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Myanmar Army Continues to Live in Denial Over Abuses

Min Aung Hlaing should start by apologising to the Myanmar people and admitting that the army has committed widespread abuses.

(RANGOON, Burma) - Myanmar’s rapidly evolving political landscape produced another symbolic event at the recent Armed Forces Day parade.

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attended for the first time, sitting alongside generals in the viewing stands as thousands of troops, tanks, and missiles passed by.

Myanmar President Vows to Protect Rights of Minority Muslims

Thein Sein said his administration will “take all necessary security measures to deter illegal immigration,” and “will deal with the citizenship-related issues,” though he gave no details on how.

(YANGON Mayu Press) - Nearly a year has passed since sectarian violence first exploded in Myanmar.

Myanmar President Thein Sein vowed Monday that his government would do everything it can to protect the rights of minority Muslims living in the predominantly Buddhist nation.

European Rohingya Council Vigorously Opposes and Condemns Arakan Report

ERC calls Arakan Investigation Commission's Summary Report 'Inequity'.

(AMSTERDAM) - The European Rohingya Council (ERC) vigorously opposes and condemns the whole report 186 page report and points out some of vital false features with respective references in Commission’s Summary Report.

The ERC strongly objects the methodology and terminology, stating the name of Rohingya as ‘Bengali’.

Support Our 60K Walk for Burma

On May 11^th I’m walking 60 km to raise funds for Burma Campaign UK.

(LONDON) - When the generals in Burma exchanged military uniforms for suits it seemed to me that campaigning for democracy and human rights in Burma would be needed more than ever.

I wanted to make sure that changes would not just be cosmetic, but were followed through with fundamental constitutional reform.

No Need to Change Law on Rohingya Citizenship: Myanmar Panel

The law classified eight races and more than 130 ethnic minority groups which could qualify as Myanmar nationals, but excluded the Rohingyas from the list.

(CHENNAI ) - Myanmar’s 1982 citizenship law that made a Muslim ethnic minority stateless does not need to be amended, but should be applied fairly, a commission set up to assess last year’s sectarian violence in the Rakhine State said Monday.

Fighting that broke out between Buddhist and Rohingya communities in the state killed at least 192 and left about 1,25,000 homeless.

European Rohingya Council Meets with Sweden`s Ms. Anna Uggla at Foreign Affairs Ministry

Burmese officials are hijacking 90% or more of food supplies intended to reach starving Rohingyas.

(STOCKHOLM) - The European Rohingya Council with a Swedish official over the critical issue of internally displaced Rohingya persons in Arakan state.

The ERC's Mr. Abul Kalam met with Ms. Anna Uggla, who is in-charge of Burma in the Department for Asia and Pacific at Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Myanmar`s Thein Sein - Oversee a Genocide and then Receive a Nobel Prize?

Once coveted award is now handed to false heroes and a president overseeing a Genocide.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Burma's military junta was in control for several decades. Human rights violations are everyday and paramount, one main target are the Rohingya Muslims.

Thein Sein, who has overseen the murder of hundreds of Rohingyas, eradication of villages, and placed survivors in 'camps' - has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Really, what next?

European Rohingya Council Reacts to Burmese President Thein Sein`s Peace Award by ICG

Thein Sien oversees a murderous government that wages Genocide against its Kachin and Rohingya communities.

(BERLIN) - The international Crisis Group should have awarded the prize to a person who has unique personality and actively worked towards a real democratic reforms and peace before awarding such a prestigious prize.

The European Rohingya Council strongly opposes the awarding of this prize to Thein Sein because he does not deserve it...

BURMA: Unpunished Crimes Against Humanity, Humanitarian Crisis in Arakan State

Satellite images examined by HRW show 27 destruction zones; new report condemns Myanmar.

(BANGKOK ) - Burmese authorities and members of Buddhist Arakanese groups have committed crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State since June 2012.

Human Rights Watch released a new 153-page report, “‘All You Can Do is Pray’ about the ongoing strife in Burma.

Cops Arbitrary Arrested Rohingyas in Northern Maungdaw

40 Rohingya people were detained on false charges, those who could not pay bribes are still being held.

(MAUNGDAW, Arakan State) - On April 17, 2013, police detained more than forty Rohingya.

They were teenagers, youths and adults from Kyeinn Chaung (Bollibazar) and Aung Sit Pyan, from the Maungdaw district in Arakan.