-03-13T13:33:45.544-07:00ROHINGYA ARAKANESE REFUGEE COMMITTEERohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC), formerly known as ARRC is the key refugee committee of the Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, working for their welfare and advocating their causes to find permanent solution through effective and global initiativesRohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.comBlogger675125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-17636974024946916352016-07-15T02:35:00.002-07:002016-07-15T02:35:34.122-07:00 Joint Statement on violations of Rule of Laws by NLD Government in Burma: NLD must ensure full protection of Rohingya with their genuine identity as indigenous ethnic people of Arakan<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Date: 15 July
2016</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Joint Statement on violations of Rule of Laws by NLD
Government in Burma:</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Castellar","serif"; font-size: 19.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">NLD must ensure full protection of
Rohingya with their genuine identity as indigenous ethnic people of Arakan</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We, the
indigenous ethic Rohingya people of Arakan State, Burma, living in both home
and exile are very much disappointed on undemocratic strategies against
Rohingya and entire people of Burma as ruling National League for Democracy
(NLD) Government is exercising undemocratic rules and regulation; even ignoring
international human rights mechanisms and charters.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Ruling State
Councilor of Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who is also a Noble Peace Laureate and
tiled as Burma Democracy Icon was a hope for international community and world
leaders that she would play vital roles in making peace in the country with
appropriate democratic transition and national reconciliation but she is
practicing extreme racism and xenophobic strategies.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi has forgotten her destiny, when she was in house arrest, while the
ethnic Rohingya people in exile were organizing mass protests for her release
and to have urgent democratic transition in Burma in collaboration with other
ethnic nationalities. As a result, the NLD could achieve its goal in winning
landslide victory in 2015 election.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">On the other
hand, the world leaders and international community were in favor of democratic
struggle but now, some quarter, particularly the European Union, is following
the directions of racist Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who does not have rights to lead
the people on <b>Top-Down leadership</b> which is against democratic
frameworks.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We have
strong believe that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her NLD Government is fully
responsible on all kinds of human rights abuses, violence, racism, xenophobia
and ill treatments, impunity and undemocratic exercises, while the <b>Racist
Lady</b> is moving against <b>Rule of Laws</b> to which she was voicing until
occupying her post and government power.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We also
identified that so-called Democracy Government is fully supporting toward
genocidal actions, extra judicial killings, arbitrary arrests, arbitrary
detention, taxations, demolishing of Mosques and worshiping places, unlawful
imprisonment, rapes, tortures, confiscation of lands and properties,
restriction on their travel of movement, restriction on their higher education,
restriction on marriage and family development, restriction of business
development.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">In this regard, we urge NLD Government:-</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To stop all kind of tragedies against Rohingya and other Muslim minorities
in Burma</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To urgently stop racist activities of NLD government in line with
international standard;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To urgently issue National Registration Card to ethnic Rohingya, stopping
discriminative National Verification Process as they are bona-fide citizen of
Arakan and indigenous by their ancestry;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To urgently hold peace dialogue with Rohingya leaders both in home and
exile in order to proceed for a peaceful settlement of conflict in Arakan and
to rebuild trust and harmony among the people Arakan as previous;</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">We request to the international community and world leaders:-</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To boycott relationship with NLD Government of Burma, banning the visit of
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, until revealing the truth and practicing full democratic
systems under international standard mechanism;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To exert effective pressure on Burmese Government to have full democratic
and structural changes in Governing system that must ensure equal rights and
protection of life toward every citizen with their own identity, especially the
Rohingyas of Arakan;</span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 191;">To urgently pay attention towards peace and stability in Burma with
accurate peace process throughout the protection of Rohingya, disbanding all
kinds of human rights abuses, discrimination, xenophobia and violence in all
means. </span></div>
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Sadek</span></b></div>
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Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Rohingya
Arakanese Refugee Committee </span></div>
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in Malaysia (MERHROM)<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>(RARC),
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Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-9830933876196234202015-12-11T05:05:00.003-08:002015-12-11T05:05:55.709-08:00A Call to End Killing Tragedies, Atrocities, Human Rights Violations in Arakan and to Promote Peace & Stability in the Country<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10 December 2015</span></div>
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Statement on International Human Rights Day 2015</span></u></div>
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</span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 19.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";">A Call to End
Killing Tragedies, Atrocities, Human Rights Violations in Arakan and to Promote
Peace & Stability in the Country</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI";"></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white;">We, the undersigned organizations warmly salute the
International Human Rights Day 2015.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">But the entire people in Arakan State, Burma,
particularly the Rohingya ethnic minorities are highly concerned for their
safety and want to live in peace and harmony in their ancestral homeland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Since the day of sectarian violence against the
ethnic indigenous Rohingya in Burma, there has been a gross violation of human
rights where over 140,000 Rohingya now live in the Internally Displaced
People's camps (IDP) while thousands of other ethnic minorities live below
poverty.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">In December 2015 alone, five people have died as
a result of violence in the townships of Akyab (Sittwe), Pauktaw, Kaukpru,
Kyauktaw and Buthidaung, where numbers of deaths remain unknown.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">An unidentified person was hanged on December 7,
2015 in Kyaupru (Narinjara) and 25 year old Maung Hla Bray Aung was hanged on
November 17, 2015 in Kyaukpru (Narinjara). Others hanged are Maung Maung @
Mohammed Musa, 25, in Buthidaung, Mohammed Harun, 27, in Sittwe and Kasim, 27,
in Pauktaw while rapes, extortion, confiscation, discrimination, attacks and
many other heinous crimes are promulgated under state sponsored genocide.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Extremism is also promulgated by poverty and
this is completely destroying the entire peace and stability in the state of
Arakan. In such situations, opportunist groups are taking advantage rather than
looking into the process of rebuilding peace and harmony among the people of
Arakan to end all violations of fundamental human rights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Unless appropriate measure are taken in
rebuilding trust for the restoration of peace, rehabilitation of losses,
destruction and its affects will continue. And the ensuring of human rights,
human security, justice and tranquility cannot be guaranteed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Therefore, we urge the international community
and world leaders to bring the Rakhine and Rohingya onto a discussion table
together with human rights organizations and various stakeholders to find a
workable solution to achieving peace in Arakan.<span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">We also call upon the people of the Arakan
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Iqra Ideal Institute</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Janakalyan Parisad</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Rohingya Academy</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Rohingya American Society (RAS), USA</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Rohingya Canadian Society</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Rohingya Education and Development
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Rohingya
Co-operative Society in UAE</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Rohingya
Youth Development Forum</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For further information, please don’t hesitate to contact:</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mr.
Shaukhat @ MSK Jilani (+14147364293) United States</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mr.
Habibur Rahman (+61406310077) Australia</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mr.
Mohammad Sadek (+60163094599) Malaysia</span></div>
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<strong>ALOR STAR, Aug 15, 2015:</strong></div>
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) in Malaysia has been urged to <span id="irTwD" style="-moz-border-bottom-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-left-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-right-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-top-colors: none ! important; border-color: -moz-use-text-color ! important; border-image: none ! important; cursor: pointer ! important; float: none; font-size: inherit ! important; list-style-position: outside; opacity: 1; vertical-align: inherit ! important;" title=""><span class="intexthighlight">stop issuing</span></span> refugee cards without the
consent of the Malaysian government.</div>
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<a href="http://media.therakyatpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_2869-L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="IMG_2869 L" border="0" class="attachment-big wp-post-image" height="200" src="http://media.therakyatpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_2869-L.jpg" width="400" /></a>Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk
Seri Shahidan Kassim said the UNHCR should consult the <span id="tFxbH" style="-moz-border-bottom-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-left-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-right-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-top-colors: none ! important; border-color: -moz-use-text-color ! important; border-image: none ! important; cursor: pointer ! important; float: none; font-size: inherit ! important; list-style-position: outside; opacity: 1; vertical-align: inherit ! important;" title=""><span class="intexthighlight">Home Ministry</span></span> and the
Immigration Department before issuing the cards.</div>
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“The UNHCR office is doing it wrong by issuing
the (refugee) cards without informing the Home Ministry and the Immigration
Department.</div>
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“It (UNHCR) has no diplomatic status and should <span id="MyqkN" style="-moz-border-bottom-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-left-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-right-colors: none ! important; -moz-border-top-colors: none ! important; border-color: -moz-use-text-color ! important; border-image: none ! important; cursor: pointer ! important; float: none; font-size: inherit ! important; list-style-position: outside; opacity: 1; vertical-align: inherit ! important;" title=""><span class="intexthighlight">stop issuing</span></span> the card
immediately. I want the police to investigate how can the card be issued like
that,” he told reporters after opening the Alor Star Umno divisional delegates
meeting here today.</div>
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He said Malaysia was not among the countries
which signed the 1951 Convention on the Refugee Status or the 1967 Protocol.</div>
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Foreigners
wanting to apply for refugee status have to go through procedures as required
by the laws in the country, he added.<br />
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Shahidan said Malaysia was currently flooded with
130,000 holders of the refugee card issued by the UNHCR office in Kuala Lumpur.</div>
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We do not want foreigners involved in crime in
their respective country of origin to come to Malaysia and be given the UNHCR
card through a simple interview, he added.</div>
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He also mentioned a case of illegal occupation of
state land by 150 refugee families in Rompin and the matter had been reported
to the Pahang government.</div>
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Malaysia could no longer accommodate foreigners
and those caught breaking the law should be deported to their countries of
origin immediately, he added.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015/08/15/unhcr-in-malaysia-told-to-stop-issuing-refugee-cards/">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-29055446163108550622015-07-02T03:02:00.002-07:002015-07-02T03:02:58.414-07:00 Parliamentarians call on ASEAN ministers to address root causes of migrant crisis at KL meeting<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://www.aseanmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ASEAN-Logo-300x300.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ASEAN Logo" border="0" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3397" height="200" src="http://www.aseanmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ASEAN-Logo-300x300.png" width="200" /></a>Press Release: 1 July, 2015 </div>
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JAKARTA – ASEAN home ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow must
take firm action to combat human trafficking, protect vulnerable asylum
seekers, and address the root causes of the continuing migrant crisis,
including the persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar, ASEAN Parliamentarians
for Human Rights (APHR) said today.</div>
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The emergency meeting, announced this week, is intended to address
the issue of irregular migration. It comes just over a month after
representatives from 17 nations convened in Bangkok to discuss the
migrant crisis that captured headlines in May. </div>
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“A month after the meeting in Bangkok, little has been achieved,”
said APHR Chairperson Charles Santiago, a member of parliament from
Malaysia. “Vulnerable asylum seekers and economic migrants remain
without basic provisions, and human traffickers continue to conduct
their despicable work unpunished.”</div>
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Parliamentarians stressed that ASEAN ministers attending the meeting
in Kuala Lumpur must develop a plan of action to address the immediate
humanitarian needs of rescued migrants—including providing adequate food
and shelter—and to provide asylum seekers with access to refugee
screening procedures. ASEAN states should also improve coordination on
search and rescue operations for migrants still stranded at sea.</div>
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If
ASEAN governments are really seeking a solution to this issue, they
cannot ignore the root causes of the outflow of asylum seekers from
Myanmar.<br />
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“This crisis is far from over,” Santiago warned. “Focusing only on
policing borders and attempting to address this issue as a simple matter
of law and order would be shortsighted. Cracking down on human
trafficking rings must be a component of the regional response, but
ASEAN must also address the needs of their victims.”</div>
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APHR reiterated its call for ASEAN states to ratify the UN refugee
convention and to develop a binding regional agreement on human
trafficking, as well as a regional refugee framework.</div>
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APHR also underlined the need for ASEAN to press the Myanmar
government to address the underlying causes of the refugee crisis by
ending state-sponsored persecution of minorities, including Rohingya,
allowing humanitarian access to remote parts of Myanmar’s Rakhine State,
and cracking down on hate speech and incitement to violence.</div>
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“If ASEAN governments are really seeking a solution to this issue,
they cannot ignore the root causes of the outflow of asylum seekers from
Myanmar: the discriminatory government policies that promote and
perpetuate broad-based persecution of Rohingya and other minorities,”
Santiago added.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.aseanmp.org/?p=3396">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-43954757756692719812015-07-02T02:59:00.004-07:002015-07-02T02:59:46.755-07:00Joint Statement by UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM, the SRSG for Migration and Development, and UNODC<div class="docDateBar" style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>Press Releases</strong>, 1 July 2015</div>
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<strong>A comprehensive people-oriented approach to the irregular movement of migrants and refugees in South East Asia</strong></div>
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We, the undersigned*, welcome the convening later this week of the
Emergency ASEAN Ministerial meeting on Transnational Crime: Irregular
Movement of Persons in the South East Asia Region. The meeting provides a
timely opportunity to move meaningfully forward on the comprehensive
and durable solution called for by the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia,
Malaysia and Thailand in Putrajaya on 20 May 2015, in keeping with the
spirit of unity and solidarity of a people-oriented and people-centred
ASEAN.</div>
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Progress has been made on a number of the individual and collective
actions called for in that statement, as well as on the 17
recommendations of the Special Meeting on Irregular Migration in the
Indian Ocean held in Bangkok on 29 May 2015. But much more needs to be
done. This includes providing access for relevant national and
international actors, such as UNHCR and IOM, to the refugees and
migrants. We encourage States to act consistently with the
recommendation we made to avoid the use of immigration detention in our
earlier Joint Statement of 19 May 2015.</div>
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We call on States to implement UNODC's recommendation to network
ports and border crossings for operations to share information and
improve policies in line with country commitments to the UN Convention
against Transnational Organized Crime.</div>
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We strongly urge States to undertake sustained efforts to expand
avenues for safe and legal migration, including for family reunification
and labour migration at all skill levels, while stepping up law
enforcement. This includes prosecution of individuals involved in human
trafficking and migrant smuggling syndicates <span class="arial">–</span> whoever they may be and whatever their affiliations <span class="arial">–</span>
in a manner fully consistent with international standards for human
rights in the administration of justice. Likewise, we continue to urge
intensified efforts to identify and respond to the drivers and root
causes of the irregular movement, as recommended in the Putrajaya
Statement, and therefore call for the protection of the human rights of
all migrants and refugees at places of origin, transit and destination.</div>
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The creation of an ongoing mechanism, such as the Task Force
recommended at the Special Meeting, is the best way to ensure that a
regular channel is available for international community support for
efforts undertaken by affected States. This must include ensuring
protection of the rights of all migrants and refugees, instituting
appropriate law enforcement measures and responding to the drivers and
root causes of forced movement. The Emergency Meeting on Thursday 2 July
2015 is a welcome opportunity to implement that recommendation.</div>
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*António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</div>
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Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</div>
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William L. Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General
for Migration and Development Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime</div>
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For more information on this topic, please contact for UNHCR:</div>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>In Bangkok, Vivian Tan on mobile +66 818 270 280</li>
<li>In Geneva, Leo Dobbs on mobile +41 79 883 6347</li>
</ul>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-64393872113493456192015-06-30T20:45:00.003-07:002015-06-30T20:45:45.260-07:00Refugee Figuers at a Glance in Malaysia<div style="text-align: justify;">
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As of end April 2015, there are some 152,830 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Malaysia. </span><br />
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- 141,920 are from Myanmar, comprising some 49,600 Chins, 45,910
Rohingyas, 12,320 Myanmar Muslims, 7,280 Rakhines & Arakanese, and
other ethnicities from Myanmar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ms sans serif; font-size: 13px;">
- There are some 10,910 refugees and asylum-seekers from other
countries, including some 3,890 Sri Lankans, 1,210 Pakistanis, 1,090
Somalis, 950 Syrians, 830 Iraqis, 540 Iranians, 430 Palestinians, and
others from other countries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ms sans serif; font-size: 13px;">
Some 69% of refugees and asylum-seekers are men, while 31% are women. <br />
<br />
There are some 33,000 children below the age of 18.</span></div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.unhcr.org.my/About_Us-@-Figures_At_A_Glance.aspx">here</a><br />
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Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-57714025799280212732015-06-17T21:36:00.001-07:002015-06-17T21:36:16.885-07:00Religious Extremism Looms Over Myanmar<div class="yiv3932794365MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2507" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; text-align: justify;">
<span class="yiv3932794365created" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2605"><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2604"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2603" style="color: #99994c; font-size: 12.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;">JUNE 17, 2015</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #99994c; font-size: 12.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"></span></b></div>
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<b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2642"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2641" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Author(s): </span></b><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2622" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">David Scott Mathieson</span></div>
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<b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2644"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2643" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;">Published in:</span></b><span class="yiv3932794365apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/16/opinions/mathieson-religious-extremism-myanmar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #42210b; text-decoration: none;">CNN</span></a></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2566" style="color: #42210b;">The
impact of Myanmar's repressive policy toward Rohingya Muslims was made
clear in recent weeks with scenes of desperate people crammed into
boats, an escalation of a miserable <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/27/southeast-asia-accounts-rohingya-boat-people" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3399cc;">maritime
flight</span></a> in which an estimated 90,000 people have fallen prey
to smugglers and traffickers since early 2014. The United Nations
estimates that around 1,000 people have died on the way.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2577" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2602" style="color: #42210b;">The root cause is the long-term reprehensible treatment of the Rohingya in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/30/world/asia/myanmar-fast-facts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3399cc;">Myanmar</span></a> (also
known as Burma) — stateless, officially
and socially reviled, with severe curbs on their rights to work,
travel, get health care and education, and practice their religion.</span></div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2579" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2578" style="color: #42210b;">Yet
even as this anguishing exodus has gripped international attention, it
has obscured a connected and equally troubling pattern of rising
religious extremism in Myanmar. At the height of the boat drama,
parliament passed the "<a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/16/burma-reject-discriminatory-population-bill" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2646" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2645" style="color: #3399cc;">population
control law</span></a>," which permits the government to identify areas
in Myanmar that could be subject to repressive birth control measures.
The law was inspired by Buddhist extremists whose stated agenda is
opposition not just to Rohingya, but to all of
Myanmar's sizable Muslim minority. The law was sharply criticized by
many activists in Myanmar and opposed by the opposition National League
for Democracy, but passed a joint parliamentary vote, 530 to 443, with
39 abstentions.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2585" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2584" style="color: #42210b;">The
population control law is one element of a package of four "race and
religion protection" bills. The other elements are an interfaith
marriage bill, which grants government oversight of any marriage between
a Buddhist and non-Buddhist;
a religious conversion law, which requires government permission to
change one's religion; and a monogamy law, which could limit the rights
of people living in unmarried relationships and potentially target
Muslims.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2587" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2586" style="color: #42210b;">These
laws were proposed by the increasingly influential Race and Religion
Protection Association, known by its Burmese acronym, Ma Ba Tha,
consisting of prominent Buddhist abbots. The problem is that Ma Ba Tha
has tapped into a
deep and divisive strain of ethnic Burmese ultranationalism and a
belief in Buddhist religious supremacy that has contributed to vexed and
violent relations with scores of ethnic minorities since independence
from the British in 1948. U Wirathu, Myanmar's
most vitriolic Buddhist monk, infuses his regular public rallies with
populist paranoia over a nonexistent Islamic takeover of Myanmar.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2589" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2588" style="color: #42210b;">To
push for passage of these discriminatory laws, the Ma Ba Tha staged
public events throughout Myanmar and collected nearly 1.5 million
signatures. The purportedly reformist government of President Thein
Sein, pandering to Ma Ba
Tha's agenda, then drafted similar pieces of legislation and submitted
them to parliament.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2591" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2590" style="color: #42210b;">There
are fears that the three remaining draft laws will pass in this final
parliamentary sitting ahead of the first ostensibly free national
elections in decades later this year -- and possibly fuel anti-Muslim
violence during what
will be a very tense period. After all, a surge of violence in 2012,
which <a href="https://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/04/22/all-you-can-do-pray-0" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2597" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2596" style="color: #3399cc;">amounted to ethnic cleansing</span></a>,
displaced about 140,000 Rohingya,
who languish in squalid camps. At the same time, security restrictions
on the estimated 1 million Rohingya in areas abutting the Bangladeshi
border have been tightened. Several incidents of anti-Muslim violence in
the past two years have caused dozens of deaths.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2647" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2648" style="color: #42210b;">Last month, local authorities and Thein Sein's office <a href="http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/citing-destabilizing-potential-govt-cancels-muslim-conference.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3399cc;">denied permission</span></a> to
hold a Union Muslims Nationwide Conference in Yangon, citing its
potential for instability. On June 2, a court in upper Myanmar <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/02/us-myanmar-religion-idUSKBN0OI24720150602" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2650" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2649" style="color: #3399cc;">sentenced
a writer and former National League for Democracy official to two years in jail</span></a> with
hard labor for "insulting religion," over a 2014 speech defending the
purity of Buddhism from Ma Ba Tha's political distortion.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2652" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2651" style="color: #42210b;">Diplomats
in the country realize that the race and religion laws could spark not
only attacks on Muslims but justifications for government crackdowns.
The United States, European Union and numerous United Nations officials
have therefore
conveyed their deep concern, although Burmese officials have rejected
this out of hand.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2653" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #42210b;">Meanwhile, many Muslims see the laws as
just one part of a long-term plan to extirpate the Rohingya and other
Muslims from the country, and there is a danger that all this could lead
to the collapse of the nascent political reforms
over the past four years that have led to the beginnings of economic
development, increased international assistance and direct foreign
investment that are crucial to help pull Myanmar from the hole dug by 50
years of dictatorial military rule.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2655" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2654" style="color: #42210b;">By
mining the darker nature of Myanmar's Buddhists, religious extremists
and the political opportunists who seek to profit from them are
thwarting the aspirations of generations who have struggled for
democracy and openness. Sadly,
the extremism reflected in the laws suggests a future of even greater
violence and division.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2657"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2656" style="color: #42210b;">David Scott Mathieson is Senior Researcher in the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch.</span></em></div>
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<em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2657"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2656" style="color: #42210b;"> </span></em></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<em id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2657"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1434601529553_2656" style="color: #42210b;">Source: <a href="http://www.hrw.org/node/135861">here</a> </span></em></div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-59724525039641405332015-04-14T03:25:00.000-07:002015-04-14T03:25:59.961-07:00UNHCR Contact Information in Malaysia
<strong>UNHCR Representative</strong> <br />
<strong>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</strong><br />
570, Jalan Bukit Petaling <br />
50460 Kuala Lumpur <br />
<br />
<strong>Tel:</strong> +603 2118 4800 <br />
<strong>Fax:</strong> +603 2141 1780 <br />
<strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:mlslu@unhcr.org">mlslu@unhcr.org</a> <br />
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Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-74923295633534743952015-04-01T04:40:00.000-07:002015-04-01T04:40:10.033-07:00Two Rohingya Muslim women indecently assaulted by Police, Burma<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span class="vw-post-author" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="author-name" href="http://www.doamuslims.org/?author=1" itemprop="name" rel="author">Abu Hudhayfah</a>
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<a class="vw-post-date updated" href="http://www.doamuslims.org/?p=2421" rel="bookmark"><time datetime="2015-04-01T08:20:22+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">April 1, 2015</time></a></div>
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Police along with a tabbe have sexually abused the mother and sister
of a Muslim man after failing to apprehend him, according to Burma Times
local correspondent.</div>
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The incident took place in the volatile village of Kiladong also known as Du Char Yar Taan in Maungdaw South.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
In 2014, police made a long list of Kiladong villagers. The list was
made in the aftermath of the infamous massacre when a Rakhine mob backed
by security forces killed scores of Muslims, especially women and
children.</div>
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<a name='more'></a><br />
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The accused people mostly fled over the border to Bangladesh. Those who did not were arrested and tortured.</div>
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One of the fugitives is a 24 year man who desperately wanted to see
his three children. He took the very risky decision to cross back into
Arakan to meet his wife and children in Kiladong.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
After he entered the village, tabbe Sultan was alerted to his
presence. At around 4pm on Sunday, 10 policemen along with Sultan raided
the house of the man.</div>
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However the man escaped just in time.</div>
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When the raiders discovered that the man had already escaped, they
went inside and extracted revenge by sexually abusing the wife and
sister.</div>
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The identity of the man has been concealed by Burma Times.</div>
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Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-55827115290913129792015-04-01T04:37:00.001-07:002015-04-01T04:37:23.381-07:00Uncertain future for hundreds of thousands as white cards are revoked <div style="text-align: justify;">
By Guy Dinmore | Wednesday, 01 April 2015 </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>A presidential order revoking temporary identity papers came
into effect last night despite widespread criticism by the international
community of the government’s move that mostly affects Rohingya Muslims
and leaves an estimated 1 million “white card” holders across Myanmar
facing an uncertain future.</strong></div>
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<span class="easy_img_caption" style="background-color: #e5e7e9; display: inline-block; line-height: 0.5; margin: 0px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 500px;"><img alt="The revocation of white cards stands to affect thousands of people living in IDP camps in Rakhine State. (Yu Yu/The Myanmar Times)" border="0" height="224" src="http://www.mmtimes.com/images/mte/2015/di18/white-cards-people-living-in-idp-camp.jpg" style="margin: 0px;" title="Uncertain future for hundreds of thousands as white cards are revoked" width="320" /><span class="easy_img_caption_inner" style="color: black; display: inline-block; font-size: 9pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 8px;">The
revocation of white cards stands to affect thousands of people living
in IDP camps in Rakhine State. (Yu Yu/The Myanmar Times)</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
President
U Thein Sein ordered the invalidation of the temporary ID papers on
February 11, setting March 31 as the date for their expiry. Holders were
given until May 31 to hand in their papers – commonly known as white
cards – and undergo a citizen verification process carried out by local
authorities to determine their status.</div>
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The upper house of
parliament had voted on February 2 to approve a presidential proposal
that would have allowed white-card holders to vote in a constitutional
referendum scheduled for May. But protests largely driven by Buddhist
nationalists, monks and parties representing the Buddhist majority in
Rakhine State led to a swift government U-turn ordering cards to be
revoked.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Uncertainties surrounding the new verification process,
which human rights groups fear could lead to widespread denial of
citizens’ rights, including health and education, have raised tensions
in Rakhine State, where communal violence erupted in 2012. Many among
the 140,000 Rohingya living in camps the UN describes as “abysmal” say
they will refuse to hand in their cards.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The UN refugee agency
said yesterday it was still seeking clarification from the authorities
to understand the full implications of the decision to revoke the
temporary papers.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“UNHCR will continue to advocate for the
protection of individuals no matter what their citizenship status and
for some form of documentation to be given to these people in order for
them to enjoy their basic rights and live in a dignified manner,” the
agency said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Pierre Péron, spokesperson for the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), said in a reference to
the government’s refusal to accept Rohingya as an ethnic identity in
processing citizenship that the UN upholds the right to self-identity.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“We
would welcome any process that provides a just and equitable resolution
to the citizenship issue in line with international human rights
standards,” Mr Péron said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Many of the 140,000 displaced people
and up to 1 million people with undetermined citizenship in Rakhine
State are living in dire conditions with limited access to basic
services such as healthcare,” he said in a statement.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“Restrictions
on people’s freedom of movement severely compromise their basic rights
to food, health, education and livelihood, thus reinforcing their
reliance on humanitarian aid.”</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
A senior aid official closely
following the issue, who asked not to be named, said the most critical
issue for the government to clarify was what kind of document, if any,
would be issued when white cards were surrendered. The minimum
requirement would be a document that entitled people to legal residence
in Myanmar, he said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The government said on February 11 that
cards would be revoked in a “fair and transparent manner” by local
officials, but it has not fully explained what would replace them.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Apart
from hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who hold temporary papers, there
are also large numbers of ethnic Indian and Chinese white-card holders.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In
her March 16 report to the UN Human Rights Council, Yanghee Lee,
special rapporteur for Myanmar, said she was concerned about any
provision in the government’s Rakhine Action Plan that would classify
Rohingya as “illegal aliens”. The plan has not been made public.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“The
expiry at the end of March 2015 of the temporary white cards held by
many Rohingyas as identity documentation raises more uncertainties and
further increases their vulnerability,” Ms Lee said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The US State
Department has also criticised the government’s decision to invalidate
temporary identity cards. Tom Malinowski, US assistant secretary of
state for democracy, human rights and labour, said on February 12 that
“invalidating white cards for Rohingya in Burma is counter to the
reconciliation in Rakhine and inclusive elections the government says it
wants”.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
White cards were initially issued from 1993 as a temporary measure pending a process to verify residents’ claims to citizenship.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The
Ministry of Immigration has given estimates varying from 500,000 to 1
million for the number of white-card holders in Myanmar. Most are in
Rakhine, Shan and Kachin states.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Unofficial estimates put the
total at 1.5 million. The issue is compounded by large numbers of forged
identity papers. Ministry officials were not available for comment
yesterday.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Rakhine State’s Buddhist majority was angered when the
Union Solidarity and Development Party handed out an unknown number of
new white cards ahead of the 2010 election, when holders were allowed to
vote. The USDP won the elections, which were boycotted by the
opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), and took most of the
seats representing Rakhine State.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
A separate law has forced
political parties to expel members who hold associate or temporary
citizenship. The move has largely affected the NLD, which says it will
help its former members to apply for full citizenship, as well as
parties representing Rohingya.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Source: <a href="http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/13852-uncertain-future-for-hundreds-of-thousands-as-white-cards-are-revoked.html">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-72113486080231786962015-02-01T02:13:00.001-08:002015-02-01T02:13:13.320-08:00Wirathu - the pit bull of Myanmar regime <div class="field field-type-text field-field-writer" style="text-align: justify;">
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By Dr. Habib Sidddiqui </div>
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<span class="image-caption-container image-caption-container-left" style="display: block; float: left; width: 181px;"><img align="" alt="" class="caption" height="181" id="id3904196567534547" src="http://www.asiantribune.com/sites/asiantribune.com/files/images/2012/Habib_Siddiqui_90.jpg" title="" width="181" /><span class="image-caption" style="display: block;"></span></span>Myanmar's
terrorist - Buddhist monk Wirathu is untouchable inside the country. In
2003 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison but was released in 2010
along with other political prisoners. Most keen observers knew the
reason as to why this anti-Muslim zealot was freed by the regime. He was
to serve as its pit bull and inciter for committing hate crimes and
ethnic cleansing drives against the minority Muslims, esp. the Rohingya
people that live in the Arakan (Rakhine) state of Myanmar, bordering
Bangladesh.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And Wirathu continues to deliver for the regime. He has effectively become the face of <b>Burmese Buddhism.</b> His <b>'969' fascist movement </b>has
led to widespread hate crimes and genocidal campaigns against the
minority Muslims all across the Buddhist-dominated country, and has
brutally rendered more than a million Muslims homeless. Many Burmese
Muslims are risking their lives to get out of this den of hatred and
intolerance, once called Burma. So frightening is the situation inside
Myanmar, esp. the Rakhine state, even the Rohingya refugees that live
under horrible conditions in makeshift camps inside Cox's Bazar district
of Bangladesh don't want to return to their ancestral land inside the
Buddhist country. </div>
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That is what Buddhist terrorism has done for its victims! And
Wirathu's signature is everywhere in all such genocidal activities
against the minority Muslims since his release from the prison. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In recent days, Wirathu has again shown what a monster and ugly devil
he is. He had the audacity of calling the UN special envoy - Yanghee
Lee - a 'whore' and a 'bitch.' </div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
So what was Ms. Lee's crime? Well, Ms Lee, who was on a 10-day trip
to the South East Asian country, said the Rohingya faced systematic
discrimination. She criticized draft legislation, proposed by a
coalition of nationalist Buddhist monks, which includes curbs on
interfaith marriage and religious conversions.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
All these proposals and calling a spade a spade were too much for the
Buddhist monk Wirathu to swallow. Last Friday, he spoke at a public
rally where he criticized the UN interference and personally attacked Ms
Lee, according to local media. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"We have explained about the race protection law, but the bitch
criticized the laws without studying them properly," he said from the
stage to the crowd.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"Don't assume that you are a respectable person because of your position. For us, you are a whore."</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
And yet, despite world-wide condemnations for his sexist and
insulting remarks, the Myanmar government has not silenced its pit bull -
the foul-mouthed monk - Wirathu. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am not surprised. As already hinted, he is their guy, doing their
evil, playing their games and ethnically cleansing Muslims from the face
of Myanmar - which were/are all sanctioned by the Myanmar government
for decades. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Fortify Rights, a human rights group, last year provided
evidences showing that discrimination of the Rohingya Muslims was the
state policy. It was premeditated and willful. It said that the
government's orders, shown in leaked documents, amounted to "state
policies of persecution" in Rakhine state. In a report, Fortify Rights
said it had analyzed 12 government documents from 1993 to 2013, and
found that government policies imposed "extensive restrictions on the
basic freedoms of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state". The
policies restricted Rohingya's "movement, marriage, childbirth, home
repairs and construction of houses of worship", it said. Rohingya
Muslims in Rakhine state were also prohibited from travelling between
townships, or out of Rakhine, without permission, the report said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The report said a government order stipulated that married Rohingya
couples in parts of Rakhine state could not have more than two children,
while another document said Rohingya had to apply for permission to
marry, in what the report described as a "humiliating and financially
prohibitive" process.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
One document published in the report said officials should force a
woman to breastfeed her child if there were doubts over whether she was
the birth mother.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The restrictions against the Rohingyas have been known about for some
time, but what's new for the world community back in February of 2014
was that campaigners said they had the official orders issued by the
Buddhist-dominated local government in Rakhine state. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
A year is approaching soon since the publication of the report from
the Fortify Rights. And nothing has happened to motivate the criminal
Myanmar regime and its murderous rank and file within the larger
Buddhist community to change its genocidal policies against the Rohingya
people, who remain the most persecuted people in our time. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last week, the UN passed a resolution calling on Myanmar to give the Rohingya people citizenship. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
It is highly unlikely that the Myanmar regime will oblige. Its pit
bull – the face of Burmese Buddhism - has already opened its ugly mouth,
insulting the UN, of which Myanmar remains a member state. The UN human
rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has called on religious and
political leaders in Myanmar to unequivocally condemn all forms of
incitement to hatred including abhorrent public personal attack against
Ms. Lee. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Buddhist monks are a powerful political lobby inside Myanmar. With a
general election scheduled this year I doubt any political leader would
speak up and risk Wirathu and the fascist monks turning on them. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
It would be thus foolish of the world community to expect the
unexpected from inside Myanmar. It has to take actions that are
meaningful and that stop the extinction of the Rohingya people. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
As I have said a number of times, feeding only carrots to an unruly
donkey won't do the tricks. Only biting sanctions can sober the
Myanmar’s pariah regime and its pit bull Wirathu. When they feel the
pain they will know what have contributed to their pains and hopefully,
change their demonic course for the better.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
- Asian Tribune -</div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-66963462511959526522015-01-31T03:03:00.002-08:002015-01-31T03:03:13.771-08:00Thai 'confidence' in anti-trafficking record belied by statistics<div id="articleInfo" style="text-align: justify;">
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By <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=andrew.rc.marshall&">Andrew R.C. Marshall</a></div>
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<span class="location">BANGKOK</span> <span class="pipe"> </span>
<span class="timestamp">Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:52am EST</span></div>
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(Reuters) - <a class="vglnk" href="http://bit.ly/1stZ7M3" rel="nofollow"><span>Thailand</span></a>
identified fewer victims of human trafficking last year than in 2013 and
convicted fewer perpetrators of the crime, according to a government
report aimed at lifting the country from a U.S. list of the world's
worst offenders.<br />
<br />
<span id="midArticle_1"></span>The U.S. State Department last year downgraded Thailand to the lowest category in its influential annual ranking of countries by their counter-trafficking efforts.<br />
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<span id="midArticle_2"></span>Thailand's
military-backed government was "confident" it had met the minimum
standards to improve its ranking, said Songsak Saicheua, a
director-general at the foreign ministry, at a Friday news conference
announcing the report's release next week.<br />
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"We've
not only set up committees and formulated policies," Songsak told
Reuters. "We've made serious, sustained efforts and produced tangible
results."<br />
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In 2014, the
government said, 595 victims of human trafficking were identified, 280
cases investigated, 115 cases prosecuted and 104 people convicted.<br />
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However,
this compares unfavorably to Thailand's record in 2013, which sealed
its demotion to the State Department's lowest "Tier 3" category, a
designation it shares with <a class="vglnk" href="http://bit.ly/1stYG4r" rel="nofollow"><span>North </span><span>Korea</span></a>, Libya and 20 other countries.<br />
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In 2013, 1,020 victims were identified, 674 cases investigated, 386 cases prosecuted and 225 people convicted. <br />
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Thailand's
military vowed to "prevent and suppress human trafficking" after
overthrowing the elected government of Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra last year.<br />
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In a
Jan. 26 meeting in Bangkok with Daniel Russel, assistant U.S. secretary
of state for East Asia and the Pacific, the Foreign Minister General
Tanasak Patimapragorn reiterated his government's "unwavering commitment
to sustainably solving the human trafficking issue".<br />
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But
rights groups and some officials say words have not translated into
action, with the junta preoccupied with reviving a sluggish economy, drafting a constitution and stifling even the mildest expression of dissent.<br />
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The
government was placing "special emphasis" on punishing officials
complicit in trafficking, said the report, citing legal action against
at least a dozen people, mostly police. <br />
<span id="midArticle_11"></span>None of the officials had yet been convicted, said Songsak.<br />
<span id="midArticle_12"></span><br />
Last year, Thailand
gave legal papers to 1.6 million undocumented migrant workers, which the
government said made them less vulnerable to exploitation and
trafficking. <br />
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"It is a
positive step that the government recognizes and acts upon this link
between migration management and anti-trafficking," said Max Tunon, a
senior program officer at the International Labour Organization.<br />
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But, as Reuters reported last October, trafficking routes through southern Thailand thrive.<br />
<span id="midArticle_15"></span><br />
Thousands
of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi boat people are held at remote Thai
jungle camps where traffickers extract a ransom to smuggle them across
the border to Malaysia. Many die en route, or are beaten or killed by
traffickers.<br />
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The Rohingya are a mostly stateless minority fleeing violence and poverty in <a class="vglnk" href="http://bit.ly/1svULKa" rel="nofollow"><span>Myanmar</span></a>.
A Thai government report submitted to the State Department last year
did not define the Rohingya as trafficking victims, despite their
well-documented abuse.<br />
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The new report does, noting the rescue of 139 Rohingya from trafficking networks in 2014, and another 97 on Jan. 11.<br />
<span id="midArticle_2"></span><br />
The
government also said the authorities were using anti-money laundering
laws to put pressure on human trafficking syndicates and had set up a
hotline which helped identify 123 trafficking-related cases in 2014.<br />
<span id="midArticle_3"></span><br />
These
latest measures amounted to "old wine repackaged in new bottles," said
Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division.<br />
<span id="midArticle_4"></span><br />
"For
years, hotlines have been around and migrants have been registered, but
the trafficking problem continues unabated," he said.<br />
<span id="midArticle_5"></span><span id="midArticle_6"></span><br />
(Additional reporting by Kaweewit Kaewjinda; Editing by <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=robertbirsel&">Robert Birsel</a>)<br />
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<span class="timestamp">Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/30/us-thailand-trafficking-idUSKBN0L31DZ20150130">here</a> </span>
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Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-53752040517846500582015-01-31T02:57:00.004-08:002015-01-31T02:57:52.581-08:00Thai officials facing prosecution over human trafficking<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<strong>Over a dozen government officials in Thailand are facing prosecution on the charge of human trafficking.</strong></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://217.218.67.233/photo/20150130/22d67b9d-c200-4da4-a0b2-d9451bad3344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="File photo shows women and children from Myanmar’s persecuted minority of Rohingya Muslims." border="0" height="225" id="imgPlayback" src="http://217.218.67.233/photo/20150130/22d67b9d-c200-4da4-a0b2-d9451bad3344.jpg" width="400" /></a>According
to Thailand’s junta officials on Friday, senior policemen and a navy
officer are among the officials, who are detained and being prosecuted
with regard to this issue.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Deputy Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai
said the arrests prove that Thailand’s generals are resolute in their
decision to bring to justice officials involved in human trafficking.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
“At
the least, this is an indication of how earnest and determined we are
in trying to enforce the law and apprehend the perpetrators,” he added.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The
military took over power in Thailand in a coup that followed months of
political unrest and a disputed election in May 2014. The junta has
imposed martial law, media censorship and a night-time curfew as part of
what it calls an attempt to end years of political turmoil.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Reports say the people who are trafficked into Thailand are Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
On October 15, 2014, two Thai men were detained on charges of human trafficking.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
In
March, Human Rights Watch urged Thailand to look into its navy’s
alleged role in the trafficking of Rohingya Muslim refugees from
Myanmar.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have been persecuted and
faced torture, neglect, and repression since the country’s independence
in 1948. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled the violence in
Myanmar’s Rakhine State since 2012.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The United Nations has described Myanmar’s 800,000 Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
IA/HSN/SS</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
Source: <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/01/30/395419/Thai-officials-face-prosecution">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-74392802908877129902015-01-31T02:54:00.003-08:002015-01-31T02:54:50.722-08:00Thailand: Armed vigilantes tackle human trafficking of Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims<div style="text-align: justify;">
<cite class="byline vcard" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1422701329689_698">By <span class="fn">David Sim</span> | <span class="provider org" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1422701329689_697">IB Times</span></cite></div>
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bullet-proof vest, shotgun and sunglasses, Kompat Sompaorat could be
mistaken for a member of a SWAT team. He actually belongs to a group of
Thai civilians tracking down human traffickers on one of Asia's busiest
smuggling routes.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
The volunteers – mainly fishermen and other villagers – patrol the
estuaries and jungles of Phang Nga province, a popular tourist
destination in southern Thailand a short drive from the famous resort
island of Phuket.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
They are motivated by humanitarian concerns, but also worry that the
presence of armed smugglers and impoverished refugees could lead to an
increase in crime and scare away tourists.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
They said they had yet to catch any smugglers or traffickers. But
they have discovered more than 220 Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis
over the past three months and handed them over to immigration police.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
"There are big big guys behind this trade - so big we can't do
anything about it. We can't touch them," said Kompat, as the volunteers
arrive at an abandoned smuggling camp near the village of Ban Bang Yai
strewn with children's shoes, women's camisoles and trash. "We can only
try to save their victims," he said.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Every year, thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi boat people arrive
in Thailand, brought by human traffickers. They are then taken by road
to desolate camps, where traffickers demand a ransom to smuggle them
south across the border to Malaysia.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Despite pledges by Thailand's military junta to combat human
trafficking, the volunteers say the influx of illegal migrants is
growing, many of them Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar, and little
is being done to stop the gangs that transport and abuse them.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last October, more than 130 suspected trafficking victims, mostly
Bangladeshis, were found dumped by traffickers in a remote coastal area
of Phang Nga. Many of them had been abducted or tricked onto prison
ships in the Bay of Bengal where conditions resembled the horrors of the
transatlantic slave trade.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Last year Thailand was downgraded to the lowest tier on the <a data-rapid_p="1" href="http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2014/index.htm" rel="nofollow">US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report</a>, which ranks countries by their counter-trafficking efforts.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Thai government, installed after a military coup last May, has
vowed to improve its record, and is to submit a progress report to the
State Department.</div>
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The Bangkok-based <a data-rapid_p="2" href="http://www.fortifyrights.org/" rel="nofollow">Fortify Rights group</a> said
it was "very concerning" that armed volunteers were taking on the
traffickers. "Clearly it's an indication that authorities are not
fulfilling their duty to combat trafficking," Matthew Smith, the group's
executive director, said.</div>
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Source: <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/thailand-armed-vigilantes-tackle-human-trafficking-bangladeshis-rohingya-115614904.html#q0P7dsB">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-38445855539373381732015-01-31T02:52:00.001-08:002015-01-31T02:52:07.423-08:00Malaysia: Traffickers kidnap, torture, hold Rohingya to ransom<div id="articleInfo" style="text-align: justify;">
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By Aubrey Belford</div>
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<span class="location">BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia</span> <span class="pipe"> </span>
<span class="timestamp">Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:09pm EST</span>
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<span id="articleText"><span class="focusParagraph">(Reuters) - Abul
Kassim, a Rohingya asylum seeker, was snatched from his home in the
northern Malaysian state of Penang on Jan. 12. The next morning, his
beaten and bloodied body was found.<br />
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<a href="http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20150129&t=2&i=1020696674&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=378&r=LYNXMPEB0R13L" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rohingya men stand in a line at a centre to register for a temporary card issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kuala Lumpur in this February 27, 2014 file photo. REUTERS-Samsul Said" border="0" height="266" id="image0" src="http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20150129&t=2&i=1020696674&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=378&r=LYNXMPEB0R13L" width="400" /></a>That day, police moved
on the 40-year-old's alleged killers. Raiding a house in the
neighboring state of Kedah, they rescued 17 Rohingya migrants being held
against their will, according to a statement by Penang police.<br />
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Eight alleged traffickers from Malaysia, <a class="vglnk" href="http://bit.ly/1svULKa" rel="nofollow"><span>Myanmar</span></a> and Bangladesh were arrested.<br />
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The
murder of Abul Kassim casts rare light on what Rohingya activists say
is widespread abuse by human traffickers in Malaysia, who are willing to
use extreme methods to protect their lucrative but illegal business.<br />
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Abul
Kassim regularly supplied police with information on the activities of
traffickers, said Abdul Hamid, president of the Kuala Lumpur-based
Rohingya Society in Malaysia.<br />
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Since 2012, more than 100,000 stateless Rohingya Muslims have fled violence and poverty in Myanmar. Most travel in traffickers' boats to Thailand, where they are held by traffickers in squalid jungle camps before a ransom is paid.<br />
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Relatively wealthy Malaysia to the south is the destination for most Rohingya who flee. For some, it is far from safe.<br />
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Relatives
and witnesses told Reuters of three abductions in Penang in 2013 and
2014, from a home, a coffee shop and the street. In addition, a Rohingya
man was confined and tortured after being brought by traffickers
through Thailand.<br />
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Three of the four cases ended in murder, they said.<br />
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Fortify
Rights, a Southeast Asia-based rights group, documented another three
suspected killings of Rohingya by traffickers last year.<br />
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Banned
from legally working and fearful of police harassment, few victims
bring their case to authorities. Those who do say police have taken
little action.<br />
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Confirming
cases is difficult. Local media give the issue little coverage and
Penang state police did not respond to further questions about Abul
Kassim's killing. National police spokeswoman Asmawati Ahmad did not
reply to Reuters' questions on that case or other suspected Rohingya
murders.<br />
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Interviewed by
Reuters in late 2014, Penang police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi denied
traffickers had killed any Rohingya in the state that year.<br />
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<span id="midArticle_14"></span>"WE ARE NOT SAFE"<br />
<span id="midArticle_15"></span>Police quoted in the local media said Abul Kassim's killing was likely to be connected to a money dispute.<br />
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A
Kuala Lumpur-based Rohingya leader, who declined to be named for fear
of retribution, said quantifying crimes was difficult due to the power
and reach of traffickers in northern Malaysia.<br />
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"If
we try to get information about the traffickers, they will simply
target the person who tries to get information. We are not safe," he
said.<br />
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Such cases include
the alleged abduction and murder of Rohingya cousins Harun and Sayed
Noor in 2013 and 2014, according to witnesses interviewed by Reuters.<br />
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Harun,
35, had his first run-in with traffickers in early 2013, when he was
kidnapped from a Penang shop and held for a week for a ransom of 7,000
ringgit ($1,942), recalled his uncle, Mohammad Salim, 50.<br />
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After his release, Harun lodged a complaint with police and fled into hiding, Salim said.<br />
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In
retaliation, traffickers took his cousin Sayed Noor, aged about 30, and
held him as barter for Harun and 50,000 ringgit, Salim said. Several
months later, Sayed turned up dead, his body showing signs of torture
and mutilation.<br />
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In early 2014, the traffickers caught up with Harun.<br />
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Months later, his uncle, Salim, received a call from a Thai mobile number, telling him to leave town.<br />
<span id="midArticle_8"></span>"The trafficker told me himself he had killed Harun."<br />
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A similarly chilling message was sent with the alleged murder last March of Sadek Akbar, 17, who had traveled from Myanmar with the help of traffickers.<br />
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After
passing through a Thai camp and being ransomed for release, Sadek was
imprisoned in a safehouse in Penang. Traffickers then demanded 2,000
ringgit for Sadek's release, his uncle, Altaf Hussain, told Reuters.<br />
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"We couldn't afford it, so they beat him to death and dropped him by the side of the road," Altaf, 48, told Reuters.<br />
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Altaf's
account of retrieving the body from hospital was verified by another
Rohingya witness and a Malaysian journalist, who both declined to be
named.<br />
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<span id="midArticle_14"></span>"MILLIONS OF DOLLARS"<br />
<span id="midArticle_15"></span>Hampering
a full account of the problem is Malaysia's patchy record of protecting
millions of migrants, including nearly 150,000 registered refugees and
asylum seekers living there.<br />
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Relatives
of victims are reluctant to report crimes to police, fearing months of
detention for migration violations and shakedowns for bribes, according
to Fortify Rights executive director Matthew Smith.<br />
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"There
are millions of dollars being made through the trafficking of Rohingya.
It's unsurprising that illicit profits of that magnitude would bring
out violent behavior," he said.<br />
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The <a class="vglnk" href="http://bit.ly/1svRsCF" rel="nofollow"><span>United </span><span>Nations</span></a>
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) declined to comment on specific
criminal cases, but has received "regular reports of abuse, intimidation
and exploitation of Rohingya refugees," said spokeswoman Yante Ismail.<br />
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"Under
Malaysian law, all refugees are treated as undocumented and illegal
migrants, and there is no national system in place to provide them with
protection."<br />
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(Additional reporting by Trinna Leong in George Town, Malaysia; Editing by <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=mike.collett.white&">Mike Collett-White</a>)</span> </div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/us-myanmar-malaysia-rohingya-idUSKBN0L12NF20150129">Here</a> </div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">Date: November 12, 2014</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">On behalf of the entire Rohingya people both in
home and exile, we at the Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC), Malaysia
warmly salutes the proactive plan and welcome the recent decision to issue
cards for the registered refugees of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) in Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We express our sincere gratitude towards His
Excellency Dato’ Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamid, the Honorable Minister for Home
Affairs of Malaysia for taking initiatives towards the betterment of Burmese
refugees in Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We also appreciate the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), particularly His Excellency Dr. Volker Turk,
the Director of the International Protection in Geneva who managed to come
through for having this proactive decision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">We believe that this is the right step in
preventing suspicious crimes of refugees and asylum seekers while documenting
entire persons of concern of UNHCR in Government records with a view to letting
them chance to survive with International Living Standard and employment
mechanisms that were set forth by the International Labor Organization (ILO)
which was also ratified by the Government of Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the other hand, we have noticed that an
unreliable accusation “<b><i>The muddy floods and landslides which occurred in
Kampung Raja, Pekan Ringlet and the Bertam Valley in Cameron Highlands last
Wednesday had claimed five lives and caused over 90 victims from 28 families to
be evacuated to relief centre in Ringlet”,</i></b> against persecuted and
vulnerable Rohingya refugees was raised which made us shock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Indeed, we don’t have
any information about such number of Rohingya in Cameron Highlands, which
number may be very few in our estimation. Most of these people in Cameron
Highlands might be from Bangladesh, Nepal and other ethnic races from Burma. We
do doubt that non-Rohingya populations are using the UNHCR Cards with
fabricated Rohingya identity which effecting on the image of Rohingya refugees.
In this regard, we request all level authorities of the Government of Malaysia
to conduct urgent investigation and to take necessary remedies against the
culprits as the act is very crucial and against humanity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In identifying the
Rohingya, our organization is very much eager to co-operate the Government
authorities, not only in Cameron Highlands but also in other parts of Malaysia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">On the other hand, we
are very much hopeful that the UNHCR would be able pave a vital role in
identification process and implementing the plans, while using the
international tools in resolving refugee phenomena through any needful
mandates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In addition, the
Rohingya people are considered as one of the most persecuted people of the
world, while they are unwanted in anywhere. Thus, registration, protection and
refugee status determination are a must under the office of the UNHCR. So, we
are highly expected that the UNHCR would take the matter of Rohingya in the
list of priority in order to ensure their protection and to settle their
longstanding problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rohingya Arakanese
Refugee Committee (RARC)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Malaysia</span></div>
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<i><u><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">For further
contact:</span></u></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mr. Mohammad Sadek,
Program Coordinator, RARC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tel: +60163094599</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Blog: <a href="http://www.arrcinfo.blogspot.com/">www.arrcinfo.blogspot.com</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Email: <a href="mailto:rarcinfo@yahoo.com">rarcinfo@yahoo.com</a> </span></div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-15561781242536217182014-09-18T21:58:00.006-07:002014-09-18T21:58:58.162-07:00Parliament to press Malaysia on unsolved killings <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411101202079_13593">By Pyae Thet Phyo </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411101202079_13593">U Khin Aung Myint said he would send the letter after receiving a report
from the Amyotha Hluttaw. The Human Rights Committee will compile a
report on those who have been killed, as well as the apparent attempt to
assassinate two prominent Rakhine MPs in February.<br />
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The committee should seek the help of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the
Ministry of Labour and other government departments to compile the
report, he said.<br />
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U Khin Aung Myint made the comment in response to a question from U
Khing Maung Latt, the Amyotha Hluttaw representative for constituency 6
in Rakhine State, who asked how the government was responding to attacks
on Myanmar nationals in Malaysia.<br />
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In February a pro-democracy activist was killed in Kuala Lumpur just a
day before two gunmen on a motorcycle shot at Rakhine National
Development Party boss U Aye Maung and Arakan League for Democracy chair
U Aye Thar Aung. The two later blamed the attack on “Islamic
terrorists.”<br />
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In June 2013 a number of Myanmar migrants were killed in Malaysia
following a spike in violence between Buddhists and Muslims. The
killings were believed to have been sparked by the communal violence in
Myanmar. Malaysia is home to both a large number of migrant workers and
refugees from Myanmar, with the refugees mostly Muslim and Christian.<br />
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Myanmar Buddhists allege there is at least one killing per month,
typically a stabbing, and complain that Malaysia's Muslim-dominated
police force has not solved any of them.<br />
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But Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brigadier General Kyaw Zan Myint
said Myanmar had to respect Malaysia’s national sovereignty.<br />
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“Crimes that happen in another country should be punished by the law of
that country. There needs to be awareness that we have no right to
interfere with their investigation or judicial processes,” he said.<br />
<br />
In regard to the attack on the Rakhine politicians, Brig Gen Kyaw Zan
Myint said Myanmar police are cooperating with their counterparts in
Malaysia to apprehend the gunmen.<br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411101202079_13593">Residents of Rakhine State’s capital, Sittwe, will protest against any
attempt by Medicins Sans Frontieres-Holland (MSF) to return to the
state, they said, following an announcement by the government that it
had signed an agreement with the non-governmental organisation allowing
it to resume its medical programmes in Rakhine.<br />
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“Although the government is allowing MSF to resume operations, local
people will not accept them,” said Soe Naing from Sittwe Township. He
added that city residents had released a statement on August 25 saying
they “absolutely rejected” any attempt by MSF to resume its work in the
state.<br />
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MSF will resume operations in Rakhine State at the invitation of a
Rakhine State Government committee in cooperation with the Ministry of
Health, an announcement said. The announcement said the Rakhine
government committee “appreciated” MSF’s plans to return to the state.<br />
<br />
“If the Rakhine State government committee signs a contract with MSF,
authorities should seek the people’s desire. If the government wants to
be in harmony with the public, they need to discuss this with them,” Soe
Naing said.<br />
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The government can issue an invitation and the people cannot ban it, but they can protest, he added.<br />
The health department under the Ministry of Health signed an agreement
on September 18 with MSF-Holland in Nay Pyi Taw allowing it to resume
its healthcare services in Rakhine.<br />
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“We are now planning to recommence our operation in Rakhine State. We
had to sign the contracts for all projects across the country. In other
states and regions, our operation is running regularly since the
beginning of our programme. There have many negotiations … concerning
our programme in Rakhine State. But, we don’t know exactly when our
programme will resume. To restart our project, we already signed an
agreement with the government,” an official from MSF-Holland said.<br />
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MSF can resume healthcare services in Rakhine, and continue them in
Chin, Kachin and Shan states as well as in Yangon Region under the
two-year agreement.<br />
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It will spend about US$29.7 million to combat tuberculosis, malaria, and
HIV/AIDS. It will also provide maternal and child healthcare services.
All services will be conducted in cooperation with the Ministry of
Health.<br />
<br />
“The Union government committee already signed an MoU with MSF. After
signing the MoU, we plan to discuss it with the health department in
Rakhine State. And then, we must submit MSF’s monthly work plans to the
government-run Emergency Coordination Centre,” said Win Myaing,
secretary of the Rakhine State information and record committee.<br />
<br />
Win Myaing said MSF-Holland would face stricter oversight by local
officials when it returns to Rakhine. “They will not be allowed to
operate their projects any way they want to. Although MSF offerred
assistance in a spirit of goodwill, some of its staff went beyond their
duties. That’s why local people cannot accept the behaviour of MSF
employees. Due to their actions, they had to leave. Now, if they
continue to act as they did before history will repeat itself, but if
they work within their framework there is no need to deny the assistance
they offer,” the official explained.<br />
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“We don’t know when they will restart their work in Rakhine,” he added.<br />
<br />
MSF-Holland was ordered to suspend its operations in Rakhine State on
February 26, following rising anger towards the NGO by ethnic Rakhine
residents who said it was biased in its delivery of services towards the
state’s Muslim minority.<br />
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MSF had been providing services to more than 2,000 people with HIV/AIDS,
as well as tuberculosis patients. It had been the state’s main NGO
combatting malaria. It also provided medical aid to about 60,000
residents of camps for internally displaced persons, as well as maternal
and child healthcare.<br />
On July 24, the Ministry of Health invited international NGOs, including
MSF, to resume operations in Rakhine State with announcements in
state-owned newspapers. This was followed by talks between health
ministry officials and MSF-Holland, officials said.<br />
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MSF-Holland provided healthcare services to more than 400,000 patients
in Myanmar last year, it says. It is leading the fight against
drug-resistant TB in Myanmar. Its malaria-prevention efforts in Rakhine
State are also considered vital to the global effort to prevent the
spread of drug-resistant malaria.<br />
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Link: <a href="http://burmanet.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de1cb2dc3a1d3641b6857de4e&id=79ec1abb68&e=4981d37110" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411101202079_13597" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7598:rakhine-residents-ready-to-protest-the-return-of-msf&catid=44:national&Itemid=384</a>Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-34913474428490364822014-09-15T02:52:00.000-07:002014-09-15T02:58:41.921-07:00UN Calls for More Aid to Rohingya Camps <div class="contentImage floatNone" style="text-align: justify; width: 640px;">
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<span class="dateline">BANGKOK—</span> This week U.N. officials
visited Myanmar, also known as Burma, where they met with displaced
Muslim Rohingya living in camps in western Rakine state, where the world
deliberative body has raised concerns over poor living conditions and
lack of health care.<br />
According to experts, there remains an urgent need for health services and humanitarian assistance despite recent progress.<br />
U.N. Development Program Asia Pacific director Haoliang Xu, during a
two-day official visit to western Rakhine state, said there is a need
for more humanitarian and medical assistance in displacement camps where
up to 140,000 people, mostly Muslim Rohingya, are still housed.<br />
"The most pressing need is health services it seems to me. The basic
services are provided although the camp is quite crowded in the low
lying area - and the most urgent need is medical services," Xu said.
"The long term solution is to get these people out of the camps - that's
why we want to support a multipronged approach to this issue."<br />
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Violence between Buddhist and Muslim communities erupted in 2012, and
led to widespread bloodshed that killed at least 192 people, and
displaced some 140,000 others. Many of the Rohingya now live in guarded
camps, where their movements are restricted.<br />
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Xu says there appears to be some progress despite ongoing communal
tensions. This week the government of Myanmar - also known as Burma -
lifted a curfew in the region imposed in June 2012 at the height of the
bloodshed.<br />
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The central government also signed an agreement with medical charity
Doctors without Borders (MSF), which was part of a group of charities
forced to leave Rakhine State after Buddhists targeted their local
offices accusing them of favoring Muslims. The agreement allows MSF to
work in five states, including Rakhine.<br />
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The Rohingya Muslims were made stateless by a 1982 Act by the then
military government. Many do carry an identity card that allows them to
vote. The Myanmar government has pressured international organizations
and governments to halt any reference to the Muslim minority as
Rohingya, and instead refer to the Muslim community in Rakhine state as
"Bengalis."<br />
<br />
Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director, Phil Robertson, says much still
needs to be done to improve the human rights situation for Rohingya who
are denied rights of freedom of movement and are in turn unable to
support themselves.<br />
<br />
"We don't see a significant improvement in human rights and we certainly
don't see any changes about the issues of statelessness or denial of
citizenship that are the core problems that afflict the Rohingya that
basically are the pillar upon which all the other problems are based,"
he said.<br />
<br />
Myanmar’s government has put in place a process for national
verification of citizenship, but Chris Lewa, an activist and director of
the Arakan Project, says there are daily arrests and harassment as
Rohingya refuse to participate in the registration process.<br />
<br />
"There is no progress at all," she said. "Actually since that this is
likely to become even worse because the authorities use tactics now to
try to force people to participate. Now they prevent anyone to cross the
check point if they don't have the form to confirm they have
participated. So people who refuse are simply not allowed through to
markets, to fishing."<br />
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Analysts say the issue of ethnic divisions will become more prominent in
the lead up to the 2015 national elections, further deeply dividing the
communities ahead of the polls amid fears of further violence.<span class="imageCaption"> </span></div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/un-official-call-for-more-aid-to-rohingya-camps/2447657.html">here</a> </div>
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PHUKET: Australians are being urged to ask the Thai Government to
investigate claims of human trafficking of Rohingya boatpeople and to
lift criminal defamation charges against <i>Phuketwan</i> journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian. <br />
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Anyone with an interest in either of these issues could follow the lead
of the Justice and International Mission of the Uniting Church in
Australia, which recently published this advice:<br />
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IN BURMA in October 2012, ''ethnic cleansing'' and crimes against
humanity were committed by security forces against the Rohingya ethnic
group, resulting in the murders of hundreds of Rohingya and causing more
than 100,000 of them to fled the country while leaving another 140,000
displaced and living in dire conditions.</div>
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Violence and discrimination against the Rohingya, who are Muslims, has
been fuelled by Buddhist extremists and there had been sectarian
violence between Muslim Rohingya and Buddhist Arakanese in Rakhine
(Arakan) State in June 2012. The Burmese government calls the Rohingya
illegal ''Bengali'' migrants from Bangladesh. <br />
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Most of the 1.1 million Rohingya living in Burma's western Rakhine State
are denied citizenship. Human Rights Watch has alleged on-going
persecution of the largely stateless Rohingya.<br />
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Thousands of the Rohingya fled Burma on often-rickety boats were then
intercepted. They were then passed through ''trafficking camps'' in
southern Thailand. Traffickers forced the asylum seekers to call
relatives in Malaysia and Thailand to demand a ransom of around $2000
for their return. <br />
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Those who could not find a relative to pay the ransom were reportedly
sold as slaves on Thai fishing boats or as manual laborers on farms.
Some were murdered at the camps and others died of disease.<br />
<br />
Media reports allege that Thai officials collaborated with the
traffickers by transferring Rohingya held in Thailand to the custody of
the traffickers. The UN has called for an investigation into the reports
Thai officials moved refugees from Burma into human trafficking rings. <br />
<br />
On January 27, 2014, after pressure from the US Government and the UN,
Thai authorities raided one of the trafficking camps and took into
custody 531 people.<br />
<br />
In addition Thailand permitted 2055 Rohingya migrants to enter the
country in 2013. Thailand has no refugee law and does not allow Rohingya
to register asylum claims or to seek protection as refugees. <br />
<br />
Thus they were treated as ''illegal migrants'' and did not receive protection as refugees under international law. <br />
<br />
The government separated families, holding adult men and some male
children in immigration detention centers while women and younger
children were held in shelters run by the Ministry of Social Development
and Human Security. <br />
<br />
The Rohingya had no ability to be accepted as refugees by Thailand and thus were being subjected to indefinite detention. <br />
<br />
In 2013, eight Rohingya men died in detention from apparent poor health
conditions exacerbated by extreme heat and lack of access to health
care.<br />
<br />
Almost all the 2055 Rohingya who were held in detention have since
either fled the shelters, escaped, were deported or were transferred
into the hands of human traffickers. <br />
<br />
Many thousands more Rohingya have been intercepted at sea by Thai
officials and either redirected to Malaysia or handed over to people
smugglers and human traffickers.<br />
<br />
<b>Journalists face imprisonment for reporting on trafficking of Rohingya</b> <br />
<br />
Journalists Alan Morison (an Australian from Melbourne) and Chutima
Sidasathian (a Thai) are being pursued by the Royal Thai Navy on
defamation charges for republishing a paragraph from Reuters news agency
alleging the involvement of ''naval'' personnel in the trafficking of
the Rohingya asylum seekers. The charges were laid on December 16,
2013. <br />
<br />
Under Thai law, defamation is a criminal offence and the two journalists
could face up to seven years imprisonment if found guilty. Efforts by
the Thai Human Rights Commission to broker a resolution to the case were
stalled by the military coup in Thailand on May 22, 2014.<br />
<br />
The trial date for the two journalists has been set as July 14, 2015. <br />
<br />
Reuters and other news outlets in Thailand that published the same
information have not been charged, indicating that seven years of
award-winning coverage of the Rohingya issue has earned Alan Morison and
Chutima Sidasathian unjust special treatment.<br />
<br />
Write polite and respectful letters to (a letter from Australia to Thailand will cost $1.85):<br />
<br />
<b>General Prayuth Chan-ocha</b><br />
<br />
Prime Minister and Head of NCPO<br />
<br />
Royal Thai Army Headquarters<br />
<br />
Rachadamnoen Nok Road,<br />
<br />
Bangkok 10200, Thailand<br />
<br />
Fax: (+66-2) 226 1838<br />
<br />
E-mail: prforeign@gmail.com<br />
<br />
Salutation: Dear General<br />
<br />
<b>His Excellency Mr Maris SANGIAMPONGSA</b><br />
<br />
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary<br />
<br />
Royal Thai Embassy<br />
<br />
111 Empire Circuit<br />
<br />
Yarralumla, ACT, 2600<br />
<br />
Email: thaican@mfa.go.th<br />
<br />
Salutation: Your Excellency<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>Points to make in your letter:</b><br />
<br />
.. Express deep concern at allegations that the Thai government
officials have been involved in trafficking and selling Rohingya asylum
seekers.<br />
<br />
.. Request the Thai authorities conduct a thorough and impartial
investigation to establish if any government officials have been
involved in human trafficking of Rohingya.<br />
<br />
.. Urge the Thai Government to shut down the camps in southern Thailand that have allegedly been used to traffic Rohingya. <br />
<br />
.. Ask that the Royal Thai Navy drop the defamation case against the journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian.<br />
<br />
.. Point out that if progress is to be made in eliminating human
trafficking and other human rights abuses, journalists and human rights
defenders need to be able to research and expose such criminal human
rights violations. <br />
<br />
.. Point out the current prosecutions are over-shadowing the important
efforts the Thai Government has been making to try and eliminate human
trafficking, forced labor and child labor.<br />
<br />
Also write to:<br />
<br />
<b>The Hon Julie Bishop MP</b><br />
<br />
Minister for Foreign Affairs<br />
<br />
PO Box 6022<br />
<br />
House of Representatives<br />
<br />
Parliament House<br />
<br />
Canberra ACT 2600 <br />
<br />
E-mail: Julie.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au.<br />
<br />
Salutation: Dear Minister<br />
<br />
Points to make in your letter:<br />
<br />
.. Express deep concern at allegations that the Thai government
officials have been involved in trafficking and selling Rohingya asylum
seekers into bonded labor.<br />
<br />
.. Ask that the Australian Government raise concerns over these
allegations with the Thai authorities and request a thorough
investigation.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://phuketwan.com/tourism/campaign-seeks-ease-abuse-rohingya-lift-charges-against-reporters-20979/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhuketWan-TopStories+%28Phuket+Wan+-+Top+Stories%29">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-87160600053320348182014-09-15T01:09:00.005-07:002014-09-15T01:09:48.255-07:00Myanmar’s “Rohingya” - what’s in a name?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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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. Under pressure from Myanmar’s nominally-civilian
government, the international community sometimes appears complicit in
the airbrushing of “Rohingya” from official discourse.</div>
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In this briefing, IRIN breaks down some of the questions about a group
of people that has been called one of the most persecuted minorities in
the world.<br />
<br />
<strong>Who are the Rohingya?</strong><br />
<br />
Approximately 800,000 Rohingyas live in Myanmar. Tens of thousands have
fled in recent decades to Malaysia, up to half a million to
neighbouring Bangladesh, and an unknown number are scattered from
Thailand, to India, to Saudi Arabia.<br />
<br />
A 1799 study lists an identity called “Rooinga” in what is now Myanmar’s
Rakhine State. However, a historian in March 2014 argued that “this
term has only become popular since the late 1990s”.<br />
<br />
Some Muslims were brought to Myanmar territory under British rule in the
19th and 20th centuries, fuelling a popular claim that more continue to
pour over the border from Bangladesh, which has been refuted by
economists.<br />
<br />
<strong>Why are they so marginalized?</strong><br />
<br />
For years, Rohingyas have had their rights - from movement to
reproduction to citizenship - restricted by what a Bangkok-based human
rights organizationcalled deliberate state-designed "policies of
persecution".<br />
<br />
In July and October 2012, violence erupted between ethnic Rakhine
Buddhists and Rohingyas. The outbursts and ensuing round-ups by security
forces resulted in 140,000 people, mostly Rohingyas, being held in
government-built camps.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, government officials openly promised to tighten regulations on Rohingya movement and other rights.<br />
<br />
Nearly two years later, the outgoing UN special rapporteur on human
rights in Myanmar said: “The pattern of widespread and systematic human
rights violations in Rakhine State may constitute crimes against
humanity.”<br />
<br />
<strong>What does the Burmese government say?</strong><br />
<br />
When Myanmar’s reform-minded president, Thein Sein, addressed the UN
General Assembly in 2012, he referenced the Rakhine violence without
naming parties to the conflict.<br />
<br />
U Shwe Maung, a Rohingya member of parliament, told IRIN: “When I talk
about the Rohingyas with government officials, they just go silent. They
know their silence is extremely powerful.”<br />
<br />
The politician argues that the term appeared in a government-published geography textbook as recently as 2008.<br />
<br />
However, in response to a September 2014 announcement that Bangladesh
would repatriate some of the verified Myanmar citizens it hosts, the
Burmese government rejected the name of the group itself, saying: “We
have never had ethnic nationals called ‘Rohingya’”.<br />
<br />
<strong>What happened on the 2014 census?</strong><br />
<br />
Myanmar had not conducted a census in 30 years, and partnered with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) for its 2014 survey.<br />
<br />
Despite warnings from local leaders, the Transnational Institute (TNI),
theInternational Crisis Group (ICG) and Human Rights Watch (HRW), the
questionnaire included a particularly contentious item: a question about
ethnicity for which a 1982 list of 135 ethnic groups, which does not
include “Rohingya,” would be used.<br />
<br />
The government initially promised they would allow Rohingyas to self
identify on an open-ended “other” option. But two days before the start
of enumeration in March 2014, international aid workers fled western
Myanmar after being targeted by Buddhist mobs who attacked their offices
over perceived humanitarian bias towards Rohingyas. The
government reneged on its promise to record “Rohingya” on security
grounds.<br />
<br />
Anyone who asked to be recorded as “Rohingya” went uncounted; some were
allowed to be listed as “Bengali”. “Both options entailed denial of the
ethnic group's existence,” prominent international lawyer Geoffrey Nice
and analyst Francis Wade wrote in a May 2014 article, which warned that
the Rohingya were likely to fall victim to more organized violence.<br />
<br />
“The census team asked me ‘what is your ethnicity?’ When I answered
‘Rohingya’, they walked away. They didn’t even ask me any of the other
questions,” Nor Mohammed, 60, who lives in the Dar Paign camp in Rakhine
State, told IRIN. “Now if we don’t appear in the census, are we really
here?”<br />
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UNFPA’s country representative Janet Jackson explained: “In Rakhine
State before enumeration, opposition to any use of the term Rohingya
proved far more serious than anticipated” and that “UNFPA voiced regret
that people could not self-identify and were consequently not included
in the census.” In astatement the agency said the move “could heighten
tensions in Rakhine State.”<br /><br />
In the wake of the census, David Matheison, HRW’s senior Burma
researcher lamented “the failure of the government, the UN and
international donors to take action to effectively address the ethnic
and religious divides that help fuel instability, violence and
disenfranchisement”.<br /><br />
An international observer report called the census process in Rohingya
areas “a complete failure”, explaining that Rohingyas “very much wanted
to participate in the census but were prevented from doing so by the
census field staff and the Department of Population officials.”<br /><br /><strong>Why does exclusion from the census matter?</strong><br /><br />
Srdjan Mrkic, chief of demographic statistics at the UN Statistics
Division, explained that while an ethnicity question (along with
religion and language) isnot mandatory on a census, about 85 percent of
countries do include it.<br /><br />
However, he explained, if ethnicity is included, there are guidelines
for asking the question: “Ethnicity should be a completely blank line.
Even if you list five options for ethnicity and have a line marked
'other', you are in a certain way appearing to limit the choice of
responses. The enumerator must not guide responses in any way.”<br /><br />
In September the government released provisional results from the
census, but said ethnicity data would not be published until 2015 on the
grounds that such data could enflame intercommunal tensions.<br /><br />
Nonetheless, census information, with a zero count for Rohingya and an
unknown number of people registered as “Bengali”, appears to be
informingcitizenship verification programmes, designed to determine who
is eligible for documents based on how long their families have lived in
Myanmar.<br /><br />
However, for those who qualify, documents will come without the label
“Rohingya,” and probably with “Bengali” instead. According to HRW, “the
stipulations of the Burma Citizenship Law governing the right to one of
the three types of Burmese citizenship effectively deny to the Rohingya
the possibility of acquiring a nationality.”<br /><br />
The government is running verification programmes in several locations,
including Rakhine’s Myebon Township, which was razed in the 2012
violence, and where a high percentage of people
reportedly accepted “Bengali” as their ethnicity on the 2014 census.<br /><br />
Some cling intensely to the identity term.<br /><br />
“I am Rohingya, I am not Bengali,” said Muhammad Uslan, 58. “I’m holding
onto the name no matter what. In 2012 the Rakhines attacked us for our
ethnicity, and today if they want to try to kill me again, they can -
I’m not changing it.”<br /><br />
Others are open to the idea of shedding the Rohingya label in exchange for more rights.<br /><br />
“If we get equal rights with other ethnic groups by calling ourselves
Bengalis, then we should accept that name,” said Hamid Huq, a
36-year-old living in a camp outside Sittwe.<br /><br />
However, even in his assertions, Huq retains distrust of the government
and acknowledges pressure to change identity terms has been increasing.<br /><br />
“At every meeting we have with government officials, they always tell us
we are going to have to register as Bengalis. But the government must
declare it genuinely equal citizenship. I don’t trust this government so
they must say this specifically or I won’t believe them,” he said.<br /><br />
“Even when foreign missions come to meet with us, Western government
officials take us to the side and tell us that we should accept Bengali
so we can leave the camps.”<br /><br /><strong>What do international actors say?</strong><br /><br />
In June 2014 after local media reported that the government had asked
the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to apologize for using “Rohingya” in a
presentation, UNICEF called the incident “an oversight”, asserting that
the agency “had no intention of engaging in a discussion on [the]
sensitive issue of ethnicity at that forum”.<br /><br />
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon continues to use the term in his speeches about Myanmar.<br /><br />
In July, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in
Myanmar explained at the conclusion of her mission to the country: “I
was repeatedly told not to use the term ‘Rohingya’ as this was not
recognized by the government.”<br /><br />
A joint OCHA/UNDP mission to Rakhine ending on 11
September mentioned“ethnic Rakhine” and “Muslim” communities, but not
“Rohingya”. An ICRCstatement one day earlier used the same terms. </div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.neurope.eu/article/myanmar%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Crohingya%E2%80%9D-what%E2%80%99s-name">here</a></div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-37252552069149932992014-09-15T01:06:00.001-07:002014-09-15T01:06:32.011-07:00Myanmar's Rohingya stuck in refugee limbo in India<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monday September 15, 2014 12:10:02
PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Nita Bhalla</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters
Foundation) - When Kohinoor, a stateless Rohingya Muslim, fled her home in
Myanmar after a wave of attacks by majority Buddhists, she hoped for a chance
to rebuild her life in a new country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She knew she would have to trek for
days with little food and water and risk her life being smuggled across borders
by traffickers. But she and her family did not imagine their present life of
destitution and discrimination in India, the country they had chosen as their
refuge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We were chased out of Burma
(Myanmar). We were chased out of Bangladesh. Now we are in India, the people
here tell us that India is not our country. So where will we go?" asked
Kohinoor, 20, sitting in a makeshift tent on a patch of wasteland in southern
Delhi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We don’t have any land of our
own. Our children don’t go to the government schools as they refuse us
admission. When we go to the hospital, they don't admit people from our
community," said Kohinoor, who fled Myanmar two years ago with her
2-year-old daughter and her sister’s family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Though the Rohingya minority have
lived for generations in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, the largely
Buddhist government passed a citizenship law in 1982 which excluded them,
denying them the identity cards required for everything from schooling and
marriage to finding a job and getting a birth or death certificate. They became
stateless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hundreds died in communal violence
between Buddhists and Rohingya in 2012, worsening their plight, and in the last
two years more than 86,000 Rohingya have left, fleeing to countries such as
Thailand, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Rohingya are among an estimated
10 million stateless people worldwide. Their plight will be discussed during
the first global forum on statelessness opening in The Hague on Monday, ahead
of an ambitious U.N. campaign starting in November to eradicate statelessness
worldwide within a decade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">India, despite hosting some 30,000
registered refugees, has no legal recognition of asylum seekers, making it
difficult for them to use essential services like schools and hospitals, human
rights groups say – and the Rohingya community is among the most vulnerable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IN NEED OF A HOME</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the United Nations refugee
agency (UNHCR), there are around 9,000 Rohingya registered in Delhi. Thousands
more, unregistered, are living in other parts of the country such as Jammu and
Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Delhi, most of them lead
impoverished lives in tented settlements dotted around the city, eking out a
meagre existence collecting and selling garbage or doing manual work for
Indians, often underpaid and exploited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because they have no identity
documents, they cannot send their children to school or use health services at
government hospitals. They cannot rent accommodation and face problems getting
work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many say they have been forced to
sleep under plastic sheets on roadsides or patches of wasteland for weeks or
months, before local residents or authorities move them on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Our home is Myanmar but they
chased us out," said 21-year-old Abdul Sukur at a camp housing some 60
families in Delhi's Okhla district.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Here also we don't belong.
People abuse us for living on the streets and say we are making the place
dirty. We have to shift constantly. We need permanent land in India where we
can settle and have proper identity documents which we can show," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Considered a haven in a volatile
region, India has for decades hosted refugees fleeing conflict or persecution
in countries like Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, China and Myanmar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But its refugees have no legal
status. Decisions about refugees are taken on an ad hoc basis and some groups,
such as Sri Lankan Tamils and Tibetans, have been given certain rights and
support.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Others, such as the Rohingya, have
been less fortunate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dominik Bartsch, UNHCR India's chief
of mission, said the UNHCR identity cards given to registered refugees are
often not recognised as they are not issued by the government. The agency is
partnering with non-governmental organisations which are going into refugee
communities to help them negotiate access to basic services, he added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Overall if you look at how
India looks after refugees, it is a functioning protection regime. There are no
big violations of refugee rights, although there are lots of things that could
improve," Bartsch said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"There is differential
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also look at the bilateral relationship with the country of origin. These are
the two factors that shape how India has treated refugees over time."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New Delhi has twice blocked draft
laws on refugee recognition. Because of its porous borders, often hostile
neighbours and external militancy, it wants a free hand to regulate the entry
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNHCR's Bartsch said the inability
of refugees to state their claim to asylum was actually driving them
underground, making them more exposed to militancy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Currently, there is no channel
available to present a case to the government," he said. "Anyone who
runs away from their country is forced to go underground and that results in
people being off the grid, bereft of any support and subject to criminal
activity and, worst case, even fundamentalism."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Kohinoor, little of this makes
sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"I don't know about laws,"
she said. "Every country is kicking us around like a football. From one
country to another, people are playing with us. We want the world to make a
decision about us. We want them to give us some land in any country which we
can then call home."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(For more stories and videos on
statelessness see: stateless.trust.org)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Editing by Tim Pearce)</span></div>
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Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-83137444529074148682014-08-09T01:57:00.001-07:002014-08-09T01:57:05.522-07:00What message must John Kerry bring to Myanmar leaders? <div class="bodyboldgreen" style="text-align: justify;">
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<i>A file Photo of US Secretary of State John Kerry :: Pix Courtesy- AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool</i>
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The US Secretary of State John Kerry is arriving in Myanmar's capital
Nay Pyi Taw on August 9 for a three-day visit. The chief diplomat will
meet government leaders and attend a series of meetings, including the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum and East Asia
Summit.
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In a statement released on August 2, the US State Department spokeswoman
Jen Psaki said that Kerry's trip to the region is one key aspect of US
commitment in Asia to promote peace, stability, and prosperity.
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The Obama administration has taken several initiatives to strengthen the
US-Myanmar bilateral ties, including lifting of sanctions and the
appointment of Ambassador Derek Mitchell, which was represented earlier
at the level of chargé d'affaires.
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In November-December 2011, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a
trip to Myanmar, which was the first by the top US diplomat in more
than half a century. It was followed by a historic visit to the country
by Barack Obama, the first-ever trip by a sitting US president.
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Many hail the Obama administration's engagement policy. In his speech to
graduates of the West Point military academy on May 28, 2014, Obama
claimed reforms in Myanmar as a success for US foreign policy.
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Obama then said, "We're now supporting reform and badly needed national
reconciliation through assistance and investment, through coaxing and,
at times, public criticism. And progress there could be reversed, but if
Burma succeeds, we will have gained a new partner without having fired a
shot."
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However, Obama's interpretation of diplomatic success is not pleasantly
received in the US Congress. Citing a growing list of human rights
violations, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce
on July 9, 2014 called for a range of new punitive measures, including
visa bans, an end to US-Myanmar military cooperation, and a
consideration of re-imposing economic sanctions.
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Ed Royce said, "It is time that we take off the rose-colored glasses and
see the situation in Burma for what it is….We cannot continue to lavish
more incentives on the government of Burma in hopes that it will do the
right thing."
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In light of recent developments, one logical question is: what message
must John Kerry bring to the Myanmar leadership, especially given that
President Obama will visit the country in November?
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Besides promoting US national and security interests, there are at least
four important issues the Secretary of State needs to discuss with the
Myanmar leadership: addressing sectarian or religious tensions between
Buddhists and Muslims, media freedom, solution to ethnic minorities'
concerns, and the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming 2015 general
election.
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Firstly, the simmering tension between Rohingya Muslims, which the
Myanmar government recognizes as Bengalis, and the Buddhists in Rakhine
state has now spread to other parts of the country. The latest incident
was a four-day violence in Mandalay last month, following allegations
that a Buddhist woman was raped by her Muslim employers. The riot led to
the death of two people - a Buddhist and a Muslim - and the injury of
at least 14 people.
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The latest deadly violence was largely a consequence of religious
intolerance coupled with elements of religious extremism. Some Buddhist
groups have been accusing the Muslim community of conspiring to dominate
the whole country. Kerry must convey a message to the Myanmar
leadership that equality of rights, including the right to freedom of
religion, must be protected and safeguarded.
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Secondly, evidences have shown a threat to media freedom. Between
January 31 and February 1, five journalists from Unity Journal were
arrested for "disclosing state secrets" in their investigative report on
alleged chemical weapons factory in Magwe region. The journalists were
charged with violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act.
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A court in the town of Pakokku handed down a 10-year-prison sentence to
the journalists - Lu Maw Naing, Yarzar Oo, Paing Thet Kyaw, Sithu Soe
and Tint San - on July 10, which the Amnesty International described it
as a "dark day for freedom of expression."
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There is a growing concern and anxiety among the media fraternity, which
is a reminiscence of strict media censorship during the decades of
military rule. Kerry should reiterate the essentiality of free and
independent media for democratic transition and for the consolidation of
democracy.
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Thirdly, President Thein Sein's government has not only reached
ceasefire agreement with almost all major ethnic armed groups, but has
also been engaged in meetings in an attempt to address the decades-old
ethnic minority demand, that is, autonomy under a federal system of
government.
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In its latest round of a four-day-summit of representatives of 16 ethnic
armed groups which ended on July 29 in Laiza, the capital of the Kachin
Independence Organization, the leader of the New Mon State Party Nai
Hong Sar said talks with the central government have stalled because the
government has refused to accept the ethnic groups' right to equality
and self-administration.
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Given ethnic minorities' issue as the fundamental reason behind decades
of armed conflicts in the country, Kerry should urge the Thein Sein
government for a permanent solution. The Obama administration should
show its sincere commitment to peacefully resolve this issue, including a
concrete offer to take part in the peace process, provided that there
is a mutual interest.
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Fourthly, preparation for the 2015 general election has unofficially
begun with the National League for Democracy (NLD) demanding the
amendment of Article 436 of the 2008 constitution, which gives a veto
power to the Myanmar military on constitutional amendment.
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The NLD and the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society launched a 54-day
nationwide signature campaign calling for its amendment, which started
on May 27 and ended on July 19. The NLD Chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi has
also personally appealed to the international community.
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The Obama administration has earlier expressed its support for
constitutional amendment. Kerry needs to convey the US government's
willingness to assist the Myanmar government to ensure that the upcoming
election is free and fair and meets the international standard of
electoral practices.
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The US government should use its economic and political or even its
military leverage for a smooth democratic transition and for the
consolidation of democracy in Myanmar. </div>
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Source: <a href="http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Nehginpao_Kipgen_Burma_Focus.What_message_must_John_Kerry_bring_to_Myanmar_leaders">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-26311704840564432212014-08-09T01:39:00.000-07:002014-08-09T01:39:08.829-07:00Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims living in dire conditions<div class="post_img" style="text-align: justify;">
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Rohingya Muslims account for about five percent of Myanmar’s population of nearly 60 million.</div>
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Rohingya Muslims continue to live under extremely harsh conditions in
Myanmar, with tens of thousands now facing severe shortages of food,
water and medical care in refugee camps, Press TV reports.</div>
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As part of its long history of discrimination against the community,
the central government in Naypyidaw is restricting access to
international aid organizations desperate to help Rohingya Muslims.</div>
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<em>“We are refugees. We lost everything. Why is our government doing
this to us? They must really hate us,” an unnamed Rohingya Muslim man at
a refugee camp told Press TV.</em></div>
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A hospital near the refugee camps for Rohingyas lacks proper medical
equipment, and there are no doctors or nurses to offer services to the
people in need.</div>
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<em>“We lost all of our dreams. We lost our homes, our hopes. So now,
we are homeless, hopeless. We have no future,” said a young man at a
school, which is believed to be the only one servicing over a million
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Rohingya Muslims account for about five percent of Myanmar’s population of nearly 60 million.</div>
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The Myanmar government has been repeatedly criticized by human rights groups for failing to protect the Rohingya Muslims.</div>
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According to the United Nations, the Rohingyas are one of the world’s most persecuted communities.</div>
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Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims have been killed and wounded in months of
increased sectarian violence in the country. Thousands of others have
been forced to flee their homes.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://islam.ru/en/content/news/myanmars-rohingya-muslims-living-dire-conditions">here</a> </div>
Rohingya Arakanese Refugee Committee (RARC)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13974854767483996761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059613069653486466.post-57972997807062178912014-08-09T01:27:00.001-07:002014-08-09T01:27:18.802-07:00Young Rohingya facing bleak future in Myanmar <h2 class="spot" style="text-align: justify;">
Child labor rampant throughout country, with Muslim children forced to abandon formal education and work from an early age.
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arriving every day at the crack of dawn at a ramshackle teashop in
western Myanmar. There, he doesn’t stop cleaning and waiting tables
until the sun goes down over the nearby Bay of Bengal.</div>
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Ko San earns the equivalent of just ten U.S. dollars a month - a
pittance even by the standards of this desperately impoverished country.</div>
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“I also give him breakfast, lunch and dinner,” said the teashop owner, as the Anadolu Agency talked to Ko San recently.</div>
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Child labor is rampant throughout Myanmar, posing a serious problem
as the economy opens up following decades of misrule by corrupt
generals.</div>
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In this corner of violence-hit Rakhine state, though, children from a
Muslim minority called the Rohingya have seen their lot worsen
considerably since riots struck their communities in June 2012.</div>
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Ko San is a Rohingya child. He lives on the outskirts of Sittwe,
Rakhine’s capital, in a makeshift hut in the Say Ta Ma Gyi camp for
internally displaced people (IDPs). He attended school for a year when
he was six years old, but since then he has had to work on and off to
help support his family.</div>
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“One day I’ll try and save money to get an education,” he told AA.
“It’s been so long since I went to school that I don’t remember it.”</div>
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Although he has yet to reach the school leaving age, he has already
been a mason’s assistant - helping to shovel cement into bags and worked
at a fruit and vegetable stall. And, when Rohingya in Sittwe could mix
freely with Buddhists, he was employed by a Rakhine Buddhist at another
teashop. That was, before Rohingya were forced out of downtown Sittwe by
rampaging Buddhist mobs in 2012.</div>
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On top of having to sacrifice studies to help feed their families,
access to adequate healthcare for young people such as Ko San has become
near impossible - a problem that grew worse in March when foreign aid
agencies working around Sittwe were forced to evacuate most of their
staff for weeks after rioters attacked their homes and offices.</div>
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To add to the problem, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres was
expelled from the state in late February, after being accused by the
government of being biased towards Rohingya. MSF - which vehemently
denies the accusation, saying it has a long history of helping both
Muslims and Buddhists in the state - was only recently invited back, but
the finer details of a new agreement with the government are unknown.</div>
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In the months in between, however, the number of preventable deaths
has racked up in the absence of much needed humanitarian support.</div>
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Access to education is no better. Already dire in the days under the
military junta, it has become even more difficult for Rohingya since the
2012 riots. The children are no longer able to study at their former
schools in downtown Sittwe, and there is now only one
government-assigned school that they can attend. Its student numbers
have swollen to over 2,000, taught by just 46 underpaid and overworked
teachers. The school’s 19 classrooms have fallen into disrepair. In one,
a damaged window shutter hung from the one remaining hinge during a
recent visit by AA.</div>
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“We don’t have enough space, or enough desks,” Zaw Zaw, a teacher at the school, told AA. “It’s very difficult to teach.”</div>
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Advocacy group the Arakan Project says that in the more remote far
north area of Rakhine “Rohingya youths and children have little to no
access to education” following the 2012 violence.</div>
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“All Muslim religious education institutions were closed down,” said a
July report by the group, “even maktabs, where young children learn the
basic tenets of Islam.”</div>
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Groups such as the Arakan Project hope that international pressure
may be at hand, the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in the
region Friday for meetings organized by the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations</div>
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Human rights advocates are hoping Kerry will use the visit to
pressure the government on a series of abuses that have taken the shine
off the reform process.</div>
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“Kerry should strongly raise concerns about the persecution of the
largely stateless Rohingya,” said Human Rights Watch in a statement
released this week.</div>
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“No one has been held responsible for the 'ethnic cleansing' and
crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya in [the riots of]
2012,” the statement added.</div>
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In the sprawling fields that stretch between the IDP camps around
Sittwe, small children herd cattle as heavy tropical rains leave them
drenched.</div>
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Because of a lack of reliable statistics, it is unclear whether the
increasingly desperate conditions that followed the riots have led to an
increase in the use of child labor among Rohingya.</div>
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But with many parents forced out of jobs because they worked in areas
that are now off limits to Muslims, and others bedridden as access to
healthcare becomes more difficult, young Rohingya face an increasingly
bleak future.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/142184/young-rohingya-facing-bleak-future-in-myanmar">here</a> </div>
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