Wisma Putra has summoned the Myanmar ambassador to Malaysia over the escalation of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state resulting in the loss of innocent lives and displacement of thousands of people.
The Cabinet which met yesterday discussed the situation in Rakhine and directed Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman to meet Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi as soon as possible.
In a statement issued by Wisma Putra yesterday, Malaysia condemned the escalation of violence and called on all parties involved to refrain from taking any action that would aggravate the situation.
The Myanmar Ambassador U Zaw Myint met the Foreign Ministry’s deputy secretary-general (1) Datuk Shahrul Ikram Yakob yesterday. (Courtesy of thestar.com.my)
November 27, 2016
Myanmar's Rohingyas: Many go to Cox's Bazar, beyond
Three brothers -- Omar Farukh, Omar Khayer and Omar Sadeque -- were still in school uniform which had the logo of their school in Myanmar. The white shirts of the boys, aged between 8 and 10, became quite dirty as they had been wearing them for over a week.
On Friday night, they along with their mother, Shamsunnahar, 34, and three younger siblings reached the Nazirartek dry fish processing zone in Cox's Bazar town.
Their father, Hossain Ahmed, a farmer from Bar Gazobil village in Myanmar, has been missing since Myanmar police arrested him two weeks ago.
“We crossed the Naf river on Thursday morning and reached the fisheries project area near Rongikhali. There, BGB men stopped us and gave us food. Later that evening, they sent us back in our boat,” said Shamsunnahar. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
On Friday night, they along with their mother, Shamsunnahar, 34, and three younger siblings reached the Nazirartek dry fish processing zone in Cox's Bazar town.
Their father, Hossain Ahmed, a farmer from Bar Gazobil village in Myanmar, has been missing since Myanmar police arrested him two weeks ago.
“We crossed the Naf river on Thursday morning and reached the fisheries project area near Rongikhali. There, BGB men stopped us and gave us food. Later that evening, they sent us back in our boat,” said Shamsunnahar. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
Buddhist leaders condemn atrocities on Rohingyas
Protesting the atrocities on the Rohingyas in Myanmar, leaders of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation today condemned the ongoing repression.
The Buddhists organisation also demanded the Myanmar government and authorities concerned to resolve the ongoing Rohingya issue immediately. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
The Buddhists organisation also demanded the Myanmar government and authorities concerned to resolve the ongoing Rohingya issue immediately. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
Displaced Rohingya Children’s Lives at Risks as Deadly Infectious Diseases Surge
Hundreds of displaced Rohingya children’s lives are at grave risks as the deadly infectious diseases surge in northern Maungdaw, according to reliable sources.
Currently, hundreds of displaced Rohingya children in the region are suffering from diarrhea, disease like pneumonia-like disease and malnutrition. Three children were reported to have died at Dargyizar IDP camps on Friday.
At least 5 children get affected the infectious diseases daily at Dargyizar (Shudo Gozi Bil), Kyetyoepyin (Kiyari Ferang) and Pyaungpaik (Haant Gojja Fara) making the numbers of children infected by the diseases exceed 300 overall. Going by the unfolding situation, the lives of the children could well be at risks if they do not get access to healthcare.
The displaced Rohingyas hardly have any food and medicines as the Burmese government have blocked humanitarian access to the region since the army assaults (on the civilians) began on October 9. (Courtesy of rvisiontv.com)
Currently, hundreds of displaced Rohingya children in the region are suffering from diarrhea, disease like pneumonia-like disease and malnutrition. Three children were reported to have died at Dargyizar IDP camps on Friday.
At least 5 children get affected the infectious diseases daily at Dargyizar (Shudo Gozi Bil), Kyetyoepyin (Kiyari Ferang) and Pyaungpaik (Haant Gojja Fara) making the numbers of children infected by the diseases exceed 300 overall. Going by the unfolding situation, the lives of the children could well be at risks if they do not get access to healthcare.
The displaced Rohingyas hardly have any food and medicines as the Burmese government have blocked humanitarian access to the region since the army assaults (on the civilians) began on October 9. (Courtesy of rvisiontv.com)
The plight of the Rohingyas in Myanmar Time to act
In an op-ed piece I had written for this daily shortly after the historic elections in Myanmar in November 2015, I had expressed my fear that among all the euphoria that followed Aung San Suu Kyi's thumping victory, the fate of the disenfranchised and persecuted Rohingyas in Myanmar may continue to remain uncertain if the elected leadership fail to take concrete remedial steps in earnest. A year later, my fears are turning out to be true and in a worse form than what one would have thought.
The history of the sufferings of the Rohingyas in Myanmar is all too well known and is well documented. That the community had been socially marginalised and politically persecuted for long is also an established fact. One had been guardedly optimistic that a democratically elected government would make a sincere effort at rectifying the situation. However, as recent events show, things on the ground have turned for the worse; today the Rohingyas are being subjected to a systematic cycle of military repression that borders on ethnic cleansing, one that should bring back memories of the horrors the world witnessed helplessly in the Balkans in Europe over two decades back. Sadly, the victims in both cases have been Muslims. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
The history of the sufferings of the Rohingyas in Myanmar is all too well known and is well documented. That the community had been socially marginalised and politically persecuted for long is also an established fact. One had been guardedly optimistic that a democratically elected government would make a sincere effort at rectifying the situation. However, as recent events show, things on the ground have turned for the worse; today the Rohingyas are being subjected to a systematic cycle of military repression that borders on ethnic cleansing, one that should bring back memories of the horrors the world witnessed helplessly in the Balkans in Europe over two decades back. Sadly, the victims in both cases have been Muslims. (Courtesy of thedailystar.net)
Death of a baby as unwanted Rohingya hunt for a home
Alam's short life ended on Saturday in a dark, tattered tent in Bangladesh, the Rohingya child's skeletal body succumbing to illness contracted while fleeing Myanmar where his stateless people are under attack.
He was six-months-old.
Alam died hours after arriving at a makeshift refugee camp close to Teknaf, the gateway to Cox's Bazar, a poor, densely populated coastal area already home to more than 230,000 Rohingya refugees.
But for the Rohingya, Bangladesh is far from a promised land.
So far little or no aid has been provided for the new arrivals, with Bangladeshi authorities fearing food, medicine and shelter will encourage more to cross the border. (Courtesy of msn.com)
He was six-months-old.
Alam died hours after arriving at a makeshift refugee camp close to Teknaf, the gateway to Cox's Bazar, a poor, densely populated coastal area already home to more than 230,000 Rohingya refugees.
But for the Rohingya, Bangladesh is far from a promised land.
So far little or no aid has been provided for the new arrivals, with Bangladeshi authorities fearing food, medicine and shelter will encourage more to cross the border. (Courtesy of msn.com)
Najib, Hadi to attend Rohingya gathering, opposition invited
A major gathering will held to express the concerns of Malaysian society over the Rohingya issue on Dec 4, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said it would be attended by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and other leaders, including PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
Ahmad Zahid urged leaders of other parties, such as PKR and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), to participate in the gathering which would be held at a location to be announced later.
"We put aside our political differences and as Muslims we gather to express our concern for our fellow Muslims in Myanmar," he said when speaking at the launch of the 'Jalinan Kasih Suluh Budiman' Night organised by the Suluh Budiman Alumni Association of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Kuala Lumpur, last night. (Courtesy of malaysiakini.com)
He said it would be attended by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and other leaders, including PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.
Ahmad Zahid urged leaders of other parties, such as PKR and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), to participate in the gathering which would be held at a location to be announced later.
"We put aside our political differences and as Muslims we gather to express our concern for our fellow Muslims in Myanmar," he said when speaking at the launch of the 'Jalinan Kasih Suluh Budiman' Night organised by the Suluh Budiman Alumni Association of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Kuala Lumpur, last night. (Courtesy of malaysiakini.com)
Spreading hatred against Buddhists ‘worsens Rohingya conflict’
A Burmese and Muslim human rights advocate, Kyaw Win, has called on Indonesian Muslims to stop spreading hatred against Burmese Buddhists, arguing that it only fuels the escalating tension and further endangers Muslims in the country.
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) executive director Kyaw Win told The Jakarta Post on Friday that the use of hateful language conveyed the wrong message and incited negative reactions in Myanmar, as it provided sound-bytes for Buddhist extremists to use to justify the killing of Muslims in the country.
“We suffered a lot from this,” he said, referring to a viral social media post shared by Indonesian users that called for the killing of Buddhists. (Courtesy of thejakartapost.com)
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) executive director Kyaw Win told The Jakarta Post on Friday that the use of hateful language conveyed the wrong message and incited negative reactions in Myanmar, as it provided sound-bytes for Buddhist extremists to use to justify the killing of Muslims in the country.
“We suffered a lot from this,” he said, referring to a viral social media post shared by Indonesian users that called for the killing of Buddhists. (Courtesy of thejakartapost.com)
IS IT FAIR TO BLAME AUNG SAN SUU KYI FOR ETHNIC CLEANSING IN MYANMAR?
As international criticism mounts on Myanmar over a scorched-earth military campaign targeting its oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority, the country’s democracy icon and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself between a rock and a hard place.
International rights groups this week took their gloves off in condemning the revered Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s ambivalent response to the escalating violence and allegations of widespread rights abuses by soldiers.
And on Thursday, a UN official accused Naypyidaw of seeking the “ultimate goal of ethnic cleansing of the Muslim minority in Myanmar” as the crisis deepened, with tens of thousands in the northwestern Rakhine state displaced and at least 86 killed. (Courtesy of scmp.com)
International rights groups this week took their gloves off in condemning the revered Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s ambivalent response to the escalating violence and allegations of widespread rights abuses by soldiers.
And on Thursday, a UN official accused Naypyidaw of seeking the “ultimate goal of ethnic cleansing of the Muslim minority in Myanmar” as the crisis deepened, with tens of thousands in the northwestern Rakhine state displaced and at least 86 killed. (Courtesy of scmp.com)
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