Posts Tagged ‘rohingya’

Plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya: Islamist extremists’ next rallying call?

By James Dorsey Protests condemning Myanmar’s (Burma’s) violence against the Rohingya are stirring deep-seated emotions across Muslim countries that could backfire on governments and fuel radicalisation. Thousands marched this week in Muslim cities across the globe, including Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Grozny demanding an end to what they termed genocide. Glaringly absent from the list were […]

US plans to expand military ties with Myanmar amid atrocities against Rohingya: Report

The United States is not likely to step in and stop an ethnic cleansing campaign against Myanmar’s downtrodden Rohingya Muslims because Washington is planning to expand military ties with the Southeast Asian country bordering China – a regional super power the US is trying to contain.  The US Senate will vote on a defense spending […]

Iran Urges Action Against Rohingya Genocide In Myanmar

Iranian Foreign Minister calls for swift action to end the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Mohammad Javad Zarif has chided the international community for remaining silent and allowing the violent repression of minority Rohingya Muslims by Buddhists in Myanmar. On Thursday he tweeted: “The international community has no excuse to allow the genocide of […]

Iran trying to address Rohingya Muslims’ problems: Spokesman

IRNA – Iran, through diplomatic channels, is trying its best to help Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, who have been victims of an ethnic cleansing in the southeastern Asian country, Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Friday. ‘We have contacted the Myanmar government via the Islamic Republic embassy in Thailand, which is accredited embassy to […]

Israel Arming Myanmar Amid Ongoing Massacre Of The Rohingya

Israel has continued to sell weapons to Myanmar as thousands of Rohingya refugees flee the military’s violent crackdown in the Rakhine state. The weapons sold to Myanmar include over 100 tanks, weapons and boats used to police the country’s border, according to human rights groups and Burmese officials. Israeli arms companies such as TAR Ideal […]

The Rohingya of Myanmar – Pawns in an Anglo-Chinese Proxy War Fought by Saudi Jihadists

Iran urges Islamic world to unite for preserving rights of Rohingya Muslims

“Iran’s diplomatic body has always been concerned about the situation of Muslims across the world,” asserted Bahram Ghasemi, the Spokesperson of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, “following up the condition of the oppressed Muslims of Myanmar is also in the agenda of Iran’s foreign Ministry.” The diplomat recounted that Iranian FM Zarif had […]

Suu-kyi slams misinformation about Rohingya and foreign-backed attempt to destabilize Myanmar

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : Aung San Suu-Kyi, Myanmar’s State Councilor and de-facto head of State responded to UN-led calls for her government to end […]

Thirty thousand Rohingya Muslims are trapped in the mountains of Myanmar without access to water and food

Thirty thousand Rohingya Muslims are trapped in the mountains of Myanmar without access to water and food Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, displaced from their homes after the Myanmar army’s attacks on them, are trapped on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh, while they are unable to meet their basic needs like water, food and health services. […]

israel arming Myanmar amid ongoing Rohingya crackdown

Israel has continued to sell weapons to Myanmar as thousands of Rohingya refugees flee the military’s violent crackdown in the Rakhine state. The weapons sold to Myanmar include over 100 tanks, weapons and boats used to police the country’s border, according to human rights groups and Burmese officials.  Israeli arms companies such as Tar Ideal […]

Million protesters in Chechnya decry persecution of Myanmar Rohingya Muslims (PHOTO, VIDEO)

The rally supporting the Rohingya was held on Monday in the predominantly Muslim part of Russia. Footage of the event showed tens of thousands of protesters flooding a square in front of the city’s main mosque, as Chechen officials and community leaders spoke to the crowd from a stage. #митинг #грозный #рохинья #бирма #АРАКАН A […]

16 Rohingya Muslim refugees drown in Myanmar-Bangladesh border river

Press TV- At least 16 Rohingya Muslims, including children, have drowned while fleeing an escalation of violence in Myanmar, which has forced thousands of members of the persecuted minority to seek refuge across the border in neighboring Bangladesh. Coastguards in Bangladesh discovered the bodies washed up on the western banks of the border river of […]

Rohingya: ‘Even a baby was not spared by the Myanmar army’

A Rohingya Muslim woman who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence, sits with her baby in a boat after being intercepted crossing the Naf River by Bangladesh border authorities in Taknaf, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Anurup Titu) The Myanmar army has been accused of carrying out extrajudicial killings in the restive Rakhine region, […]

India ‘to deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims’

Press TV – India is planning to deport tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims it says are living in the country illegally. A government spokesman said on Friday that New Delhi was in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar about its plan to deport around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims. “These things are being discussed at [the] diplomatic […]

Over 80,000 Rohingya kids ‘wasting’ from hunger in Myanmar: UN

Press TV- The United Nations has warned that tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim children under the age of five are in dire need of treatment for “acute malnutrition” in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. The World Food Program (WFP) reported on Monday that 80,500 children living in the areas are “wasting” and will need […]

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