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Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar

A bloody road to apartheid...

(MRAUK-U, SITTWE and THANDWE) - Myamnar's government has reported that 82 people have died in the past week’s ethnic violence in the western state of Rakhine, and 2,800 houses been razed by fire. Both figures are almost certainly underestimates.

Human Rights Watch has used satellite imagery to show the destruction by fire on October 24th of a Muslim quarter on the island of Kyauk Pyu.

Zionists Against WSF Free Palestine

An attack is being waged against freedom of meeting and expression, and against the rescue of the historical true.

(BUENOS AIRES) - Zionists are in contact with the mayor of Porto Alegre and the governor of Rio Grande do Sul against the World Social Forum Free Palestine.

In part they succeed, because now the WSF have lost the Usina do Gasômetro, the place where it would be held.

No Hurricane Warning for What Could Be the Most Expensive Storm in History

"Mayor Bloomberg was confused at one point over the weekend whether Sandy was a hurricane"
- AccuWeather CEO Barry Myers

(STATE COLLEGE,, PA Accuweathter.com) - AccuWeather.com reports Hurricane Sandy may turn out to be the most expensive storm to hit the U.S.

15 states received damage and power outages affected over 8 million people -- yet the National Hurricane Center did not issue hurricane warnings north of North Carolina.

Kazakhstan: Risk of Criminal Prosecution of Human Rights Defender Mr Alexander Osadchenko

Our Human Rights Ambassador seeks relief for imprisoned activist.

(SALEM) - Human rights defender Alexander Osadchenko from Priozersk, Central Kazakhstan, is facing big legal trouble for investigating cases of corruption and acting as a legal representative of citizens in the local courts.

He has been dealing with cases relating to social rights and economic rights of people in his community.

FaceBook, Mordechai Vanunu: Wrapping it up and Moving On

WeAreWideAwake.org was established in 2005 as a public service after my first of seven investigative journeys to the so called Holy Land- which is in pieces!

(CLERMONT, FL) - In 2005, during my first of seven investigative journeys to both sides of the Wall in Israel Palestine, I began a series of interviews with Israel’s Nuclear Whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu.

WeAreWideAwake.org went online three weeks after that interview while I was in Berkley, California.

Clashes or Ethnic Cleansing?

“Things don’t happen in Burma if the government doesn’t want them to”

(LONDON) - Use of language can be very important. This is something the government of Burma knows very well.

There are disturbing parallels between the way current violence in Arakan state is being described, and how past atrocities committed by the Burmese government were recounted at the time.

Uzbekistan: Arrest of Human Rights Defender Uktam Pardayev

Uktam Pardayev's problems stated after a visit to his house by officials from the American Embassy about his Human Rights work.

(SALEM) - An Uzbek human rights defender, Mr Uktam Pardayev, was taken recently by police and those officials are not cooperating with Mr. Pardayev's family.

Uktam Pardayev is the Chairperson of the Independent Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan (IHRSU) in the region of Djizak.

Memorandum: Urgent Intervention to Stop Ethnic Minority Rohingyas in Arakan State of Myanmar

Rohingya people have no access to food, water, medical and shelter.

(LONDON) - This is very Urgent Memorandum as the situation in Arakan State is very critical with numbers of death of Rohingyas has increased tremendously.

Almost 5000 Rohingyas houses have been burnt down by the Rakhines, police and the military.

Myanmar Minorities Fight to Save Mother Tongue

In Kachin, as in other states such as Chin and Karen, the Christian faith of local people has also put them at odds with a regime that has long demanded conformity.

(TAUNGGYI Kuwait Times) - For half a century a single precious copy of a textbook kept the language of Myanmar’s Shan people alive.

Now calls are growing to reinstate ethnic language teaching in minority area state schools as part of reconciliation efforts.

Salehi Calls for Respecting Muslims` Rights in Myanmar

The majority of Myanmar population are followers of Buddhism and the government of that country is not willing to recognize the Muslim Rohingya community.

(TEHRAN Trend) - Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in a telephone conversation with his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin called on the Myanmar government to respect the basis rights of that country's Muslim minority, IRNA reported.

He called for an end to the ongoing ethnic conflicts in that country as well as restoration of the rights of Muslims living in that country.