The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the NBA and WNBA, announce that Charlotte Bobcats General Manager Richard Cho, former WNBA player Allison Feaster, Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach and former NBA player Darvin Ham, and former NBA player Marty Conlon will travel as Sports Envoys to Rangoon […]
Aug 27 2012 | Posted in
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Burma’s government lifted suspension on two weekly journals within two weeks, there editors confirmed the news saying that the suspension was lifted after rare protests by journalists in two cities to demand more press freedom. Editors of the Burmese-language Voice Weekly and The Envoy told Reuters that Burma’s government has given them the permission to […]
Aug 21 2012 | Posted in
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As per the reports, more than 20,000 Muslims have been killed by the extremist Buddhists in Burma’s Rakhine province but unfortunately no actions have been taken by anyone as of yet. All the human right champions are ignoring the matter. Even the media is silent over the issue, which is of utmost importance. JAMAAT-e-Islami’s Syed […]
Aug 20 2012 | Posted in
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Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan has said that Islamabad was concerned over the deteriorating situation in Syria and over the plight of Muslim community in Burma (Myanmar). While speaking to the media during a weekly briefing, he said that President Asif Ali Zardari had sent a letter to his Myanmar’s counterpart of the excesses […]
Washington: (Thursday, August 9, 2012) The United States of America has raised its voice against the atrocities being committed by the Burma government on the local Rohingya Muslims. In a press release issued today, the State Department stated, “The United States is deeply concerned by the Government of Bangladesh’s stated intent to shut down nongovernmental […]
Aug 9 2012 | Posted in
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Myanmar security forces killed, raped or carried out mass arrests of Rohingya Muslims after deadly sectarian riots in the northeast in June, a rights group said on Wednesday, adding the authorities had done little to prevent the initial unrest. Aid workers were blocked and in some cases arrested, and Rohingyas bore the brunt of […]
Aug 1 2012 | Posted in
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The Myanmar Rohingya Muslims are called foreigners, not given citizenship by the government and are branded as Bengalis because they speak a Bengali dialect. They are being killed brutally on daily basis and those who are alive have very limited facilities of education, health care and social activities. The religious violence flared up after the […]
Jul 27 2012 | Posted in
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Expressing grief over reported atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has urged the international community to take notice of the situation. The cricketer-turned-politician strongly condemned the violence carried out against Muslims in Myanmar (Burma). The PTI issued a statement after local and international media reported widespread killings […]
Jul 27 2012 | Posted in
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In a rare statement focused on the plight of Muslims abroad, the umbrella Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) group sought to present itself as a defender of Muslim men and women in Myanmar, saying “we will take revenge of your blood”. Spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan demanded that the Pakistani government halt all relations with Myanmar and close down its […]
Jul 26 2012 | Posted in
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Terming itself as a defender of Muslim community in Myanmar, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issued warning to attack the country to take revenge crimes against Muslim Rohingyas, unless Islamabad ends all ties with the government and shuts its embassy. Concentrating on the plight of Muslims in Myanmar (Burma), the TTP vowed to take revenge of the […]
Myanmar, spread over an area of 2,61,228 sq miles (676578 km), is 24th the most populated country in the world. It has total population of 60.28 million having about 10 per cent Muslims, who migrated to that country mostly during the British period. The present sectarian violence spread over the rape and murder of a […]
Jul 23 2012 | Posted in
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Many believe Burma issue is based only on rumours and speculations, but there is certainly something wrong behind the wall. The Myanmar Muslims have always been a target and one should not doubt their misery. According to the recent news, the Muslims will not be allowed to perform their religious obligations in Ramadan. Almost three […]
Jul 21 2012 | Posted in
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