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Title: Rohingya Minority In Myanmar Between The Religious Persecution And The Reality Of Constitutional Protection
Description: "The government's performance in the State of Myanmar raises questions about the reality of its position on what is happening to the range of its citizens who are Muslims Alrohengjian, it bear full responsibility for the protection and preservation of their rights. Despite the government's signing of Myanmar on the international agreements and conventions on human rights, despite its stated commitment to the protection of human rights and the promotion of democracy and the rule of law; the government has not taken any real action to protect the Rohingyas and address violence or stop racist policy of ethnic cleansing, which govern the Muslims of Rohingya by Buddhist extremists. We will discuss in this paper what is really happening to the Muslims Alrohengjian in Myanmar, especially in the recent wave of persecution and ethnic cleansing against them, and we are exposed to historical backgrounds of these crimes and the role of internal constitutional provisions and the provisions of international conventions on the protection of this vulnerable minority..."
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Source/publisher: "Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of publication: 2016-10-11
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Title: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Sub-title: A short paper on the region‘s response to the recent refugee crisis.
Description: "The objectives of this short report are to: (a) give a comprehensive historical background on the plight of the Rohgingya and the events of the migrant crisis; (b) identify, explain the role and response of entities such as the governments of ASEAN and other organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and relevant non-governmental organizations (NGOs); (c) explain the political, economic and social aspects, factors and developments on the issue; (d) give a conclusion and recommendations based on the author‘s research. Studying refugees and forced displacement flows is essential in understanding emerging trends in migration, as well as an indicator of consequences of conflict, economic stagnation, and environmental degradation. As of 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) reported an accelerated growth in global forced displacement whilst reaching unprecedented levels. There are 59.5 million individuals globally that were forcibly displaced because of persecution, armed conflict, generalized violence, or human rights violation1 . Crises in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have severely stretched the global humanitarian system. In addition, the gaps can be observed on the current global legal framework in protecting, asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Out of the 59.5 million displaced, 19.5 million are refugees, 28.2 million are IDPs, and 1.8 million are asylum-seekers. 42,500 individuals are forcibly displaced daily due to conflict and persecution..."
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Source/publisher: "Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of publication: 2015-11-28
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Title: It’s Time to Indict Aung San Suu Kyi for Genocide Against the Rohingya in Myanmar
Description: "ISN’T IT TIME Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was indicted for war crimes and genocide at the International Criminal Court? This Sunday marks two years since the Burmese military, the Tatmadaw, arrived in Rakhine state, in western Myanmar, to launch a renewed campaign of terror and violence against the country’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority. Unspeakable crimes were committed by Burmese troops and vigilantes: Rohingya men hacked to death; children burned alive; women and girls raped and sexually assaulted in their hundreds and thousands. Scores of villages were pillaged and razed to the ground as more than 700,000 Rohingya were driven from their homes. One cautious estimate put the death toll at more than 10,000. Two years on, as Rohingya refugees languish in squalid camps across the border in Bangladesh, it is difficult to overstate the sheer barbarism they have had to endure. The U.S. State Department has called it “ethnic cleansing,” with Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, describing the violence against the Rohingya “as bad as or worse than any other I have personally seen — including as one of the first U.S. officials to visit Darfur in 2004.” In August 2018, a United Nations fact-finding commission accused the Burmese military of genocide — a view endorsed by, among others, experts at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and a unanimous vote by the Canadian parliament in Ottawa. The U.N.’s investigators even demanded Myanmar’s top military commanders be investigated and prosecuted for the “gravest” crimes against civilians under international law..."
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Source/publisher: "The Intercept"
Date of publication: 2019-08-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-07
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Title: Myanmar Arakan Army Leader’s Wife, Family Detained in Thailand
Description: "Authorities in Thailand detained the wife and children of Arakan Army (AA) Commander-in-Chief Maj-General Tun Myat Naing this week at the Thai-Myanmar border and appear set to deport them, RFA learned on Friday. The detentions in the northern Thai city of Chiangmai were condemned by rights groups because the scenic city has been known for giving sanctuary to Myanmar expatriates and exile democracy leaders during decades of military repression and war in Myanmar. Friends and relatives of Tun Myat Naing told RFA’s Myamar Service that his wife, Hnin Zar Phyu, 11-year-old old daughter Saw Pyae Shin, and infant son Myat Lin Zin were detained on Wednesday morning at Myanmar authorities’ request as they showed up to renew their Thai visas. Myanmar authorities alleged that 10 relatives of Tun Myat Naing, including his wife Hnin Zar Phyu, the daughter of the speaker of Rakhine State Parliament, are involved in destructive activities against Myanmar, the sources said.,,"
Source/publisher: "Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-12-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-07
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Title: Questions and Answers on Gambia’s Genocide Case Against Myanmar before the ICJ
Description: "Myanmar’s military, known as the Tatmadaw, has committed extensive atrocities against ethnic Rohingya Muslims, including murder, rape, and arson. These abuses reached their peak during the Tatmadaw’s brutal ethnic cleansing campaign, beginning in August 2017, that forced more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. These crimes have been thoroughly documented by the United Nations, the media, and human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch. Gambia – with the backing of the 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation – has filed a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) alleging that Myanmar’s atrocities against the Rohingya in Rakhine State violate various provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“the Genocide Convention”). Gambia, which ratified the convention in 1978, brought the case under article 9 of the convention, which allows for disputes between parties “relating to the responsibility of a State for genocide” and related acts to be submitted to the ICJ by any party. The ICJ previously confirmed that all member states of the convention have a duty to prevent and to punish genocide. Myanmar has been a party to the Genocide Convention since 1956..."
Source/publisher: "Human Rights Watch" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-07
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Title: Republic of The Union of Myanmar's Actions on Handling The Rohingya
Description: "National interest has a big impact to the implementation of some particular actions of a nation state. A nation state might jeopardize another very important aspect of the existence of humankind, such as the human rights. The government of Myanmar has not been able to solve the case of one of the most prosecuted group of people, which is the Rohingya. Arguing on behalf of the lack of citizenship of the Rohingya until to the inability of the government which caused a more severe situation. Somehow, within this implementation of action, there are also a massive human right abuses and the actions of ethnic cleansing are detected. Whether the Rohingya is justified as a citizen or not, it is still wrong for the government of Myanmar to not pay attention to the human right abuses. 1. Introduction Forced migration which produced refugee is a problem of humanitarian condition that is usual in the eyes of common society. The forced movement nowadays is not caused by the government any more, the unstable conditions of a country also could be a factor of a group of people to move out from their home country. A lot of aspects are being harmed under this condition of migration crisis, such as starvation, sanitary and health issue, absence of educational system for the youth, and human right abuses to the very far extent of example. The world has been facing refugee crisis since a long time ago, yet somehow the problem cannot be tackled-down even up until right now. This is because the actions and policies that applied by both the world as a whole and by the encountering state are not suitable or even cause another new problem instead. The reason on why the problematic country cannot handle this refugee crisis is due to the sovereign government that is not capable in handling the issues of placement, funding, development, and protection..."
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Source/publisher: "Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of publication: 2016-00-00
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Title: How to protect the rights of the stateless Rohingya people in Myanmar?
Description: "Few years ago, I was in London attending a human rights festival, where I watched a documentary about Myanmar. At that time I knew little about Myanmar, but that movie struck my attention and gave a different direction to my life. I decided to take action and understand what was behind the Junta’s curtain and the military violence against its own people. Therefore, few months later, I started a Master in Human Rights & Conflict Management at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy and then spent four months at the United Nations Regional Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bangkok. During my time at OHCHR, I got closer to the Rohingya’s cause when in October 2012, following an escalation of violence in Myanmar, they organized a protest in front of the UN building in Bangkok, asking the United Nations Security Council to deploy, within 72 hours, UN Peacekeeping Forces in the Rakhine State to protect the Rohingya people and to constitute a UN Commission of Inquiry to investigate the international crimes committed against them and bring the perpetrators to justice. The decision to research on the topic of the stateless Rohingya has been taken as a way to stand for their cause. Their particular vulnerability and determination at the same time, inspired me..."
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Source/publisher: "Institute of Law, Politics and Development"
Date of publication: 2013-03-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-06
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Title: An icon's journey: Aung San Suu Kyi's life in troubled Myanmar
Description: "On Tuesday, World Human Rights Day, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will fight accusations of genocide brought against her country at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. Myanmar has been called to answer for alleged atrocities committed during a military-led crackdown two years ago that saw more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims flee to neighboring Bangladesh. The case has been filed with the court by Gambia. This timeline charts Suu Kyi’s journey from political prisoner to leader of her troubled nation: June 19, 1945: Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Myanmar’s independence hero General Aung San, is born. Her father is assassinated when she is 2 years old. 1988: She returns to Myanmar to care for her dying mother and is swept up in nationwide protests against decades of military rule. 1989: Having crushed the protests and killed thousands, the military puts Suu Kyi under house arrest..."
Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-12-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-06
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Title: In rare legal test, Myanmar faces genocide hearings at The Hague
Description: "In a wood-panelled hall of the ornate Peace Palace at The Hague, lawyers pressing a case against Myanmar for alleged genocide against its Muslim Rohingya minority will next week ask judges to order immediate action to protect them from further violence. Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African country, filed a lawsuit in November accusing Myanmar of genocide, the most serious international crime. During three days of hearings starting Dec. 10, it will ask the 16-member panel of U.N. judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose “provisional measures” to protect the Rohingya before the case can be heard in full. More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh since a 2017 military crackdown, which U.N. investigators found in August to have been carried out with “genocidal intent”. Myanmar vehemently denies allegations of genocide..."
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Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-12-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-06
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Title: The Lady and The Hague: Myanmar leader Suu Kyi courts home audience
Description: "The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgling democracy who had brought an end to half a century of military dictatorship. When the Nobel peace prize laureate returns next week, her first trip to the region since a 2017 military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, it will be to face accusations of genocide, alongside the army she spent much of her life battling. Gambia, a tiny, mainly Muslim West African state backed by the 57-nation Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), lodged a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month against Myanmar for genocide, including mass murder and rape. Myanmar denies the allegations, and Suu Kyi’s office said she would fly to The Hague for the first hearings, from Dec. 10, to “defend the national interest”. “There is a discrepancy between the opinion of Myanmar and the international community,” said Myo Nyunt, the senior spokesman for her National League for Democracy Party. “She has to explain what has really taken place in northern Rakhine.”...."
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Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-12-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-06
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Title: Muslim Minority In Myanmar: A Case Study Of Myanmar Government And Rohingya Muslims
Description: "The discrimination suffered by Rohingya Muslims is increasingly blewed up in media in last decade. The peak of the discriminatory treatment against Rohingya Muslim by Myanmar government is the unavailability of shelter from Myanmar government. In the perspective of international law, Myanmar government’s actions constitute a serious violence, because it ignores the rights of its citizens. Even a series of massacres and inhumane treatment became a major offense committed by Myanmar government in terms of humanity. This attracted international attention in solving the problem. This article illustrated the fate of Rohingyas who are not given citizenship rights by Myanmar government. It also revealed the irony of Muslims of Rohingya life who are discriminated by the government of Myanmar, both in the practical as well as in the political context. Diskriminasi yang diderita oleh Muslim Rohingya semakin mengemuka di media dalam dekade terakhir. Puncak perlakuan diskriminatif terhadap Muslim Rohingya adalah tidak tersedianya tempat tinggal dari pemerintah Myanmar. Dalam perspektif hukum internasional, tindakan pemerintah Myanmar ini merupakan..."
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Source/publisher: "Academia.edu" (USA)
Date of publication: 2017-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-06
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Title: Myanmar and foreign aid – recent changes, risk and opportunity
Description: "This policy briefing gives an overview of politics and development in Myanmar, focusing in particular on minority conflicts as well as the national context. The role that international aid agencies can play is explored, and recommendations are offered for policy and practice. There is a risk that pressure to build good relations with the government and to spend pledged funds will lead donors to overlook significant ongoing problems in conflict-affected border areas and elsewhere. Yet, the right kind of foreign aid, implemented effectively, can play a potentially useful role in supporting peace, justice and development. Donors need to learn from experience elsewhere, recognising that many challenges will arise over the coming years despite recent reforms. Through a careful understanding of Myanmar’s political economy at the local and national levels, and by incrementally establishing programmes, they will be able to build domestic capacity in support of sustainable peace and poverty reduction. Continued engagement can generate opportunities for promoting international standards including human rights. Recent Changes Despite continued uncertainty, Myanmar’s recent transition is now generating significant political, economic and social change. After decades of rule by an opaque and chiefly selfinterested military junta, some political space is opening up and media censorship is being relaxed. Economic and development policies have continued to shift, with signals emerging that the leadership is more responsive to the needs of Myanmar’s ethnically varied and predominantly poor population of around 55 million. External coverage of Myanmar has for decades presented the country’s travails as a black-andwhite morality play: villainous generals opposed by the virtuous angels of the Burmese people represented in particular by Nobel prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi. In practice, some changes had already occurred before the military junta carefully selected its civilian successors in 2011, including gradually improved economic management and ceasefire agreements that had reduced bloodshed in the many long-running conflicts affecting most of the country’s outlying, border regions. Various foreign aid agencies had already established a presence with a limited range of humanitarian and social programmes despite the sanctions imposed by many Western states..."
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Source/publisher: "The Policy Practice"
Date of publication: 2013-09-00
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-06
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Title: Bangladesh: Rohingya Children Denied Education
Sub-title: Unlawful Restrictions on Schooling Risk Creating a Lost Generation
Description: "The government of Bangladesh is blocking aid groups from providing any meaningful education to Rohingya children in refugee camps and banning the children from attending schools outside the camps, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should urgently lift the restrictions that unlawfully deprive almost 400,000 Rohingya refugee children of their right to education. The 81-page report, “‘Are We Not Human?’: Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh,” documents how Bangladesh prohibits aid groups in the refugee camps in the Cox’s Bazar district from providing Rohingya children with accredited or formal education. There is no secondary-level education, and groups are barred from teaching the Bengali language and using the Bangladesh curriculum. Rohingya children have no opportunity to enroll in or continue their education at private or public schools outside the refugee camps. “Bangladesh has made it clear that it doesn’t want the Rohingya to remain indefinitely, but depriving children of education just compounds the harm to the children and won’t resolve the refugees’ plight any faster,” said Bill Van Esveld, associate children’s rights director at Human Rights Watch. “The government of Bangladesh saved countless lives by opening its borders and providing refuge to the Rohingya, but it needs to end its misguided policy of blocking education for Rohingya children.”..."
Source/publisher: "Human Rights Watch" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-05
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Title: Going To The ICJ: Myanmar, Genocide And Aung San Suu Kyi’s Gamble – OpEd
Description: "Leaders currently in office rarely make an appearance before either the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. International law remains affixed to the notion that heads-of-state are, at least for the duration of their time in office, safe from prosecution. Matters change once the time in office expires. Be that as it may, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, with an ever dwindling number of peace prizes and awards to her name for questionable responses to the plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority, has a plan. She intends to personally plead the case of her country against charges of genocide being made in the International Court of Justice. As the Ministry of the Interior has claimed, the argument against state brutality against the Rohingya has arisen due to ignorance about “the complexities of the issue and the narratives of the people of Myanmar.” The case itself is drawn from the well of universal jurisdiction, a concept that Henry Kissinger finds so troubling to the freedom of flexible statecraft. The former US secretary of state, in 2001, warned that subjecting international relations to judicial procedures came with risks. “The danger lies in pushing the effort to extremes that risk substituting the tyranny of judges for that of governments; historically, the dictatorship of the virtuous has often led to inquisitions and even witch-hunts.”..."
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Source/publisher: "Eurasia Review"
Date of publication: 2019-12-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-05
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Title: Myanmar, Genocide, and Aung San Suu Kyi’s Gamble
Sub-title: Going to the ICJ
Description: "Leaders currently in office rarely make an appearance before either the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. International law remains affixed to the notion that heads-of-state are, at least for the duration of their time in office, safe from prosecution. Matters change once the time in office expires. Be that as it may, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi, with an ever dwindling number of peace prizes and awards to her name for questionable responses to the plight of the Rohingya Muslim minority, has a plan. She intends to personally plead the case of her country against charges of genocide being made in the International Court of Justice. As the Ministry of the Interior has claimed, the argument against state brutality against the Rohingya has arisen due to ignorance about “the complexities of the issue and the narratives of the people of Myanmar.” The case itself is drawn from the well of universal jurisdiction, a concept that Henry Kissinger finds so troubling to the freedom of flexible statecraft. The former US secretary of state, in 2001, warned that subjecting international relations to judicial procedures came with risks. “The danger lies in pushing the effort to extremes that risk substituting the tyranny of judges for that of governments; historically, the dictatorship of the virtuous has often led to inquisitions and even witch-hunts.”.."
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Source/publisher: "Dissident Voice" (California)
Date of publication: 2019-12-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-05
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Title: Suu Kyi gears up for genocide hearing
Description: "There has been strong reaction in Myanmar to Aung San Suu Kyi's decision to appear at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to defend the country against charges of genocide. While Western diplomats have tried to persuade the civilian leader that she was embarking on a high-risk strategy, and should reconsider. Attitudes amongst the intellectuals, politicians, MPs and civil society range from animated support to more measured approaches. Myanmar's civilian government and its military leaders are accused of crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide towards its Muslim population in the strife-torn western Rakhine state during the last three years of military operations. These "clearance campaigns" forced nearly a million Muslims -- or Rohingya as they call themselves -- to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh for safety. While the move came as a surprise to most people in the country including foreign diplomats, the response was swift. Demonstrations of support -- organised by the governing party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), "spontaneously" took place in the commercial capital Yangon and other urban centres almost hours after the official announcement of the State Counsellor's planned trip. More demonstrations are planned in the coming weeks before hearing opens on Dec 10..."
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Source/publisher: "Bangkok Post" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-05
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Title: Can Suu Kyi stand up to the lawsuit avalanche?
Sub-title: International pressure to rehabilitate the Rohingya and reform Rakhine is unlikely to dissipate
Description: "Myanmar’s top leaders -- both military and civilian -- have been shell-shocked by the avalanche of international legal cases they are now facing. In the space of days, three cases have been lodged in separate courts, all intended to make the Myanmar government and the country’s military leaders accountable for the horrendous events that unfolded in strife-torn western Rakhine state during military operations over the last three years. But the key case -- at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by Gambia on behalf of the 57-nation member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) -- has finally propelled the Myanmar government to take decisive action. The State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, announced late last week that she will lead the country’s defense team, supported by a panel of prominent international lawyers to contest the case submitted by Gambia. “The Myanmar government is taking this case very seriously,” the minister for international cooperation and deputy foreign minister, Kyaw Tin told the Bangkok Post in the sidelines of a major economic conference in the capital Naypitaw on Friday. In fact, as Myanmar is a signatory to this convention -- which the democratic government of U Nu’s signed in 1956 -- it cannot ignore the process..."
Source/publisher: Bangkok Post (Thailand) via "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-04
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Title: Half of displaced Rohingyas faced a near-death experience in Myanmar
Sub-title: Nearly, one-third has had a family member or friend murdered, or forcibly isolated from others, reveals a report
Description: "About half of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas - living in refugee camps at Cox’s Bazar- had suffered some form of abuse, torture, aggression and even near-death or impending death experiences in Myanmar. Nearly, one-third has had a family member or friend murdered, or forcibly isolated from others, reveals a report. The survey-study, jointly conducted by Innovations Poverty Action (IPA), the International Growth Center (IGC), and Yale University, USA, was revealed yesterday at a workshop in Dhaka. The outcome of the survey is based on extensive interviews with more than 25,000 Rohingyas. The survey-study was carried out between March and August in 2019. However, the survey also reveals that more than one-quarter of the forcibly displaced Rohingyas were separated from their families. "The data of Rohingyas and host communities allows us to actually understand the population we work with, which will allow organizations to better target and design their programs to efficiently meet the needs," said Imran Matin, Executive Director of BRAC Institute of Governance and Development..."
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Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-12-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-04
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Title: IOM: Bangladesh hosts most stateless people in the world
Sub-title: Côte d’Ivoire and Myanmar with 692,000 and 620,000 stateless people respectively followed the list after Bangladesh
Description: "Bangladesh is currently hosting the largest number of stateless people in the world with about 906,000 persons, mainly because of the Rohingya exodus that began in August 2017. This number is one fourth of the total number of stateless persons globally with 3.9million as of 2018, according to the World Migration Report-2020, launched on Wednesday by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Côte d’Ivoire and Myanmar with 692,000 and 620,000 stateless people respectively followed the list after Bangladesh. Several hundred thousands of Rohingya fleeing their homeland following violence in Myanmar since August 25, 2017 contributed largely to the mammoth number of stateless people in Bangladesh. Following the crackdown, mainly on Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar security forces, Bangladesh opened its borders and sheltered these people at the sprawling refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. “Due to violence and persecution of Rohingya people, Myanmar produced the third largest refugee population in the region, and the fourth largest in the world in 2018, with most refugees hosted in Bangladesh,” said the report. There has been an increase in displacement in the subregion due to violence, systemic persecution and marginalization. The Rohingya refugee situation is the most acute, and remains one of the most complex refugee crises in the world, it added..."
Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-04
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Title: Myanmar army shelling kills woman, 2 infants in Rakhine: Lawmaker
Topic: Myanmar, Rakhine State, Rohingya
Topic: Myanmar, Rakhine State, Rohingya
Description: "Shelling by Myanmar's military killed a woman and two infants, and wounded six others in Rakhine State on Monday (Dec 2), according to residents and a lawmaker in the town of Mrauk U, where security forces are fighting against an ethnic militant group. The army unleashed a counter-insurgency campaign against the Arakan Army, which recruits from the region's mostly Buddhist ethnic Rakhine population, almost a year ago. The militants are fighting for greater autonomy from the central government, and authorities cut Internet access to most of the region in June. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Rakhine since clashes began in December last year, bringing fresh chaos to the region, from which more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a military crackdown in 2017. Two military spokesmen did not answer phone calls from Reuters seeking comment, while a spokesman for the Arakan Army also blamed the army for the shelling, saying there were no clashes involving its fighters in Mrauk U..."
Source/publisher: "CNA" ( Singapore)
Date of publication: 2019-12-03
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-04
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Title: Myanmar’s legacy of rape as a terror tactic
Description: "While it is a well-docu-mented fact that more than 700,000 Rohingya had to flee Myanmar’s Rakhine state since the latest onslaught of violence unleashed on them by the Myanmar military and nearly 9,000 Rohingya had been killed in Rakhine between August 25 and September 24 in 2017—as recorded by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)—the number of women and girls who have suffered sexual violence at the hands of the military (also known as the Tatmadaw) remains unclear. Figures from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) suggest that after arriving in Bangladesh, around 13,500 Rohingya women sought medical assistance and support to address the sexual violence—including gang rapes—that they had to endure at the hands of the Tatmadaw. But the actual number of women and girls facing sexual violence is expected to be much higher, since shame and fear of social stigma deter a lot of women from acknowledging the sexual violence that they had been inflicted upon by the Myanmar military. Between August 2017 and February 2018, MFS recorded 160 cases of pregnant rape victims. And there were hundreds and thousands of women who chose to deliver their baby in confinement to hide their pregnancy. Young, unmarried girls, who became victims of unwanted pregnancy due to rape, were especially encouraged by their families to give birth in seclusion so that their prospects of marriage would not be hampered. The result? Unwanted infants dumped in dustbins, left at the makeshift hospitals, given away to other families..."
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Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-12-04
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Title: What We're Watching: Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize winner at the Hague
Description: "Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace prize winner who spent years under house arrest in Myanmar before being elected leader of the country in 2015, will travel to the Hague next month to defend her country against allegations of genocide. Few have been punished since the military-led crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state in 2017, which left thousands dead and forced more than 700,000 people to flee to Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi is thought to have little control over the army (a junta until recently), but she has refused to condemn its actions. Until now, Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the onslaught as a legitimate counterinsurgency against Muslim militants. The first public hearing at the International Court of Justice will begin on December 10. Violent clashes in Lebanon – Clashes between Lebanese protesters and supporters of Hezbollah and Amal – the forces representing the country's large Shia population – intensified on Tuesday with reports of gunfire in some cities. The confrontations are some of the worst since protests erupted in mid-October, forcing Prime Minister Saad Hariri to step down. And they're a worrying display of precisely the political and sectarian strains that demonstrators say they want to get rid of. Consultations to appoint a new prime minister are expected to begin later this week. We're watching to see if this new appointment– a post reserved for a Sunni Muslim in Lebanon's sectarian power-sharing system – will defuse tensions, or inflame them..."
Source/publisher: "GZERO Media"
Date of publication: 2019-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-04
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Title: ASEAN, Myanmar And The Rakhine Crisis: Two Years On – Analysis
Sub-title: In 2017 Myanmar established the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine State (UEHRD) to facilitate peacebuilding. Two years on, peace remains elusive.
Description: "On October 18, 2019, Myanmar celebrated the second anniversary of the formation of the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine State (UEHRD), an institution to facilitate peacebuilding in the Myanmar state that has attracted much global attention. The event in Nay Pyi Daw was attended by representatives of the Myanmar government, military, local civil society, as well as organisations like ASEAN. Speaking in her role as Chairperson of the UEHRD, Aung San Suu Kyi emphasised self-reliance in resolving challenges in Rakhine State. Her statement came even as Myanmar responds to international pressure, especially on the fate of the Rohingya. Suu Kyi understands well her need for ASEAN as an organisational buffer to help manage the international pressure to build peace in Rakhine State. But the space for ASEAN to manoeuvre in the situation is limited, and subject to Myanmar’s willingness to cooperate..."
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Source/publisher: "Eurasia Review"
Date of publication: 2019-12-03
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Title: Myanmar Rights Commission Declines to Conduct Rakhine Abuse Investigation
Description: "Myanmar’s human rights commission will not investigate alleged abuses committed against civilian detainees in war-ravaged northern Rakhine state, including deaths in custody of the government military, unless the army first finds soldiers guilty of such abuse, two lawmakers who requested probes told RFA’s Myanmar Service on Monday. Oo Tun Win and Myint Naing, two lawmakers from Rakhine’s Kyauktaw township, submitted a formal letter to Myanmar’s parliament on June 21 through the Committee for Compliant and Appeals, urging an investigation into incidents in which suspects died in military detention, and calling for legal action against violators. On Monday, nearly six months after submitting the letter, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) replied that it would take legal action only if current investigations by a Ministry of Defense tribunal found soldiers guilty. Oo Tun Win said the commission’s response is unsatisfactory. “I would like to hear the human rights commission’s conclusion on the case,” he told RFA. “It has the authority to investigate and expose the losses of citizens’ rights and present the findings to the relevant ministries.”..."
Source/publisher: "Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-03
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Title: PM to international community: Maintain pressure on Myanmar
Description: "The premier said Rohingyas are cutting down trees in the hilly areas in order to create habitats for them Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has renewed her call to the world community, including the European countries, for maintaining pressure on Myanmar to speed up Rohingya repatration. She made the appeal during her separate meetings with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and President of the European Council Charles Michel at Feria de Madrid on the sidelines of the Climate Change Summit on Monday. Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen briefed reporters after both the meetings, reports UNB. "Myanmar is our friendly neighbouring country. They always said that they would take Rohingyas back. They created the problem and they would give the solution. However, their authority lacks sincerity and we need help in this regard," the prime minister was quoted while holding a meeting with her Dutch counterpart..."
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Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
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Title: Suu Kyi’s loyalists rally for Myanmar leader before genocide trial
Description: "As Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi prepares to travel to the Netherlands to fight charges of genocide against her country at the International Court of Justice, her supporters have embarked on an impassioned publicity campaign. Suu Kyi’s reputation overseas has sunk to its lowest ebb over the treatment of Rohingya Muslims but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate enjoys overwhelming support at home, where her image is undented by accusations of complicity in atrocities. On Sunday, several hundred people gathered in downtown Yangon for the third in a series of rallies organized by supporters since the announcement was made that she would personally fight the charges. “Aung San Suu Kyi is the bravest leader in the world,” Saw Phoe Kwar, a reggae singer known for his hits ‘Love Each Other’ and ‘Stop the Hate’, told the crowds, who waved flags and chanted..."
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Source/publisher: "Reuters" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-03
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Title: UWSA, NDAA Support State Counselor’s Defense of Myanmar at ICJ
Description: "Two ethnic armed groups with strong militaries—the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA)—have both said they welcome the Myanmar government’s move to defend itself against charges of alleged genocide against the Rohingya in 2017 at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. “We welcome [the government’s] courage, embracing responsibility and accountability by going to defend itself instead of issuing denials,” said UWSA liaison officer U Nyi Rang. “The truth cannot be hidden. The court will decide whether there are genocidal crimes or not. We do not support any circumstances which could cause more confusion.” State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to travel to the UN’s court in The Hague to lead Myanmar’s legal defense team against a lawsuit filed by The Gambia accusing Myanmar of genocide. The Gambia filed the suit on behalf of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Nov. 11 and the ICJ will hold the first public hearings in the case on Dec. 10-12. The Office of the State Counselor formed the Special Unit on International Criminal Justice on Nov. 26. The unit includes two military officers, one of whom is reportedly an expert on international law..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-03
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Title: Pages with references to "Rakhine" from "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 2 December 2019
Description: "UNION Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye met representatives of UN agencies, led by the UN resident coordinator in Myanmar, yesterday morning at the Yangon Region office of the Social Welfare Department, and discussed cooperation between local and foreign organizations to implement the national strategy on the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and closure of IDP camps. The UN resident coordinator was accompanied by resident representatives of UNDP, UN Habitat, UNICEF Myanmar, IOM, FAO, UNHCR, WFP, WHO, UN Women, UNOCHA, UNFPA, ICRC, MRCS, IFRC, and INGO Forum. At the meeting, the Union Minister said that out of the four work committees of the Central Committee for the Implementation of Peace, Stability and Development in Rakhine State, the Work Committee for Resettlement and Socio-Economic Development has been implementing the task of resettling IDPs and closing IDP camps since 2016, while trying to draw a national strategy for the same..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
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Title: Hundreds rally in Myanmar to show support for Suu Kyi
Description: "About 700 people rallied Sunday to show support for Myanmar’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, as she prepares to defend the country against charges of genocide at the U.N.’s highest court. Members of Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party swelled the ranks in front of the colonial-era City Hall in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, as the crowd waved national flags and listened to music and poetry. A popular local singer told them “Mother Suu is the bravest human being in the world – her weapon is love.” Many carried banners saying, “We stand with you, Mother Suu.” The case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague relates to a harsh counterinsurgency campaign waged by Myanmar’s military against members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya community in August 2017 in response to an insurgent attack. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign involving mass rapes, killings and the torching of homes..."
Source/publisher: "Associated Press" (New York)
Date of publication: 2019-12-02
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Title: Aung San Suu Kyi faces first legal action over 'existential threat' to Rohingya
Description: "Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis. Rohingya and Latin American human rights groups submitted the lawsuit in Argentina under the principle of "universal jurisdiction," a legal concept enshrined in many countries' laws. The premise is that some acts - including war crimes and crimes against humanity - are so horrific they are not specific to one nation and can be tried anywhere. "This complaint seeks the criminal sanction of the perpetrators, accomplices and cover-ups of the genocide. We are doing it through Argentina because they have no other possibility of filing the criminal complaint anywhere else," lawyer Tomas Ojea told AFP. The lawsuit demands top military and political leaders - including army chief Min Aung Hlaing and civilian leader Suu Kyi - face justice over the "existential threat" faced by the Rohingya Muslim minority..."
Source/publisher: Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "The Telegraph" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-11-14
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-01
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Title: Myanmar’s judicial defense of the indefensible
Topic: AUNG SAN SUU KYI, ROHINGYA, PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, GAMBIA, RAKHINE STATE, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Topic: AUNG SAN SUU KYI, ROHINGYA, PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, GAMBIA, RAKHINE STATE, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Description: "Next month, Myanmar’s government will get the first taste of what it has fought hard to prevent for more than two years: international accountability for widespread and systematic violence against its Muslim Rohingya minority. Between December 10 and 12, Myanmar’s de facto civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will lead this first phase of her government’s defense at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague against The Gambia’s official complaint against Myanmar for violations of the United Nations’ 1948 Genocide Convention. That complaint hinges on abuses inflicted by Myanmar security forces against the Rohingya in northern Rakhine state in 2017. Suu Kyi will not face Myanmar’s accusers alone. Myanmar has already warned that it will deploy unidentified “prominent international lawyers” to challenge The Gambia’s complaint. Myanmar has not shared what its legal strategy at The Hague will entail beyond “defending the national interest.” What’s certain is that Suu Kyi and Myanmar’s lawyers face an uphill battle in challenging the extensively documented campaign of mass murder, gang rape, and mutilation targeted at Rohingya civilians..."
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Source/publisher: "Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-01
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Title: Rohingya crisis: Responsible journalism at stake
Sub-title: Some reports may provide excuses to the Myanmar government to stay away from taking responsibilities for their crimes, experts have said
Description: "Both local and international print and electronic media have played a role, as a catalyst to draw global attention to Rohingya refugees seeking justice for the persecutions they faced in Myanmar. After fleeing shocking violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, over 1 million Rohingyas are now living in Bangladesh in the world’s biggest refugee camp. Despite the welcome they have received, many are now struggling to imagine a future for themselves. At the onset of the refugee influx starting on August 25, 2017, the media in general put forth its commitment to expose the abuse, exploitation and persecution that the Rohingya people had long been enduring. However, since the talks to repatriate them from the Cox’s Bazar camps began, particularly before the second anniversary of the Rohingya exodus, the media reports have largely portrayed the sufferings of the host communities..."
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Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-01
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Title: Suu Kyi probably shares her countrymen’s aversion to the darker-skinned Rohingya
Sub-title: The problem of the 21st century is the problem of colour lines
Description: "If Aung San Suu Kyi had been in London last week, a visit to the sprawling Westfield shopping mall in unfashionable Stratford might have reiterated for her the truism that England is indeed the home of lost causes. A trip to the other Westfield, the older and seemingly somewhat smaller mall in equally insalubrious Shepherd’s Bush, might have shown that hope, like love, still flourishes among the ruins. Myanmar’s Nobel laureate State Counsellor, the equivalent of a prime minister, should at once have realized that both malls portray variants of the trauma suffered by Manchester United’s French-born, ethnic Guinean midfielder, Paul Pogba. The anti-racism body, Kick It Out, is currently investigating the racist abuse aimed at Pogba on social media. The Red Cross’s modest eight-day interactive exhibition in the Stratford Westfield depicted the plight of the darker-skinned Rohingyas whom Myanmar treats with the utmost cruelty. Gurinder Chadha’s film, Blinded by the Light, at the Shepherd’s Bush Westfield, shows how Javed, a young British-born Pakistani, triumphed over what used to be called the ‘colour bar’ in the British industrial town of Luton in the Eighties..."
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Source/publisher: "The Telegraph" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-08-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-01
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Title: A long-drawn Rohingya case awaits Myanmar at world court
Description: "Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will next month personally defend her country at the United Nations' top court against Gambia's allegation that her country committed genocide on the Rohingya. The state counsellor, who also holds the post of Foreign Minister, caused a stir when it was announced recently that she would lead Myanmar's legal team before the International Court of Justice (ICJ)..."
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Source/publisher: "The Straits Times" (Singapore)
Date of publication: 2019-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-30
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Title: Outpouring of support for Myanmar's Suu Kyi ahead of Rohingya genocide trial
Description: "Ardent fans of Aung San Suu Kyi are snapping up spots on US$2,000 (RM8,300) tours to The Hague, in a display of moral support as Myanmar faces charges of genocide over the Rohingya crisis at the UN’s top court in December. Supporter rallies, billboards and outpourings of praise online followed the shock announcement by the country’s civilian leader last week that she would personally represent Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The once-lauded democracy champion will be defending the 2017 military crackdown against the Rohingya minority. One travel operator is organising a five-day tour to The Hague that includes visa and transportation as part of a US$2,150 package, said employee Ma July – a prohibitive rate for most in the developing nation. Social influencer Pencilo and well-known TV presenter Mg Mg Aye are among the 20 or so people to have already signed up. “I believe this is our duty as citizens,” Pencilo, 29, told AFP Friday, urging any of her 1.1 million Facebook followers who have the means to do the same. “It’s important the world knows her compatriots are fully behind her.” West African nation Gambia will open its case at the ICJ on Dec 10 on behalf of the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)..."
Source/publisher: Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "New Straits Times" (Malaysia)
Date of publication: 2019-11-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-30
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Title: Outpouring of support for Myanmar's Suu Kyi ahead of Rohingya genocide trial
Description: "Ardent fans of Aung San Suu Kyi are snapping up spots on US$2,000 (RM8,300) tours to The Hague, in a display of moral support as Myanmar faces charges of genocide over the Rohingya crisis at the UN’s top court in December. Supporter rallies, billboards and outpourings of praise online followed the shock announcement by the country’s civilian leader last week that she would personally represent Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The once-lauded democracy champion will be defending the 2017 military crackdown against the Rohingya minority. One travel operator is organising a five-day tour to The Hague that includes visa and transportation as part of a US$2,150 package, said employee Ma July – a prohibitive rate for most in the developing nation. Social influencer Pencilo and well-known TV presenter Mg Mg Aye are among the 20 or so people to have already signed up. “I believe this is our duty as citizens,” Pencilo, 29, told AFP Friday, urging any of her 1.1 million Facebook followers who have the means to do the same. “It’s important the world knows her compatriots are fully behind her.” West African nation Gambia will open its case at the ICJ on Dec 10 on behalf of the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)..."
Source/publisher: Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "New Straits Times" (Malaysia)
Date of publication: 2019-11-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-30
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Title: Israel denounces atrocities against Rohingya in Myanmar after diplomat’s tweet
Sub-title: Ambassador Ronen Gilor publicly wished ‘good luck’ to southeast Asian nation’s officials facing a genocide trial in international court, then deleted message
Description: "The Foreign Ministry condemned the atrocities that occurred in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims after an Israeli diplomat tweeted support for government officials there facing a genocide trial in international court. “Encouragement for a good verdict and good luck!” Israel’s ambassador to Myanmar, Ronen Gilor, tweeted at the beginning of the week, expressing support for Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Prize winner who also serves as the country’s foreign minister. The tweet was later deleted, after a query from the Israeli daily Haaretz, the newspaper and news website reported. On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the tweet was written “in error, and was corrected immediately.” The statement also said that “Israel strongly condemns the atrocities that took place in the Rakhine region against the Rohingya. About a week ago, Israel voted in favor of a resolution to denounce the atrocities.”..."
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Source/publisher: "The Times of Israel" (Israel)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-29
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Title: Group Says 92,500 Civilians Displaced by Fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Description: "More than 92,500 civilians have been displaced by armed conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where hostilities between Myanmar forces and the rebel Arakan Army have raged for a year, according to a tally issued Wednesday by a nonprofit organization that promotes ethnic rights. Zaw Zaw Tun, secretary of the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC) and a relief volunteer in the region, said his organization has been surveying the number of ethnic Rakhine civilians who have fled their homes because of armed clashes. “We are trying to survey the IDPs [internally displaced persons] as accurately as possible,” he told RFA’s Myanmar Service. “So far, we’ve recorded more than 92,500 IDPs.” But he added that a true estimate would be difficult to state because of a shortage of people on the ground to count the numbers of IDPs. After fighting intensified in northern Rakhine state in late November, thousands of residents from villages in Rathedaung, Buthidaung, and Myebon townships left their communities to seek safety elsewhere Rathedaung township, where the greatest number of clashes has occurred, has the greatest number of IDPs at about 30,000, as estimated by local lawmakers..."
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Source/publisher: "Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-28
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Title: Myanmar gov't says not to cast aspersions on any race
Description: "The Myanmar government said that it would not cast aspersions on any race, religion or group, either directly or indirectly, as Myanmar defended the nation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). "It is heartening to see that people from all walks of life, those in the union as well as those living abroad at present, are expressing their support for the State Counselor and her leadership in the endeavors to contest the case at the ICJ," the government said in a statement on Wednesday, warning that the issue before the ICJ is of high national concern and affects the interest of the nation. The Myanmar government said last Thursday that State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, in her capacity as foreign minister, will lead a legal team to The Hague, Netherlands, to defend the country's national interest at the ICJ concerning the alleged violation of the provisions of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in Rakhine, filed by Gambia against Myanmar on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)..."
Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-28
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Title: Myanmar sets up special legal unit as Rohingya cases loom
Topic: Asia Pacific, Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Asia, Rohingya
Sub-title: The unit will provide advice on international criminal justice as government prepares to defend itself at The Hague.
Topic: Asia Pacific, Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Asia, Rohingya
Description: "Myanmar's government has set up a special unit on "international criminal justice" as it faces a series of lawsuits over its brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in 2017. The unit is designed to strengthen legal expertise and provide opinion to government ministries in relation to international criminal law, according to a statement from the office of State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi. More: Will cases brought against Myanmar deliver justice to the Rohingya? Lawsuit: Aung San Suu Kyi 'committed crimes' against Rohingya Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at UN court The country's de facto leader and Nobel Peace prize winner is heading the country's delegation to the United Nations' top court where it faces accusations of genocide against the Rohingya. The hearings are due to start on December 10. More than 730,000 Rohingya, most of them Muslims, fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following the brutal crackdown by the military, which UN investigators have concluded was carried out with "genocidal intent"..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-28
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Title: Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis is moving backwards. Here’s how to resolve it
Description: "Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis is sliding dangerously backwards. The denial of civil rights, a massive land grab and an upsurge in armed fighting undermine any real hope for change. Despite reports that some Rohingya refugees have returned to Myanmar, the suggestion that more will follow stands in stark contrast to what I witnessed recently when visiting the areas from which they fled. International solidarity with these stateless people needs a fundamental rethink. If we succeed to only administer the crisis, we will fail to ever resolve it. In 2012, the world watched as a wave of violence pushed at least 110,000 Rohingya people in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state from their land. Families wound up in overcrowded, flood-prone displacement camps, surrounded by armed guards, with neither the permission nor security to return home. The unmaking of their communities began. They were still waiting for permission to return and security when I met them in camps outside Sittwe town at the end of October..."
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Source/publisher: "South China Morning Post" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication: 2019-11-25
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-28
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Title: Nothing to celebrate at Kachin Thanksgiving
Description: "Four score minus seven years ago, on Abraham Lincoln's birthday, the leaders of four of Myanmar's main ethnic groups -- the majority Burmans, plus Kachin, Chin and Shan -- committed to creating a country conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal. The year before independence from Britain in 1948, the legacy Panglong Agreement created conditions for a multicultural country including "a separate Kachin State within a Unified Burma … [I]t is agreed that such a State is desirable". Despite the reforms of recent years, the people of Myanmar are still waiting for the unified society agreed to in Panglong by Myanmar's independence hero, Aung San. Desire to see the promise of Panglong materialise remains strong among the country's minorities, as well their sympathisers worldwide. These include the Free Burma Rangers (FBR), who provide humanitarian support to Myanmar's minorities and advocate for "freedom, justice and peace" while shedding light on the abuses of the Myanmar army. My fateful mountaintop encounter three years ago with FBR founder David Eubank, on my first trip to Kachin while on a frontline tour with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), provided the catalyst for my second trip last spring to this ruggedly beautiful land..."
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Source/publisher: "Bangkok Post" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-28
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Title: This photo was taken two years before a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Description: "A photo has been published on multiple news sites, blogs and on Facebook alongside a claim that it shows an instance of “genocide” against the Rohingya people in Arakan, Myanmar. The claim is false; the photo has circulated online since March 2015 in media reports about a student-led protest in the town of Letpadan, Myanmar, more than two years before a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in the country. The photo was published here on Facebook on November 23, 2019. It has been shared more than 870 times. The image shows several people wielding batons surrounding a person seated against a wall in a defensive position. The post's caption and the text superimposed on the image read: “This is the witnessed of Rohingya genocide was in Arakan states Myanmar”. Below is a screenshot of the misleading post..."
Source/publisher: "AFP Fact Check" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication: 2019-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-28
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Title: A boy who can sing: The life of a Rohingya child refugee
Sub-title: In the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, 10-year-old Kassem sings about the suffering of his people.
Description: "The sun was burning over Kutupalong camp, the largest refugee settlement in the world. It was midday, so hot that it was hard to breathe. I was looking for a child to sing Rohingya songs for a film I was making about the history of the Rohingya in Myanmar, searching among the endless makeshift huts that seemed to stretch to the horizon. This used to be a forest. But the trees have been cut down to make space for the more than one million Rohingya refugees who live here, many having fled what the UN described as "ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar. Now this former forest, which was once a favourite honeymoon destination for Bangladeshis, is full of people carrying construction materials, food supplies and water; full of tiny huts; full of sorrow and loss. I searched for the child among them, not knowing who that child would be, but sure that I would know when I found them. On my second day in the camp, I came across a large tree with a small makeshift shop beneath it, selling chewing gum, sweets, cigarettes and packets of crisps that have passed their sell-by date. The shopkeeper kept a watchful eye on a group of young boys who were deep in conversation nearby..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-27
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Title: Myanmar begins court martial after probe into Rohingya atrocities
Topic: Rohingya, Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights, Genocide
Sub-title: Army blames soldiers and officers deployed to one village saying they were 'weak in following rules of engagement'.
Topic: Rohingya, Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Human Rights, Genocide
Description: "Myanmar's military began a rare court martial of soldiers on Tuesday following a probe into alleged atrocities during a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, a spokesman said, as the country prepares to face genocide charges at an international court in The Hague. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to neighbouring Bangladesh to escape a Myanmar military offensive launched in August 2017 that United Nations investigators described as having been executed with genocidal intent. Soldiers, police, and Buddhist villagers are alleged to have razed hundreds of villages in the remote western Rakhine state, torturing Rohingya as they fled, carrying out mass killings and gang rapes..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-27
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Title: Exiled: The Roots of Myanmar's Persecution of the Rohingya
Description: ""After killing all the men, they asked: 'Who are you?' We replied: 'We are Rohingya, Rohingya'. They said: 'This is not your country, you can't live here," recalls Rowza Begun, a Rohingya refugee. In August 2017, Myanmar's military launched a large-scale "security clearance operation" in the northern Rakhine state which left thousands dead and drove more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their homes to neighbouring Bangladesh. The crackdown on the Rohingya has been described by the UN as ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, and UN investigators have warned that the genocide threat for Myanmar's Rohingya is greater than ever. Despite historical evidence of their long-standing presence in Rakhine state, Myanmar's government and army refuses to recognise the Rohingya's right to citizenship and classifies them as "illegal migrants" from Bangladesh and India. "They call themselves Rohingya, but to us they are Bengali. What do you want us to do? There's too many of them," says U Parmaukha, a nationalist Buddhist monk. When modern Burma was established after gaining independence from Britain in 1948, the Rohingya were first recognised as part of the Burmese nation and were registered as citizens, as an ethnic minority. But "as early as 1966, the Burmese military started to see the Rohingya as a problem," says Burmese academic Maung Zarni and explains that the government set up special forces to deal with the Muslim minority..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-26
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Title: Myanmar may have chemical weapons stockpile: U.S.
Description: "Myanmar is in breach of a global convention banning chemical weapons and may have a stockpile left over from the 1980s, the United States said on Monday. The Southeast Asian nation may still have weapons at a “historic” facility where mustard gas was produced, a senior State Department official told the annual meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Myanmar officially joined the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which bans the production, storage and use of chemical arms, in 2015. “The U.S. has serious concerns that a chemical weapons stockpile may remain at Myanmar’s historical chemical weapons facility,” Thomas DiNanno, deputy assistant secretary of state, told the OPCW in The Hague. Washington had information that Myanmar “had a chemical weapons program in the 1980s that included a sulphur mustard development program and chemical weapons production facility,” he added. “Based on available information, the United States certifies that Myanmar is in noncompliance with the CWC, due to its failure to declare its past chemical weapons program and to destroy its chemical weapons facility.” Myanmar has previously faced accusations of storing and using such weapons. In 2013, a parliamentary report said police had used phosphorus the previous year against protesters at a copper mine in the north of the country, causing severe burns..."
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Source/publisher: Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "Japan Times" (Japan)
Date of publication: 2019-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-26
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Title: Myanmar's military must be sanctioned
Sub-title: Myanmar's army continues to fund its brutal campaigns through its vast economic operations. It must be stopped.
Description: "During the optimistic years that ultimately led to the National League for Democracy forming a government in 2016, the international community confirmed its faith in Myanmar's transition from military rule by lifting a succession of economic sanctions that had been imposed on the country. But there were warnings that this response came too soon. With the army's involvement in politics protected by the constitution it drafted in 2008, continued progress in the reforms was not guaranteed. Removing the sanctions reduced important leverage against the military, which could have been instrumental to the new government. For its part, the military-allied elite had spent years carefully positioning itself to be the main beneficiary of economic liberalisation and Myanmar's re-engagement with the global market. As Myanmar now once again approaches general elections in 2020, the optimism has decidedly diminished. Under Aung San Suu Kyi's government, the reforms have stalled, and the human rights situation has deteriorated across the country. Democratic freedoms have been curbed, armed conflict has plagued the lives of hundreds of thousands, and the relentless plunder of natural resources has persisted unabated. The emboldened military leadership retains a firm grip on politics and the economy, while the government has so far proved unwilling or unable to make any significant move against it..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-26
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-26
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Title: Myanmar may have ‘state policy’ to attack Rohingyas
Description: "Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) fear that Myanmar may have a “state policy” to attack the Rohingya population in Rakhine state, said ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Friday. “The judges accepted that there is a reasonable basis to believe that there may have been a state policy [in Myanmar] to attack the Rohingya population,” she said. The made the statement following ICC’s approval to commence an investigation into crimes committed against Rohingyas. As per the judges’ observation, the prosecutor said there were many sources indicating heavy involvement of several Myanmar government forces and other state agents along with members of Myanmar armed forces [Tatmadaw] in the crimes committed against humanity on the land. “These coercive acts could qualify as the crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution on grounds of ethnicity and/or religion against the Rohingya population,” the prosecutor said. Saying that the judges authorised the investigation with broad parameters, Bensouda termed it as a “significant development against atrocity in Myanmar”. On November 14, the ICC judges of Pre-Trial Chamber III authorised the prosecutor office to commence an investigation into the “situation in Bangladesh/Myanmar”..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-25
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Title: Myanmar should be more generous, compassionate
Sub-title: Says Ban Ki-moon about treatment of Rohingyas; calls for political solution
Description: "Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon yesterday called for a political solution to the Rohingya crisis so that the Rohingyas could return to Rakhine State “freely and safely”. “There should be a political solution,” he told reporters after meeting with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at a hotel in the capital, reports UNB. Ban appreciated Bangladesh’s role in sheltering over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar camps and sought continued support for Rohingyas from the UN agencies and humanitarian organisations. The former UN chief said the Myanmar government should show much more generous and compassionate support to Rohingyas so that they can return to their home country “freely and safely”, adds BSS. About his experience of visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar during his last tour of Bangladesh this year, Ban said, “It’s a very tragic situation …. It was hard to describe [the sufferings of Rohingyas]. What I felt that was so sad.”..."
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Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-25
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Title: Aung San Suu Kyi Will Go to the Mat for Myanmar’s Military in The Hague
Description: "One of the enduring mysteries in recent years is what happened to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi. Somehow, some way, the woman known as “the Lady of Burma”—who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 after she spent 15 years under house arrest in Myanmar for her democratic activism—seems to have lost her soul. Her drive to the top of Myanmar’s political hierarchy and quest to burnish her political legacy have been relentless, but also devastating for all those who once hailed her commitment to democracy and nonviolence. Since she became the de facto civilian head of Myanmar’s government following landmark elections in 2015, assuming the newly created position of state counselor, equivalent to prime minister, Aung San Suu Kyi has emerged as one of the most virulent defenders of the military junta that separated her from her family for years and ruled Myanmar for decades—and whose generals still wield most of the power in the country. This week, however, the Nobel laureate showed just how much she will compromise for the sake of power when she announced that she will personally lead the legal team defending Myanmar against charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Next month, she will travel to The Hague to fight tooth and nail in a case brought to the ICJ recently by Gambia, with the support of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, alleging that Myanmar’s military committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in its campaign to drive minority Rohingya Muslims out of western Myanmar. The announcement comes at an inauspicious time for Myanmar, since this is not the only case seeking justice for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have been displaced from their homes since the military onslaught began in August 2017. As noted by Andrew Boyle at Just Security, in addition to the war crimes charges at the ICJ, government officials in the majority-Buddhist country are also facing additional charges of genocide and crimes against humanity brought on behalf of the Rohingya under a universal jurisdiction claim in Argentina. Meanwhile, judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague have also authorized the court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, to move forward with a formal investigation into charges that Myanmar’s leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi and her military compatriots, were complicit in genocide..."
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Source/publisher: "World Politics Review (WPR)"
Date of publication: 2019-11-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-24
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Title: Bangladesh blasts Myanmar for propaganda against Dhaka
Sub-title: Bangladesh said the crisis originated in Myanmar and the solution entirely lies there
Description: "Bangladesh has yet again come down heavily on Myanmar for its continued propaganda over the Rohingya repatriation, saying that Naypyitaw must stop unjustifiable campaign against Dhaka on the return of the persecuted people. In a strongly-worded press statement issued on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry placed arguments, justifying that Bangladesh is always prepared to begin the repatriation. However, Myanmar has yet to fulfill its obligations under the bilateral instruments to create an environment conducive to a sustained return of the forcibly-displaced people from Rakhine. The statement by the foreign ministry was released in response to a statement from Myanmar's Ministry of the State Counsellor Office on November 15, where the spokesper blamed Bangladesh’s non-cooperation and absence of respect towards bilateral instruments for the delayed repatriation of the Rohingyas. In addition to that, there was even harsh criticism of the international community for the recent initiatives on the accountability of the perpetrators for atrocity crimes. The government of Bangladesh always stands ready to extend all possible cooperation to those who volunteer to return, the statement said, strongly denying the presence of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) in Bangladesh..."
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Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-24
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Title: Hopes shattered for Myanmar's Rohingya refugees who fled to Malaysia
Description: " Before he flew to Thailand on a fake Bangladeshi passport and then crossed into Malaysia, Mohammed Imran was one of the most influential Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. He headed an 18,000-strong camp and represented them on the big stage. In late 2017, at the peak of a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, Imran paid traffickers $4,720 to be smuggled into Malaysia in search of a better life. Malaysia has become home to more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees, the second-highest number in the world, after Bangladesh, with most braving the Andaman Sea on rickety boats or paying human smugglers for fake travel documents. But Imran and nearly two dozen other Rohingya men Reuters spoke to in the Malaysian state of Penang said their hopes had been shattered because of a lack of jobs and harassment by police because they are deemed illegal immigrants. They tell friends and family to stay in Bangladesh, despite the hostile conditions there, and some are thinking of heading back. “I thought I would have a life here — basic things like freedom to work, freedom to move around without always worrying about being bullied by police,” said Imran, 30, sitting cross-legged in a run-down apartment he shares with three other Rohingya men..."
Source/publisher: "Japan Times" (Japan)
Date of publication: 2019-11-20
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-24
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Title: The Law And Policy Reforms Myanmar Needs To Combat Intolerance And Discrimination Based On Religion Or Belief
Description: "The recent atrocities perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (and against other religious minorities in Myanmar) require investigation and the prosecution of those responsible. The atrocities have included the forcible deportation of over 700,000 people from Myanmar to Bangladesh “through a range of coercive acts and that great suffering or serious injury has been inflicted on the Rohingya through violating their right of return to their state of origin.” The International Criminal Court (ICC) is already looking into the atrocities after on November 14, 2019, Pre-Trial Chamber III authorized the Prosecutor to proceed with an investigation. The court has recognized its jurisdiction to consider the situation despite the fact that Myanmar is not a party to the Rome Statute. Similarly, the International Court of Justice (the ICJ) will be considering the atrocities perpetrated in Myanmar, after the Gambia initiated proceedings against Myanmar. Yet, it will take many years before some of those responsible for the atrocities face justice. However, the long pursuit of justice should not distract us from advocating that other steps be taken to ensure that the minorities that were targeted by the recent atrocities are safe in Myanmar and can re-establish their lives..."
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Source/publisher: "Forbes" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-24
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Title: Myanmar: New Al Jazeera documentary uncovers Rohingya abuse
Topic: Asia Myanmar Human Rights
Sub-title: As Myanmar goes on trial at the International Court of Justice over its crackdown on Muslim Rohingya, Al Jazeera sheds new light on some of its alleged crimes.
Topic: Asia Myanmar Human Rights
Description: "Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to defend her military against allegations of genocide at the International Court of Justice. The army is accused of targeting the country's Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017. A documentary being aired on Al Jazeera sheds new light on the abuses. Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid reports. Warning, this report contains some disturbing images..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-24
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Title: Pages with references to "Rakhine" from "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 22 November 2019
Description: "Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Soe Han acted as the Master of Ceremony. In his briefing to the Union- level dignitaries, the Union Minister for International Cooperation, U Kyaw Tin explained the purpose of the briefing stating that as the issue at hand is related to the high national interest of whole country and all the people of Myanmar,it is necessary to inform the public on the developments in order to avoid undue concerns among the public, based on the principles of openness, transparency and practice of democracy. He informed that recently, there have been a number of orchestrated moves at the international arena to push for accountability for the alleged violations of human rights following the brutal attacks committed by ARSA terrorists on multiple border police outposts in Rakhine State and the counter attacks made by the security forces in October 2016 and August 2017. He recalled that the protracted tensions between the two communities in Rakhine State had been escalated again since 2012. Therefore, the current Government took immediate steps to resolve this complex issue of Rakhine State as a top priority soon after taking office in 2016. Those measures include setting up of the Central Committee on Implementation of Peace, Stability and Development of Rakhine State in May 2016 and the Rakhine State Advisory Commission led by Dr. Kofi Annan in September 2016..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2019-11-24
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Title: Myanmar: Conflict between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar Military - Update on humanitarian needs and response in Rakhine and Chin States (as of 1 November 2019)
Description: "Since the end of 2018, there has been a significant upsurge in violence in Rakhine State after armed conflict broke out between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar Military. The violence escalated following attacks by the AA against military sites in January 2019 and subsequent counter-attacks by the Myanmar Military. The conflict has led to civilian casualties and the destruction of property that has spread to nine townships of Rakhine State (Buthidaung, Kyauktaw, Maungdaw, Minbya, Mrauk-U, Myebon, Pauktaw, Ponnagyun, Rathedaung) and Paletwa Township in neighboring Chin State. Ann and Kyaukphyu townships have been affected at certain points. The conflict has led to a significant displacement of people, some for extended amounts of time and some for short periods, with people fleeing violence subsequently returning to their homes within a few days or weeks. While fighting has occurred largely in rural areas and remote locations, key transport routes and urban and semi-urban areas have also been impacted. Tens of thousands of civilians living in villages have been caught in the middle of intense armed conflict..."
Source/publisher: OCHA (New York), UNHCH (Geneva) via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-23
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Title: AA/ULA welcomes Chinese investment in Rakhine
Description: "The Arakan Army (AA)/United League of Arakan (ULA), has said it welcomes foreign investors, including Chinese investment in large-scale infrastructure projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), in western Myanmar’s underdeveloped Rakhine state, where it is fighting the national military for greater autonomy and self-determination, RFA reported. The group’s political wing, the United League of Arakan (ULA), said in a statement dated July 18 that it approved of governments and institutions that want to establish mutually beneficial projects such as the China-based deep sea port and Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone under the BRI. The ULA is “prepared to work hand in hand with the organizations and individuals working for multi-sectoral development,” the statement said..."
Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-07-24
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-22
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Title: Myanmar town offers glimmer of hope for Muslims enduring 'apartheid'
Description: "Htoo Maung sits down to lunch, sharing a bowl of traditional noodle soup with old friends, an ordinary act that has become extraordinary in Myanmar's Rakhine state -- because he is Muslim, and they are Buddhist. They used to live side by side as neighbours. But now he can only visit them under a strict curfew enforced by armed guards before he must return to the muddy camp where he and the rest of Kyaukphyu town's Muslims have been confined for seven years. In 2012 inter-communal unrest swept through swathes of western Myanmar, including Htoo Maung's home town, after allegations spread that a Buddhist woman had been raped by Muslim men. Mobs ransacked homes and police rounded up Muslims for their "own safety" to sites that would later be turned into camps. More than 200 died, tens of thousands were displaced and the stage was set for the bloody purge of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine five years later. Many fear the enduring deep sectarian suspicions and religious divisions are irrevocable and authorities claim any attempt to reintegrate communities could trigger new unrest..."
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Source/publisher: "Yahoo News"
Date of publication: 2019-11-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-22
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Title: Gain China, India’s support over Rohingya return
Description: "Former ambassadors and security analysts yesterday called upon the Bangladesh government to strengthen diplomatic efforts to earn China and India’s support for Rohingya repatriation, saying their roles are imperative to resolve the crisis. As the countries are regional powers, Myanmar maintains good relationships with them while they (India and China) also have their own economic and geopolitical interests in the Southeast country, the ambassadors and analysts said at a roundtable discussion. They said Bangladesh also needed to continue its diplomacy with the US and the United Nations to make them impose sanctions on Myanmar over “genocide” charges. Institute of Conflict, Law and Development Studies (ICLDS) and Bangla daily Bhorer Kagoj jointly organised the roundtable on the “Necessity of Rohingya Repatriation in Regional and Global Contexts” at the capital’s Jatiya Press Club..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-19
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-21
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Title: Experts: Dhaka needs to utilize growing global pressure on Myanmar
Sub-title: There should be negotiations with other countries, and it will be easier for Bangladesh to talk about the issue, Prof Imtiaz Ahmed said
Description: "Foreign affairs analysts have said Bangladesh needs to utilize the growing global pressure on Myanmar until a solution to the Rohingya crisis is found. The pressure is not only building on Myanmar, rather it is a pressure for Myanmar’s friends too who kept mum amidst questions of why other countries cannot do the same as Gambia and Argentina, one of the foreign affairs analysts said. “The pressure on Myanmar should be there until there is a solution. I think it will not be wise for us to give up until a solution is found. We should not stop here,” Prof Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University’s (DU) International Relations department said, reports UNB. There should be negotiations with other countries, and it will be easier for Bangladesh to talk about the issue, he added. Prof Imtiaz said, there are already questions around why the European Union (EU), Canada, France or other countries cannot do the same on the legal front as they talk much about human rights..."
Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-18
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Title: Myanmar’s days of impunity are numbered
Sub-title: Its attempts to exterminate the Rohingyas must be thwarted
Description: "Over two years into Myanmar’s brutal military campaign against its Rohingya minority, its days of impunity seem to be coming to an end. Four developments in as many days over the last week ignited hopes for the prosecution of officials responsible for the genocidal campaign. First, The Gambia filed a case with the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingyas. Two days later, several rights bodies filed a lawsuit with an Argentine court against Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and several other top officials. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague approved a full investigation into Myanmar’s crimes. The same day, in New York, a resolution was adopted at the third committee of the 74th UN General Assembly, which is expected to exert significant pressure on the Security Council to take action. We hope the cumulative effects of these developments will finally hold accountable a repressive regime that has persecuted its minorities for decades, destabilising the entire region. But there are still barriers which call for a cautious optimism. Myanmar has rejected the ICC investigation while China, Russia and India had either vetoed the UN resolution or refrained from voting. Their persistent refusal, particularly of China and Russia, to stand up for human rights and justice for the Rohingyas is likely to continue. But these reactions are not unexpected, and the international community must not be blindsided by any such impediment now that the ball has finally started rolling..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-17
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-18
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Title: Chinese-funded port raises fears in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Sub-title: New rules threaten to prevent locals from capitalizing on the state’s coming gold rush
Description: "Aung Gyi is forced to fish covertly under the shroud of night in western Myanmar waters as China bids to transform the strategically key region into a shipping and industrial hub, squeezing out locals who fear being left behind in the gold rush. Myanmar has declared Rakhine state, associated by many worldwide with the military’s 2017 bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, open for business but locals fear they are being left out of the gold rush as new rules restrict traditional practices. Paddies and teak forests will be flattened for a colossal Beijing-backed factory zone and deep-sea port, which will serve as its neighboring giant’s gateway to the Indian Ocean. But the state’s promise for development comes with fishing restrictions – the waterways have been freed up for Chinese ships – a situation that has devastated local lives and livelihoods. “I might be beaten or arrested” if caught fishing illegally, Aung Gyi says as he lays shrimp out to dry by his dilapidated shack in a small fishing hamlet near the town of Kyaukphyu..."
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Source/publisher: "Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication: 2019-11-17
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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Title: Pages with references to "Rakhine" from "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 17 November 2019
Description: "THE recently drafted resolution on Myanmar at the meeting of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee) grossly mischaracterized the complex issue of Rakhine. While the Independent Commission of Enquiry-ICOE formed by the Myanmar Government is carrying out its investigation into human rights allegations in Rakhine State, international pressure on Myanmar has become more of a nuisance and disturbance. ICOE is a free and independent body made up of trustworthy international personnel. The government has repeatedly said that with its sincere political will, ICOE is making enquiries into alleged human rights violations in Rakhine State, and if there were any violations, appropriate action would be taken. The government could have been accused of a lack of accountability if no action had been taken when the report was issued..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2019-11-17
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Title: Myanmar Military Commander, 6 Soldiers Killed in Mine Attack, AA Says
Description: "A Myanmar military battalion commander and six other soldiers were killed in a mine attack launched by the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township on Wednesday, according to AA information officer Khaing Thukha. The AA attacked the military troops using remote-detonated mines around noon on Wednesday near the village of Thayet Tapin. “We intercepted military troops at a bridge over Tha Yee Creek near Thayet Tapin Village around 12 p.m. yesterday,” Khaing Thuka told The Irrawaddy on Thursday. “Seven soldiers, including Light Infantry Battalion 374 commander Lieutenant-Colonel Yan Naung Win, were killed and some were injured,” he said. The bridge is located near the Yangon-Sittwe road. “Yesterday, we heard an explosion beyond the bridge. Nobody dared to go outside after hearing the explosion,” a resident of Thayet Tapin Village told The Irrawaddy. “All the shop owners by the road have closed their shops and stayed in their houses since then. Soldiers are still staying at those shops.” The road was temporarily closed after the incident and was reopened around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, according to local residents. However, Myanmar military Western Command spokesperson Colonel Win Zaw Oo denied there was any mine explosion or that any soldiers were killed near Thayet Tapin Village on Wednesday..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)
Date of publication: 2019-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-16
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Title: Myanmar rejects ICC probe into alleged crimes against Rohingya
Sub-title: ICC investigation into alleged crimes against Rohingya 'not in accordance with international law', says government.
Description: "Myanmar has rejected an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as its faces mounting global legal pressure over its treatment of the minority ethnic group. The Hague-based court on Thursday approved a full probe into Myanmar's bloody 2017 military crackdown against the mostly-Muslim group - a move welcomed by the rights groups. "The investigation over Myanmar by the ICC is not in accordance with international law," government spokesman Zaw Htay said at a news conference on Friday. More: UN chief 'deeply concerned' over Rohingya crisis ICC approves probe into Myanmar's alleged crimes against Rohingya What will happen to the Rohingya people? Zaw Htay repeated that Myanmar's own committees would investigate any abuses and ensure accountability if needed. A brutal army campaign in August 2017 forced more than 740,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar's Rakhine State, most seeking refuge in overcrowded camps across the border in Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-16
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Title: Myanmar to respond to Gambia lawsuit at ICJ in line with international laws
Description: "The government will take responsive measures against the lawsuit filed by The Gambia against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in accord with the international laws, President Office Spokesperson Zaw Htay said. He replied to the question about the lawsuit during a press conference of the President Office held in Nay Pyi Taw on November 15. He said the government had expected over a month before that Myanmar could face a suit at ICJ. "Myanmar is a signatory to many international conventions. This is the mandate of ICJ. It has its procedures as well. The international laws are related to each other. So we will respond in line with the international laws," Zaw Htay said. Representing the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, The Gambia filed a lawsuit at the ICJ against Myanmar for allegedly violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention..."
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Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-16
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Title: Nearly 2,000 Flee Rakhine Villages in Fear of Myanmar Army ‘Clearance Operations’
Description: "Ongoing hostilities between Myanmar forces and the rebel Arakan Army in Rakhine state forced about 1,700 civilians to flee villages in three townships this week, amid fears that they would be detained and possible tortured by national soldiers conducting “clearance operations” in their communities, locals said. Troops have already detained five area villagers to interrogate to determine if they have ties to the Arakan Army (AA), while others who were freed said Myanmar soldiers tortured them during questioning, leaving them with physical injuries. More than 1,000 residents of Ywatharya village have fled their homes in the past few days after Myanmar soldiers entered the community to search for anyone with ties to the AA, villagers said. “Clearance operations” is a term used by the military that strikes fear in local residents after numerous incidents in which soldiers have shot at or abused civilians in Rakhine state..."
Source/publisher: "Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-16
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Title: ICC approves probe into Myanmar's alleged crimes against Rohingya
Sub-title: Judges approve request to investigate alleged crimes against humanity over Myanmar's crackdown against ethnic group.
Description: "The International Criminal Court (ICC) has approved a full investigation into Myanmar's alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as the Southeast Asian nation faces mounting legal pressure worldwide over the treatment of the minority ethnic group. ICC judges on Thursday backed a prosecution request to investigate allegations of crimes against humanity and persecution over Myanmar's bloody 2017 military crackdown against the majority-Muslim group. The ICC's decision came after Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de-facto civilian leader, was named in an Argentine lawsuit over crimes against the Rohingya and Myanmar faced a separate genocide lawsuit at the United Nations's top court. More than 740,000 Rohingya were forced to flee over the border into sprawling camps in Bangladesh, in violence that the UN investigators said amounted to genocide..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-15
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Title: Lawsuit: Aung San Suu Kyi 'committed crimes' against Rohingya
Topic: Myanmar, Rohingya, Aung San Suu Kyi, Asia Pacific ICC
Sub-title: Human rights icon Suu Kyi accused of 'tending towards the annihilation of the Rohingya', criminal complaint alleges.
Topic: Myanmar, Rohingya, Aung San Suu Kyi, Asia Pacific ICC
Description: " Before becoming Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest for defying the country's feared generals. Now, the Nobel peace laureate faces an attempt to have her imprisoned for supporting them. A lawsuit filed in Argentina on Wednesday alleges the former human rights icon contributed to a genocidal campaign against the Rohingya minority that included military-led mass killings in August 2017. More: Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at UN court UN chief 'deeply concerned' over Rohingya crisis Opinion: Inaction on China and India's crimes emboldens Myanmar Among other things, she oversaw government policies "tending towards the annihilation of the Rohingya", such as confining them to "ghettos" with severely limited access to healthcare and education, the lawsuit said. "For the cycle of violence to end, it is crucial that all those responsible for the genocide - whether they wear a uniform or not - are brought to justice," said Tun Khin, president of the London-based Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), which filed the case at a federal court in Buenos Aires. Efforts at securing justice for the Rohingya have so far largely focussed on top generals who orchestrated the 2017 killings in coastal Rakhine state, including the military's commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-15
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-15
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Title: Chinese port and SEZ stoking fear in Rakhine state
Topic: Oil, Gas, Special Economic Zone, Belt and Road Initiative, Kyaukphyu, Rakhine state, Rohingya, Myanmar, China
Topic: Oil, Gas, Special Economic Zone, Belt and Road Initiative, Kyaukphyu, Rakhine state, Rohingya, Myanmar, China
Description: "Aung Gyi is forced to fish covertly under the shroud of night in western Myanmar waters as China bids to transform the strategically key region into a shipping and industrial hub, squeezing out locals who fear being left behind in the gold rush. Myanmar has declared Rakhine state, associated by many worldwide with the military’s 2017 bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, open for business – but locals fear they are being left out of the gold rush as new rules restrict traditional practises. Paddies and teak forests will be flattened for a colossal Beijing-backed factory zone and deep-sea port, which will serve as its neighbouring giant’s gateway to the Indian Ocean. But the state’s promise for development comes with fishing restrictions – the waterways have been freed up for Chinese ships – a situation that has devastated local lives and livelihoods. “I might be beaten or arrested” if caught fishing illegally, Aung Gyi says as he lays shrimp out to dry by his dilapidated shack in a small fishing hamlet near the town of Kyaukphyu. “But I have no choice. Otherwise, my family would starve, the 28-year-old adds..."
Source/publisher: "The ASEAN Post" (Malaysia)
Date of publication: 2019-11-14
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-14
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Title: Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi faces first legal action over Rohingya crisis
Topic: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Argentina news
Sub-title: Case launches in Argentina under ‘universal jurisdiction’ demanding justice over ‘existential threat’ to minority
Topic: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Argentina news
Description: "Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis. Rohingya and Latin American human rights groups submitted the lawsuit in Argentina on Wednesday under the principle of “universal jurisdiction,” a legal concept enshrined in many countries’ laws. The premise is that some acts – including war crimes and crimes against humanity – are so horrific they are not specific to one nation and can be tried anywhere. “This complaint seeks the criminal sanction of the perpetrators, accomplices and cover-ups of the genocide. We are doing it through Argentina because they have no other possibility of filing the criminal complaint anywhere else,” lawyer Tomas Ojea told AFP. The lawsuit demands top military and political leaders – including army chief Min Aung Hlaing and civilian leader Suu Kyi – face justice over the “existential threat” faced by the Rohingya Muslim minority. “For decades, the Myanmar authorities have tried to wipe us out by confining us to ghettos, forcing us to flee our home country and killing us,” said Tun Khin, President of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK). Argentinean courts have taken up other universal jurisdiction cases, including in relation to ex-dictator Francisco Franco’s rule in Spain and the Falun Gong movement in China. Myanmar faces mounting legal pressure in courts around the world for the 2017 expulsion of the Rohingya..."
Source/publisher: Agence France-Presse (AFP) (France) via "The Guardian" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-11-14
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Title: Deal signed to purchase power from Kyaukphyu power plant project
Sub-title: The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) has signed an agreement to purchase electricity generated by the 135 MW gas-fired Kyaukphyu Power Plant that will be built by independent power producer Kyauk Phyu Electric Power Co.
Description: "According to a statement from the MOEE, the power purchase agreement (PPA) was signed last Tuesday. Kyauk Phyu Electric Power Co is a joint venture between Myanmar’s Supreme Group and Chinese state-owned firm Power China. The gas-fired power plant in Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, is one of four projects expected to generate a total of 3111MW approved by the government last January. The PPA is expected to help address Myanmar’s growing need for electricity, which is rising by about 1000MW a year, said the MOEE. The power plantwill be located on the grounds of the 230 KV Main Power Sub-Station in Kyaukphyu Township in Rakhine State and will be built by under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) system. Once completed the power plant will have an installed capacity of 146MW, although it will operate at 135MW. The plant is being counted on to supply 1.05 billion units of electricity a year that is greatly needed in Rakhine and the rest of the country. As the Kyaukphyu power plant project will take at least three years to come online, seven other PPAs expected to provide 1166MW of electricity have been approved as a short-term measure to meet power demand for next year, said Minister of Electricity and Energy U Win Khaing..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-13
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Title: Myanmar not to shirk responsibility to take care of rights, security of people: state counselor
Description: " Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has underscored that the country will not shirk its responsibility to take care of the rights and security of people, according to the Foreign Ministry Monday. The counselor made the response to the remarks by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres regarding Rakhine issue. At the opening session of the 10th ASEAN-UN Summit in Bangkok on Sunday, Guterres expressed concern over the situation in Rakhine state and the plight of the refugees in Cox's Bazaar, saying Myanmar is responsible to ensure a conducive environment for safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees. The counselor pointed out that the Rakhine issue is a most complex one and that the UN and its agencies, which have been present in the region for 10 times longer than the present government has been in office, must have some idea of the extent of the complexities. The Myanmar government was fully committed to take back the verified returnees based on the bilateral agreement signed with Bangladesh and the trilateral agreement signed with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UN Development Program (UNDP), she said. She expressed appreciation to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat for their constructive contribution to Myanmar's efforts in creating the most suitable environment to which the displaced people can return in peace and security and voluntarily..."
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Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-13
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Title: Two Years On: WFP Rohingya Refugee Response
Description: "For decades, the Rohingya people have been subjected to systematic discrimination, statelessness and targeted violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Over hundreds and thousands of Rohingyas have arrived in Bangladesh, with significant spikes following violent incidents in 1978, 1991 – 1992, and again in 2016. The largest and most rapid Rohingya refugee influx was triggered in August 2017. In a matter of weeks, over 745,000 fled Myanmar – including more than 400,000 children – bringing the current camp population to more than 911,000. Since the start of the crisis, WFP has rapidly responded to the influx and since provided food and nutrition access to over a million refugees and host population, alongside facilitating essential shared services. Over two years into the multifaceted collaborative response, 88 percent of the refugee population still remain dependent on external-aid..."
Source/publisher: World Food Programme (WFP) (Rome)
Date of publication: 2019-11-12
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Title: 57 countries sue Myanmar over reported genocide of Rohingya in historic lawsuit
Description: "Fifty-seven nations are suing Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, alleging in a historic lawsuit that the government has conducted genocide against its Rohingya minority. The suit comes just weeks after the United Nations warned that the violent campaign against the Rohingya is continuing in northwest Myanmar, and its special envoy called for the U.N. Security Council to refer Myanmar's senior officials to the International Criminal Court, a separate international body. Over 700,000 Rohingya, a Muslim-majority ethnic minority, have fled Myanmar since a campaign by the country's military to push them out and raze their villages began in August 2017. Myanmar, previously called Burma, has denied any wrongdoing, saying that the campaign was against an Islamist extremist group. (MORE: Rohingya refugees say they would choose death over repatriation to Myanmar) The Gambia, a small West African country, filed the lawsuit Monday on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a coalition of countries with significant Muslim populations. It asks the ICJ to investigate whether Myanmar's government has violated the Geneva Convention, which prohibits genocide..."
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Source/publisher: "ABC News" (Australia)
Date of publication: 2019-11-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Canada supports genocide case against Myanmar at International Criminal Court
Sub-title: The case targets systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country
Description: "Canada is supporting a genocide prosecution of the Myanmar government for systemic violence that forced more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee their country. Gambia filed the genocide case Monday with the International Criminal Court in The Hague on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Co-operation, a group of 57 Muslim countries. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement the move will advance accountability for the crime of genocide, which includes mass murder, systemic discrimination, hate speech and sexual and gender-based violence. The Canadian government will look for ways to support Gambia’s legal efforts, she added. To that end, she said the government will enlist the help of former Liberal interim leader and longtime politician Bob Rae, who also served as Canada’s special envoy to Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: "Penticton Western News"
Date of publication: 2019-11-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Gambia Brings Genocide Case Against Myanmar
Sub-title: International Court of Justice to Address Atrocities Against Rohingya
Description: "The Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention, filed on November 11, 2019, will bring the first judicial scrutiny of Myanmar’s campaign of murder, rape, arson, and other atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, 10 nongovernmental organizations said. States that are party to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide agreed that genocide “whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish” and, by extension, have an obligation not to commit it. The convention permits member states to bring a dispute before the ICJ alleging another state’s breach of the convention, and states can seek provisional measures to stop continuing violations. Myanmar became a party to the Genocide Convention in 1956..."
Source/publisher: "Human Rights Watch" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court
Sub-title: Gambia has filed a "game-changing" case at the United Nations' top court, accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
Description: "The International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, is the UN's top legal institution that rules on disputes between states. Gambia's application alleges Myanmar has carried out mass murder and rape in Rakhine state and asked the ICJ to urgently order measures "to stop Myanmar's genocidal conduct immediately". The 46-page case will bring the first judicial scrutiny of what a UN fact-finding mission called a systematic military campaign of murder, gang rape, arson, and "genocidal intent" against Rohingya Muslims — warning just last month that there was "a serious risk of genocide recurring". The mission also said in its final report in September that Myanmar should be held responsible in international legal forums for alleged genocide against the Rohingya. More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following a 2017 crackdown by Myanmar's military in response to an insurgency attack. Myanmar, which has a Buddhist majority, denies accusations of genocide and says its crackdown targeted militant separatists in Rakhine state. Both Gambia and Myanmar are signatories to the 1948 Genocide Convention, which not only prohibits states from committing genocide but also compels all signatory states to prevent and punish the crime of genocide. Under the rules of the ICJ, the application argues, member states can bring actions against other member states over disputes alleging breaches of international law..."
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Source/publisher: "ABC News" (Australia)
Date of publication: 2019-11-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court
Description: "Myanmar faced accusations of genocide in a landmark lawsuit filed by Gambia at the UN's top court on Monday (Nov 11) over the Southeast Asian nation's treatment of Rohingya Muslims, Gambia's government said. Gambia said it was acting on behalf of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in bringing the case against Myanmar before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The lawsuit accuses mainly Buddhist Myanmar of breaching the 1948 UN Genocide Convention through a brutal military campaign targeting the Rohingya minority in Rakhine state. The 2017 crackdown forced 740,000 Rohingya to flee over the border into sprawling camps in Bangladesh, in violence that United Nations investigators say amounts to "genocide". "The Gambia is taking this action to seek justice and accountability for the genocide being committed by Myanmar against the Rohingya," Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said in a statement. The court is expected to hold its first hearings in December on Gambia's request for urgent interim measures "to protect the Rohingya against further harm", Gambia's lawyers Foley Hoag said in a statement, describing the case as "historic". Human Rights Watch hailed the move by the tiny west African state, saying it was the "first judicial scrutiny" of Myanmar's alleged crimes against the Rohingya..."
Source/publisher: "CNA" ( Singapore)
Date of publication: 2019-11-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Myanmar sued for genocide
Sub-title: On behalf of OIC, the Gambia files the case with International Court of Justice seeking orders to stop atrocities on Rohingyas immediately
Description: "The Gambia has filed a case with the top court of the United Nations, accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, more than two years after some 750,000 Rohingyas fled a military crackdown in the Rakhine State. “We have just submitted our application to the ICJ under the Genocide Convention,” Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou said at a news conference yesterday in The Hague, where the court is based. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, is the UN’s top legal institution that rules on disputes between states. The West African nation, which is predominantly Muslim, has filed the case on behalf of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which has held a series of meetings to encourage its 57 members to support the case. “The aim is to get Myanmar to account for its actions against its own people: the Rohingya. It is a shame for our generation that we do nothing while genocide is unfolding right under our own eyes,” he said, reports Reuters. Both the Gambia and Myanmar are signatories to the 1948 Genocide Convention, which not only prohibits states from committing genocide but also compels all signatory states to prevent and punish the crime. Tambadou, who has worked for more than a decade as a lawyer at the UN tribunal that dealt with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, assumed a position of leadership in the lawsuit because of his special expertise..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-12
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Rohingya crisis: The Gambia accuses Myanmar of genocide at top UN court
Sub-title: The small west African nation of The Gambia has filed a lawsuit at the UN's top court formally accusing Myanmar of genocide against Rohingya Muslims.
Description: "It was filed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which normally rules on disputes between states. Last year, the UN issued a damning report into the violence in Myanmar, saying military leaders should go on trial for genocide. Myanmar's government denies its troops carried out such crimes. Thousands of Rohingya were killed and more than 700,000 fled to neighbouring Bangladesh during an army crackdown in the Buddhist-majority country in 2017. The UN's Independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar said in August 2018 that the army's tactics were "grossly disproportionate to actual security threats" and that "military necessity would never justify killing indiscriminately, gang raping women, assaulting children, and burning entire villages." Myanmar rejected the report. It has consistently said its operations targeted militant or insurgent threats..."
Source/publisher: "BBC News" (London)
Date of publication: 2019-11-11
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-12
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Title: Myanmar’s Neighbors Must Build Trust Among Rohingya Refugees
Description: "At the 33d summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Singapore last year, the issue of Myanmar’s Rakhine/Rohingya crisis was high on the agenda. The chairman’s closing statement expressed the group’s readiness to support Myanmar in repatriating refugees by conducting a needs-assessment overview in Rakhine State. The Muslim Rohingya had fled ethnic persecution there, committed by the Burmese-led army. The association, or Asean, recognized the need to find comprehensive and durable solutions to the crisis and to create conducive conditions for refugees to return and rebuild their lives. Myanmar, also still known as Burma, was encouraged to carry out the recommendations of the Rakhine advisory commission led by the late Kofi Annan. A year later, as the 35th Asean biannual summit ended in Thailand last week, only two paragraphs in the 17-page chairman’s statement — a summary of the conference’s consensus — were devoted to the Rohingya crisis. While much in those paragraphs repeated the language of the year before, the 2019 concluding statement showed that Asean was heeding the urgent need to garner more consistent political attention to the Rakhine problem..."
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Source/publisher: "PassBlue" (New York)
Date of publication: 2019-11-10
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-11
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Title: Japan’s quiet embrace of Myanmar’s top rights abuser
Description: 'Drowned out by the noise of the Rugby World Cup and overshadowed by the deadly devastation wrought by Typhoon Hagibis was a meeting between Japan’s leaders and an alleged war criminal, which went largely unreported by the media and unnoticed by the public. Myanmar military commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing – whom a United Nations-backed fact-finding mission found should be “investigated and prosecuted” for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state – visited Tokyo this month at the invitation of Japan’s Defense Ministry. There he met with government ministers, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe reportedly told Min Aung Hlaing that the Myanmar military should address the allegations of human-rights violations in Rakhine state by implementing proposals from the government-created Independent Commission of Inquiry. Abe apparently did not mention ongoing efforts by the UN and concerned governments to carry out a genuinely independent and impartial investigation into the atrocities, according to a Defense Ministry press release..."
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Source/publisher: "Asia Times" (Hong Kong)
Date of publication: 2019-10-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-10
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Title: Rohingya children locked up in Yangon for travelling without ID
Topic: Rohingya children, citizenship, identity, National Registration Cards
Sub-title: Rohingya children caught travelling outside of Rakhine State without identity documents are being detained in vocational schools and rehabilitation centres in Yangon, where they rarely receive family visits.
Topic: Rohingya children, citizenship, identity, National Registration Cards
Description: "ON A Sunday night in late September, an old, wooden motorboat carrying 30 Rohingya Muslims disappeared quietly into the darkness from the shore near the Thae Chaung camp for internally displaced people, about 40 kilometres northwest of the Rakhine State capital, Sittwe. Relatives of those on board prayed and waved as the boat pulled away into the Bay of Bengal. They were left undisturbed by the camp’s security guards, who only patrol the land entrance to the camp of about 12,000 people. Among those who prayed for a safe passage was the mother of Ma Fatima, 16. (The names of all children mentioned in this article have been changed to protect their identities.) “There was no moon that night and I was unable to see my mother, but I know she would have remained on the dock for hours after the boat left,” recalled the teenager. Fatima was seasick for most of the four days before the boat beached near Nga Yoke Kaung in Ayeyarwady Region’s southwestern Ngapudaw Township, where those on board – 15 women, six men, eight teenagers and a boy aged six – were detained on the evening of September 26 while crammed into an SUV heading for the regional capital, Pathein. Fatima said the SUV that picked up the Rohingya after the boat came ashore was badly overcrowded. “Some complained about the situation and made a noise; I think that’s why we were arrested,” she said. They were taken to the police station at Ngapudaw town and charged under the 1949 Residents of Burma Registration Act because they had no proof of identity or citizenship..."
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Source/publisher: "Frontier Myanmar" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-08
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-09
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Title: Arakan Army Releases Firefighters Detained in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Description: "The Arakan Army on Wednesday released 18 firefighters detained in October in western Myanmar’s war-torn Rakhine state, saying that its soldiers are holding no others civilians except for a local lawmaker taken three days ago. A statement issued by the Arakan Army (AA), which is fighting government forces in a quest for greater autonomy in Rakhine state, lists the names and personal information of the 18 men on a statement it issued about their release. The statement also said that the ethnic army is holding legislator Hwai Tin for security reasons, but did not elaborate. AA soldiers detained 18 firefighter recruits and the deputy station chief of the state Fire Services Department on Oct. 11 as they traveled on a bus from central Myanmar’s Mandalay region to Rakhine’s capital Sittwe after completing basic firefighting training in the town of Pyin Oo Lwin. The AA troops believed that the firemen were auxiliary soldiers of the national army. On Oct. 28, the AA released a dozen other bus passengers it had detained, including construction workers, after determining that they were civilians and had no connection to the Myanmar military..."
Source/publisher: "Radio Free Asia (RFA)" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-06
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-08
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Title: ASEAN can no longer turn a blind eye to Myanmar's atrocities
Sub-title: ASEAN has a responsibility to help facilitate a repatriation process that prioritises the well-being of the Rohingya.
Description: "After fighters attacked security targets in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state on August 25, 2017, the Myanmar military responded by killing and maiming thousands of Rohingya civilians, raping hundreds of women and girls, and burning entire villages to the ground. Almost two years after the military-led "clearance operation" that forced more than 745,000 Rohingya men, women and children to flee and seek refuge in Bangladesh, this humanitarian crisis seems more intractable than ever. Systematic state discrimination against the Rohingya, making them stateless and without rights, and recurring state-sanctioned violence has spurred various influxes of refugees into Bangladesh in the 1970s and 1990s. Together with more than 300,000 Rohingya who had already taken shelter during these previous waves of violence, Bangladesh now hosts over one million Rohingya refugees - most of whom reside in Cox's Bazar, now the world's largest refugee camp. It is a testament to Bangladesh's historic generosity that it did not turn away any recent arrivals despite already hosting large numbers of refugees..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-07-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-08
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Title: Bangladesh: Myanmar misleads int’l community with fabricated info
Sub-title: Nay Pyi Taw must act decisively to address real causes, Dhaka says rejecting baseless accusation
Description: "Bangladesh has reacted sharply on Myanmar's persistent campaign to mislead the international community with fabricated information, misrepresentation of facts, unsubstantiated claims and undue accusations. Dhaka made it clear that Nay Pyi Taw is doing so to avoid its obligations for the sustained repatriation and reintegration of the forcibly displaced Rohingya in safety and dignity, reports UNB. Myanmar must act decisively to address the real causes that are preventing the displaced Rohingya from going back voluntarily, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' External Publicity Wing on Wednesday. It is a matter of utter dismay to witness the persistent campaign on the part of the Government of Myanmar to mislead the international community, it added. Bangladesh recently noticed yet another round of such attempts by Myanmar Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin. He resorted to misrepresentation of the whole issue as well as laying unjustified blames on Bangladesh in his effort to refute the well-founded remarks by Bangladesh Foreign Minister on Rohingya crisis at the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting of the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement on October 23 in Baku, Azerbaijan..."
Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-10-30
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-08
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Title: China donates schoolbags, clothing to Myanmar students in western state
Description: "A consortium led by a Chinese company has donated thousands of school bags and T-shirts to students in Myanmar's Rakhine state as of Friday. Since Monday, the China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC) Consortium donated 4,000 schoolbags which include stationeries and 5,000 T-shirts to 32 schools in Kyaukphyu township. "We hope that the donation will create better learning conditions for local students and will contribute to development of basic education in Kyauk Phyu." Ma Chuanfu, deputy managing director of CITIC Myanmar, told the donation ceremony. It was the second batch of such donation done by the CITIC consortium and so far, 7,000 schoolbags and 8,000 T-shirts have been distributed to Myanmar students from 63 schools in Kyaukphyu township, in collaboration with China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) Myanmar Office since 2018. It was learnt that the third batch of donation which includes 2,000 schoolbags and T-shirts is set to be done by the consortium before the end of 2019..."
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Source/publisher: "Xinhua" (China)
Date of publication: 2019-11-08
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-08
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Title: US continues to pressure Myanmar for Rohingya repatriation
Sub-title: She was an official visit to check on the condition of the locals affected by the Rohingya refugees
Description: "United States Agency for International Development (UNAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick has stressed the importance of pressuring Myanmar for a safe and sustainable repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, who fled their homes due to the military crackdown carried out in the Rakhine state. "We are grateful to the Bangladesh government for giving asylum to more than 1.1 million Rohingyas, and we are always prepared to provide necessary support to resolve this pressing issue," Ms Glick said while talking to reporters after her visit to the camps in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar on Thursday afternoon. She was an official visit to check on the condition of the locals affected by the Rohingya refugees, the overall sanitation condition in the region, and the ever increasing rate of human trafficking. US is continually pressuring Myanmar for the safe repatriation of the Rohingyas and taking necessary steps to reduce the distress faced by the locals, added Ms Glick. A seven-member delegate team discussed the human trafficking situation in the Rohingya camps with Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), a non-profit social development organization, under the leadership of Bonnie Glick. They also talked with the human trafficking victims there. Later, they went to Rajarkul in Ramu upazila where they conversed with the Rohingyas, and the locals who were affected by their immigration..."
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Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-07
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-08
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Title: How Bangladesh And Myanmar Used The Rohingya Crisis To Direct Anger At Each Other
Sub-title: Joseph Allchin looks at Bangladesh's travails with extremism and politics in his book 'Many Rivers, One Sea: Bangladesh and the challenge of Islamist Militancy'.
Description: "The Awami League government in Dhaka had been jittery about Rohingya militancy in Myanmar in the years leading up to 2017’s vast exodus. The government saw it as a potential nuisance, and seemed suspicious of those wanting to work with the group. Sheikh Hasina personally stated in 2012 that the Rohingya issue ‘is not our responsibility.’ They were especially wary of international Islamic charities, and banned Muslim Aid and Islamic Relief among others, because they were believed to ‘encourage radicalism and provide funds to militants, and we cannot let them do so with Rohingyas.’ However, once the magnitude of the exodus became apparent, Muslims and non-Muslims both inside and outside Bangladesh were horrified by the human suffering, Islamist organisations not least among them..."
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Source/publisher: "Huff Post" (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-07
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-07
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Title: Is Aung San Suu Kyi Silent in the Face of Myanmar Atrocities?
Description: "My interest in Myanmar goes back to the 1950s when the country was called Burma. I first visited it in 1967 but did not begin focusing on it as a scholar until 2007. For the past ten years, it has been my primary policy research project at Brookings. I’ve made about 20 trips from my home in Washington, DC to Myanmar since then and have written many op-eds, research papers, and reports on the country. Whenever I speak to a group about Myanmar, however, one of the first things I say is that if you don’t speak the Burmese language you don’t know what’s going on in this country and you can’t know. And I don’t speak Burmese. So take the words that follow with a grain of salt. They are just my best guess. I have been asked to write about “genocide and violence that has plagued Myanmar.” I’m not an expert on genocide, but I don’t see anything in Myanmar’s post-independence (in 1948) history that looks like an attempt by the government to exterminate by death any group of people living within the country’s borders. What I do see is a pattern of violence by the Buddhist ethnic Bamar majority (at least 60 percent of the population), with the armed forces (Tatmadaw) as its instrument, to forcibly assimilate or subjugate most if not all of the ethnic minority groups, or drive them out into neighboring countries. No other country in the world today is experiencing a civil war that has continued without interruption for this long – 70 years..."
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Source/publisher: "The Global Post" (USA)
Date of publication: 2018-01-22
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-06
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Title: Mental health issues cast doubt on Rohingya repatriation
Sub-title: This is the last part of a two-part series on them mental health of the Roghingya refugees
Description: "As the world takes stock of the situation two years on from the forced mass expulsion of the Rohingya from Myanmar, the 'leaders' of the refugee community in Cox's Bazar placed a five point charter of demands. Syed Ullah, refugee leader and secretary of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPHR), placed the demands at a press briefing in Jamtoli camp of Cox's Bazar in August 2019. It has now been two years since a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar military forced out of the country, more than two-thirds of the Rohingya population living in Myanmar. Talking to reporters at refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf, youth and elderly alike said they want to return to their homeland but before that they want reassurance from Myanmar authorities about a conducive environment in northern Rakhine state. They said the ultimate solution to the Rohingya crisis will be a safe, voluntary, dignified, and sustainable return of those who fled their homes in Myanmar. Meanwhile, the failure in the reparations and repatriation of Rohingya refugees has been causing mental health problems among the refugee population and people of the host communities as well. A sense of resentment prevails among locals who now fear repatriation of the refugees might take longer than they had anticipated..."
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Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-03
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-05
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Title: Modi tells Suu Kyi to take quick steps in Rohingya repatriation
Sub-title: India is keen on improving physical connectivity in Myanmar through building roads, ports, and other infrastructure, he said.
Description: "Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined the importance of speedy, safe, and sustainable” return of Rohingyas to their homes in Rakhine in the interest of the people, and regions of the three countries -- India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Prime Minister Modi has conveyed this message to Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi during their meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Summit in Bangkok. Mentioning the completion of the first Indian project to build 250 prefabricated houses, which were handed over to the Myanmar government this July, Modi said his country is ready to carry out more such projects in Myanmar. In a recent letter written to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar mentioned that the “safe, speedy, and sustainable” return of displaced persons to Myanmar is in the best interests of all concerned. “This is also in the best interest of lasting regional security, and stability,” said the Indian External Affairs Minister. Jaishankar also expressed deep admiration for Bangladesh in shouldering the burden of hosting the displaced people from Rakhine State in Myanmar, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas who have fled their homeland in Rakhine State after being persecuted by their own country..."
Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-05
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Title: State Counsellor responds to the remarks made by the UN Secretary General on Rakhine issue (4 Nov 2019) [EN/MY]
Description: "State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi responded to the remarks made by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres regarding the Rakhine issue. She underscored that Myanmar will not shirk its responsibility to take care of the rights and security of all those whom it must protect. In the opening session of the 10th ASEAN-UN Summit in Bangkok on 3 November 2019, the UN Secretary General expressed concern over the situation in Rakhine State and the plight of the refugees in Cox’s Bazaar. He also stressed that it was Myanmar’s responsibility to ensure a conducive environment for safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees. In response to the remarks of the Secretary General, the State Counsellor underscored that the issue of Rakhine is a most complex one and that the UN and its agencies which have been present in the region for ten times longer than the present Government has been in office, must have some idea of the extent of the complexities. She stressed that the Government will not shirk its responsibility to take care of the security and rights of all those who it must protect. She added that the Government of Myanmar was fully committed to take back the verified returnees based on the bilateral agreement signed with Bangladesh and the trilateral agreement signed with UNHCR and UNDP. She expressed appreciation to ASEAN, the ASEAN Secretariat and the AHA Centre for their constructive contribution to our efforts in creating the most suitable environment to which the displaced people can return in peace and security and voluntarily. She reaffirmed Myanmar’s intension to continue its work with the help of our friends who approach the problems in Rakhine in a practical and balanced way.....ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံ၊ ဗန်ကောက်မြို့၌ ၃-၁၁-၂၀၁၉ ရက်တွင် ကျင်းပသည့် (၁၀) ကြိမ်မြောက် အာဆီယံ-ကုလသမဂ္ဂ ထိပ်သီးအစည်းအဝေး၌ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ် Antonio Guterres က ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် အရေးကိစ္စအပေါ် စိုးရိမ်ပူပန်ကြောင်း၊ ပြဿနာအရင်းအမြစ်ကို ဖြေရှင်းရေးနှင့် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာသူများ မိမိဆန္ဒအလျောက် ဘေးကင်းလုံခြုံစွာ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာရှိရှိ ပြန်လာနိုင်ရေးမှာ မြန်မာအစိုးရ၏ တာဝန်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ မြန်မာနှင့် အာဆီယံတို့အကြား ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မှုကို ကြိုဆိုကြောင်းနှင့် ဆက်လက် ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်သွားရန် တိုက်တွန်းကြောင်း ထည့်သွင်းပြောကြားခဲ့သည်။ အဆိုပါကိစ္စနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ်က ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် အရေးကိစ္စမှာ အလွန်သိမ်မွေ့ ရှုပ်ထွေးသည့် ကိစ္စတစ်ခုဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ မိမိတို့ လက်ရှိအစိုးရသက်တမ်းထက် ဆယ်ဆမက ကာလရှည်လျားစွာ ယင်းဒေသ၌ ရောက်ရှိနေကြသည့် ကုလသမဂ္ဂ အဖွဲ့အစည်းများအနေဖြင့် ပြဿနာ၏ သိမ်မွေ့ရှုပ်ထွေးမှု အတိုင်းအတာကို အနည်းအကျဉ်းမျှ သိထားရန် လိုအပ်ကြောင်း၊ မိမိတို့ ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက် ပေးရမည့်သူများအားလုံး၏ လုံခြုံရေးနှင့် အခွင့်အရေးများအား ကာကွယ်ပေးရန် တာဝန်ကို မိမိတို့ အစိုးရအနေဖြင့် ရှောင်လွှဲမည် မဟုတ်ကြောင်း၊ ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ်နိုင်ငံနှင့် လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးထားသည့် နှစ်နိုင်ငံ သဘောတူညီချက်၊ UNHCR ၊ UNDP တို့နှင့် လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးထားသည့် သုံးပွင့်ဆိုင် သဘောတူညီချက်တို့နှင့်အညီ စိစစ်အတည်ပြုပြီးဖြစ်သည့် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာသူများကို ပြန်လည်လက်ခံရန် အပြည့်အဝ ကတိပြုထားပြီးဖြစ်ကြောင်း၊ နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာသူများ မိမိဆန္ဒအလျောက် အေးချမ်းလုံခြုံစွာဖြင့် ပြန်လာနိုင်မည့် အသင့်လျော်ဆုံး ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် ဖြစ်စေရေးအတွက် မိမိတို့၏ ကြိုးပမ်းဆောင်ရွက်နေမှုကို ကူညီပံ့ပိုးပေးကြသည့် အာဆီယံ၊ အာဆီယံအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ်ရုံးနှင့် AHA Centre တို့အပေါ် ကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိကြောင်း၊ ပြဿနာအပေါ် လက်တွေ့ကျပြီး ဘက်လိုက်မှုမရှိဘဲ မျှတသည့် ချဉ်းကပ်မှုဖြင့် အကူအညီပေးနေကြသော မိတ်ဆွေများ၏ အကူအညီဖြင့် ဆက်လက် ကြိုးပမ်းဆောင်ရွက်သွားမည်ဖြစ်ကြောင်း ပြန်လည်တုံ့ပြန်ပြောကြားခဲ့ကြောင်း သိရှိရပါသည်။..."
Source/publisher: Government of Myanmar via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
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Title: Suu Kyi: Myanmar will not shrink from responsibility on Rohingya
Sub-title: At the opening session of the 10th Asean-UN Summit in Bangkok on November 3, UN Secretary General António Guterres said Myanmar was responsible for ensuring a conducive environment for the safe
Description: "Responding to the UN secretary general’s remarks on the Rohingya issue, Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said the Myanmar government will not shrink from its responsibility and reaffirmed that it will work with friends who approach the issue in a "practical and balanced way." At the opening session of the 10th Asean-UN Summit in Bangkok on November 3, UN Secretary General António Guterres said Myanmar was responsible for ensuring a conducive environment for the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of Rohingya refugees currently residing in Bangladesh, reports The Irrawaddy. "The [Myanmar] government will not shirk its responsibility to take care of the security and rights of all those who it must protect," Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told the audience during the same event..."
Source/publisher: "Dhaka Tribune" (Bangladesh)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
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Title: Indian nationals released in Myanmar by Arakan Army
Sub-title: The two Indian nationals were taken into captivity by an insurgent group called the Arakan Army in Myanmar while they were travelling there to work on a road project.
Description: "Two Indian nationals who were captured by the Arakan Army released in Myanmar. Arrangements are being made to bring the two back to India. "The Indian nationals have been released and the Consular General of Sittwe is coordinating their movement from Kyauktaw," sources said here. The two Indian nationals were taken into captivity by an insurgent group called the Arakan Army in Myanmar while they were travelling there to work on a road project. The two were captured when they were on their way from Paletwa to Sittwe. According to sources, an MP from Myanmar was also captured by the group. The Indian team is working on a road project connecting Mizoram to Sittwe Port in Rakhine state in Myanmar, sources said..."
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Source/publisher: "India Today" (India)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
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Title: 'Our only aim is to go home': removal plans raise tensions in Rohingya camp
Description: "Life in the world’s largest refugee camp has grown harder in the past few months. Mohammad, a Rohingya farmer who lost his leg fleeing violence in Myanmar, does not understand why. “We got a lot more before in terms of food and help, but now it feels like we are not getting enough support from the government and NGOs. We are also more restricted in our movement,” he says, sitting on a bench outside his house, surrounded by discarded plastic bottles and rotting food. The Bangladeshi government has launched a crackdown in the camp, shutting shops run by refugees, blocking internet services, confiscating mobile phones, putting up fencing and setting an 8pm curfew, meaning people can’t leave their homes at night. Bangladesh appears to be getting frustrated with its more than 1 million guests. Politics is turning and it has been reported that locals in Cox’s Bazar are running out of patience. The government is finalising plans to move 100,000 refugees to an island in the Bay of Bengal and refugees wonder if it is all connected..."
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Source/publisher: "The Guardian" (UK)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
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Title: UN chief 'deeply concerned' over Rohingya crisis
Sub-title: Guterres addresses ASEAN summit, where leaders try to salvage progress towards what could be world's biggest trade bloc.
Description: "United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has expressed "deep" concern over the plight of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees, urging Myanmar to assume responsibility by dealing with the "root causes" of their flight and work towards their safe repatriation. A brutal army campaign in August 2017 forced more than 740,000 members of the mostly-Muslim minority to flee Myanmar's Rakhine state, most seeking refuge in overcrowded camps across the border in Bangladesh. During its crackdown, which was launched in response to attacks by an armed group, the military carried out mass killings and gang rapes with "genocidal intent", according to United Nations-mandated investigators..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-04
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Title: Pages with references to "Rakhine" from "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 3 November 2019
Description: "UNION Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population (LIP) U Thein Swe received Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Secretary General Mr Jan Egeland at the Union Minister Office guest hall yesterday afternoon. At the meeting cooperation status between the ministry and NRC to issue some sort of identity card for citizens living in seven Region/State, works conducted to issue National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) to displaced persons in Kachin State IDP camps, effort of the ministry toward implementing e-ID system, forming a technical work group between the ministry and NRC for NRC to support nationality assessment and repatriation works conducted in Rakhine State Buthidaung and Maungtaw regions and work processes to be conducted according to MOU between NRC and the ministry were discussed..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication: 2019-11-03
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