Pauktaw, Arakan State (Rohingya Vision) – The Rakhine (Magh) Extremists brutally killed a young Rohingya man in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State, this afternoon.
The victim is identified to be ‘Mohammed Harun Qasim,’ 27, hails from Plot-5, Depaing village in Sittwe (Akyab) Township. He was ganged up and killed by the Rakhine extremists around 3:30 PM today on his way to visit his relatives in ‘Kye Ni Pyin’ IDP Camps.
“We need to cross a dangerous mountain valley if we have to go to ‘Kye Ni Pyin’ village from ‘Ana Raing’ village. The mountain valley so narrow that only one person can cross/ go along at one time.
On the half way as he along with three other people, one man from ‘Ana Raing’ village and other two being children from the same village, was crossing the mountain, around 10-12 Rakhine extremists threatened and chased them. While the three people including the children managed to escape as they were familiar with the place, but unfortunately the now-killed person didn’t. (Courtesy of Rohingya Vision TV)
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December 6, 2015
No tomorrow for this six-year old Rohingya refugee girl
Jammu, Dec 5 (IANS): Six-year-old Tasleema is nobody's 'laadli beti' (beloved daughter). She has no idea of the horrors her parents have been through. Worse still, she has no future as she belongs to one of the nearly 650 families of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar living in this Jammu and Kashmir winter capital since 2008.
Molvi Yunus, 39, is a Rohingya Muslim refugee living with his family in Jammu's Narwal area where a stinking slum sans any civic facilities has come up. The 'jhuggies' (structures made of bamboo sticks wrapped on the sides and the top by a polythene cover) are what these refugee families call their homes.
Around 6,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees live at different places in Jammu city.
There is no drinking water, no electricity, no toilets and no healthcare facilities for them and yet the refugees thank God because they believe their lives are 'safe'.
"I crossed into Bangladesh from Burma (Myanmar) when persecution of Muslims became unbearable. From Calcutta I shifted with my family to Delhi where I begged for food to keep myself and my family alive," Yunus told IANS as he narrated his story.
"It was in Delhi that I met a Kashmiri who told me J&K was a state in India where Muslims lived in majority. I came here in 2008. Buddhists and Muslims fought together for Burma's independence. Just two years after 1948, one of our senior community leaders, Abdul Razak was murdered, under a conspiracy. (Courtesy of daijiworld.com)
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Molvi Yunus, 39, is a Rohingya Muslim refugee living with his family in Jammu's Narwal area where a stinking slum sans any civic facilities has come up. The 'jhuggies' (structures made of bamboo sticks wrapped on the sides and the top by a polythene cover) are what these refugee families call their homes.
Around 6,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees live at different places in Jammu city.
There is no drinking water, no electricity, no toilets and no healthcare facilities for them and yet the refugees thank God because they believe their lives are 'safe'.
"I crossed into Bangladesh from Burma (Myanmar) when persecution of Muslims became unbearable. From Calcutta I shifted with my family to Delhi where I begged for food to keep myself and my family alive," Yunus told IANS as he narrated his story.
"It was in Delhi that I met a Kashmiri who told me J&K was a state in India where Muslims lived in majority. I came here in 2008. Buddhists and Muslims fought together for Burma's independence. Just two years after 1948, one of our senior community leaders, Abdul Razak was murdered, under a conspiracy. (Courtesy of daijiworld.com)
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The 2015 General Election: A New Beginning?
The resounding victory of the National League for Democracy in the November general election has raised hopes in Myanmar and around the world that, finally, the country could be on the road towards peace and democracy. Sadly, there have been too many failures in the past for simple optimism now. During the past half-century, there have been important highpoints before when expectations were raised that the national armed forces, known as Tatmadaw, would restore democratic rights to the people and nationwide peace might spread in the country.
In recent memory, the 1988 pro-democracy summer, the 1989 ethnic ceasefires, the NLD’s 1990 election victory and the 2007 Saffron Revolution all appeared to herald epoch-shaping changes in the national landscape. But on each occasion, the weeks turned into months as the military authorities prevented socio-political transition from taking place through a combination of obfuscation, repression and delay. Meanwhile armed conflict continued in the ethnic borderlands. The result has been that a Tatmadaw-dominated status quo has continued in many aspects of government and national life until the present day.
Despite such precedents, the early sense is much stronger this time that a sustainable change for the better should be possible in the landscape of national politics following the NLD victory. Such sentiment is widespread in both Myanmar and abroad. Although serious challenges remain, Myanmar is undoubtedly a more liberal and open place than it was when the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein assumed office four years ago. The benefits have been quickly obvious, and there is generally deeper acceptance and discussion within the country of the scale of difficulties to be addressed in the achievement of national peace and democracy. (Courtesy of Transnational Institute)
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In recent memory, the 1988 pro-democracy summer, the 1989 ethnic ceasefires, the NLD’s 1990 election victory and the 2007 Saffron Revolution all appeared to herald epoch-shaping changes in the national landscape. But on each occasion, the weeks turned into months as the military authorities prevented socio-political transition from taking place through a combination of obfuscation, repression and delay. Meanwhile armed conflict continued in the ethnic borderlands. The result has been that a Tatmadaw-dominated status quo has continued in many aspects of government and national life until the present day.
Despite such precedents, the early sense is much stronger this time that a sustainable change for the better should be possible in the landscape of national politics following the NLD victory. Such sentiment is widespread in both Myanmar and abroad. Although serious challenges remain, Myanmar is undoubtedly a more liberal and open place than it was when the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein assumed office four years ago. The benefits have been quickly obvious, and there is generally deeper acceptance and discussion within the country of the scale of difficulties to be addressed in the achievement of national peace and democracy. (Courtesy of Transnational Institute)
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Thailand: Migration conference told to focus on cause
A regional migration conference in Bangkok was told Friday that it must focus on the root causes of migration if it is to avoid such situations as the boat people crisis that swept Southeast Asia earlier this year -- an echo of United Nations comments in the midst of the turmoil.
Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai told the conference that the solution must include "prevention" as well as a "cure".
Solutions must "include the promotion of livelihoods at home," Pramudwinai added, so that "refugees are not tempted to go overseas where they face many dangers including trafficking".
An international crisis was sparked earlier this year when thousands of Muslim Rohingya fleeing persecution in Myanmar by boat were trapped at sea after Thailand began to clamp down on people smuggling in its borders.
At a regional meeting in May, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees asked Myanmar to assume its responsibilities to its Rohingya population. (Courtesy of The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
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Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai told the conference that the solution must include "prevention" as well as a "cure".
Solutions must "include the promotion of livelihoods at home," Pramudwinai added, so that "refugees are not tempted to go overseas where they face many dangers including trafficking".
An international crisis was sparked earlier this year when thousands of Muslim Rohingya fleeing persecution in Myanmar by boat were trapped at sea after Thailand began to clamp down on people smuggling in its borders.
At a regional meeting in May, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees asked Myanmar to assume its responsibilities to its Rohingya population. (Courtesy of The Journal of Turkish Weekly)
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Myanmar president pledges to form new government, transfer power successfully
YANGON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Saturday pledged to try his best to form the new government and smoothly transfer power to the next government successfully.
In his formal message to the country's people, U Thein Sein stressed that every government should take into consideration to have continuous success in transforming democracy process and development in the country in a calm and peaceful manner.
He urged all stakeholders to participate in peace process, underlining that implementing a framework for political dialogue which is to be set up soon is being drafted by a special dialogue framework drafting committee. (Courtesy of Xinhua)
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In his formal message to the country's people, U Thein Sein stressed that every government should take into consideration to have continuous success in transforming democracy process and development in the country in a calm and peaceful manner.
He urged all stakeholders to participate in peace process, underlining that implementing a framework for political dialogue which is to be set up soon is being drafted by a special dialogue framework drafting committee. (Courtesy of Xinhua)
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Thai FM urges region to double-down on tackling migrant woes
Thailand's foreign minister on Friday urged regional nations to redouble efforts to tackle the causes of this year's Bay of Bengal migrant crisis, warning the issue "will not simply go away".
Delegations from across Southeast Asia met in Bangkok for talks over migration, six months after a belated Thai crackdown on human trafficking gangs saw thousands of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh abandoned at sea.
The summit came as boats crammed with migrants traditionally depart following the end of the monsoon season around November.
Horror stories of kidnap, coercion and hunger emerged from the hundreds who staggered ashore or were eventually rescued by Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian authorities after weeks at sea following the crackdown in May.
Thai authorities acted after dozens of skeletons of migrants were found in jungle camps on the border with Malaysia -- grisly evidence of a trafficking trail that reached from Myanmar and Bangladesh southwards through the Indian Ocean.
The kingdom has arrested scores of people, including a senior army general and high-ranking civilian officials, for their alleged roles in conducting the multi-million dollar annual trade in humans through Thailand.
"This problem is not a short-lived one. It will not simply go away," Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said in his opening address. (Courtesy of Mizzima)
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Delegations from across Southeast Asia met in Bangkok for talks over migration, six months after a belated Thai crackdown on human trafficking gangs saw thousands of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh abandoned at sea.
The summit came as boats crammed with migrants traditionally depart following the end of the monsoon season around November.
Horror stories of kidnap, coercion and hunger emerged from the hundreds who staggered ashore or were eventually rescued by Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian authorities after weeks at sea following the crackdown in May.
Thai authorities acted after dozens of skeletons of migrants were found in jungle camps on the border with Malaysia -- grisly evidence of a trafficking trail that reached from Myanmar and Bangladesh southwards through the Indian Ocean.
The kingdom has arrested scores of people, including a senior army general and high-ranking civilian officials, for their alleged roles in conducting the multi-million dollar annual trade in humans through Thailand.
"This problem is not a short-lived one. It will not simply go away," Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said in his opening address. (Courtesy of Mizzima)
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Why did the aging despot General Than Shwe meet with Aung San Suu Kyi?
By Dr Maung Zarni
December 5, 2015
Senior General Than Shwe: Nga Ma Auo Thae Buu
The prevailing view is that the Old Man wants to ensure that in his final phase of life he is safe from any form of retribution, that his extended family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are safe and that their ill-gotten gains - estimated at $ billions - remain intact.
I am sure these are elements in Than Shwe's equation. But there is more to his move - that he met the woman whom he set out to destroy in his official stay in power - that is, almost 20 years.
Here is what I would SPECULATE:
1) Than Shwe is the Master Strategist, the scriptwriter and the director of the play "Discipline Flourishing Democracy".
2) As such, he knows his chess pieces/characters very well. he hand-picked a perfect man - Thein Sein, un assuming, non-threatening A Class Liar for the President post, stacked all key positions with the most subservient and loyal generals whom he had groomed and gave jump promotions (for instance, Min Aung Hlain) and sidelined or bypassed the ambitious cameleon with rotten name - Thura Shwe Mann.
3) He has a perfect sense of timing: remember US Senator Jim Webb and Yattaw thingy? - when Obama was about to create the first major China Containment move (Asian Pivot or Rebalancing)?
4) He doesn't need assurances or security guarantees from Aung San Suu Kyi or any future elected government as long as his loyalists control the entire Security Sector; their personal control - and the military's institutional interets are guaranteed, constitutionally. (Courtesy of Rohingyablogger)
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December 5, 2015
Senior General Than Shwe: Nga Ma Auo Thae Buu
The prevailing view is that the Old Man wants to ensure that in his final phase of life he is safe from any form of retribution, that his extended family of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are safe and that their ill-gotten gains - estimated at $ billions - remain intact.
I am sure these are elements in Than Shwe's equation. But there is more to his move - that he met the woman whom he set out to destroy in his official stay in power - that is, almost 20 years.
Here is what I would SPECULATE:
1) Than Shwe is the Master Strategist, the scriptwriter and the director of the play "Discipline Flourishing Democracy".
2) As such, he knows his chess pieces/characters very well. he hand-picked a perfect man - Thein Sein, un assuming, non-threatening A Class Liar for the President post, stacked all key positions with the most subservient and loyal generals whom he had groomed and gave jump promotions (for instance, Min Aung Hlain) and sidelined or bypassed the ambitious cameleon with rotten name - Thura Shwe Mann.
3) He has a perfect sense of timing: remember US Senator Jim Webb and Yattaw thingy? - when Obama was about to create the first major China Containment move (Asian Pivot or Rebalancing)?
4) He doesn't need assurances or security guarantees from Aung San Suu Kyi or any future elected government as long as his loyalists control the entire Security Sector; their personal control - and the military's institutional interets are guaranteed, constitutionally. (Courtesy of Rohingyablogger)
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