Myanmar nationalists announced Wednesday that a series of protests were planned across major cities to demand that the government declare that there is no Rohingya ethnicity in the country.
The demonstrations are aimed at pressuring President Htin Kyaw and state counselor-cum-foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi to denounce the United States embassy for using the word to describe the stateless and persecuted Muslim minority.
Monks from hardline Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha -- the Committee for Protection of Race and Religion -- are among the nationalists set to gather Wednesday for a rally in coastal Ayeyarwady Division’s capital. (Courtesy of aa.com.tr)
May 18, 2016
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan begins 3-day visit to Myanmar, will meet Aung San Suu Kyi
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan began an introductory visit to Myanmar on Tuesday (May 17), as part of a series of high-level exchanges to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations.
This is the first high-level bilateral meeting since Myanmar's new government came into power.
In November last year (2015), Myanmar held a landmark general election that swept the party led by long-time political detainee Aung San Suu Kyi into power. (Courtesy of straitstimes.com)
This is the first high-level bilateral meeting since Myanmar's new government came into power.
In November last year (2015), Myanmar held a landmark general election that swept the party led by long-time political detainee Aung San Suu Kyi into power. (Courtesy of straitstimes.com)
Nirmala Sitharaman to lead CEO delegation to Myanmar
Commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman will lead a CEO delegation to Myanmar from May 18-20. India is organising an India Myanmar Business Conclave in Yangon on 18-20 May 2016 as part of its Act East policy.
"The two days are expected to witness live and involved sessions on various sectors including agriculture, manufacturing and employment, IT, health, education, skill development , power, renewable energy, connectivity (air, sea, land), tourism and hospitality, SEZs, industrial zones and finance," the commerce ministry said in an official release. (Courtesy of economictimes.indiatimes.com)
"The two days are expected to witness live and involved sessions on various sectors including agriculture, manufacturing and employment, IT, health, education, skill development , power, renewable energy, connectivity (air, sea, land), tourism and hospitality, SEZs, industrial zones and finance," the commerce ministry said in an official release. (Courtesy of economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Europe to seek green light for ASEAN-EU airline agreement
The EC laid out an aviation strategy in December 2015, aimed at forming a series of agreements between the EU and other countries and regional groups. These include Turkey, China, the Gulf Cooperation Council states and ASEAN.
On June 7, the EC will ask the European Council – comprising leaders of the EU states and other EU bodies – to approve the strategy.
This will allow the EC to start negotiations with ASEAN and other potential partners, Jakub Adamowicz, spokesperson for Transport and Regional Policy at the European Commission, told The Myanmar Times. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)
On June 7, the EC will ask the European Council – comprising leaders of the EU states and other EU bodies – to approve the strategy.
This will allow the EC to start negotiations with ASEAN and other potential partners, Jakub Adamowicz, spokesperson for Transport and Regional Policy at the European Commission, told The Myanmar Times. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)
Buddhist group fails in bid to expel Muslims from Myanmar city
A Buddhist group in Myanmar's religiously divided Rakhine state failed in their bid to pressure local authorities to expel Muslims from Sittwe city.
Soe Naing from the Rakhine National Network, a civil society organization from Sittwe, said that they sent a letter with around 400 signatures to the state's chief minister last week that demanded Muslims from the city's Aung Mingalar quarter be expelled.
"We are concerned that the number of Muslims in the quarter have grown and some have been living there illegally so we raised it to the state government," Soe Naing told ucanews.com. (Courtesy of ucanews.com)
Soe Naing from the Rakhine National Network, a civil society organization from Sittwe, said that they sent a letter with around 400 signatures to the state's chief minister last week that demanded Muslims from the city's Aung Mingalar quarter be expelled.
"We are concerned that the number of Muslims in the quarter have grown and some have been living there illegally so we raised it to the state government," Soe Naing told ucanews.com. (Courtesy of ucanews.com)
Sittwe’s Muslim quarter allowed limited access to market
Around 30 residents of Sittwe’s only remaining Muslim quarter of Aung Mingalar were allowed to go to the market in the Dar Paing IDP camp yesterday morning, ending what they said had been a temporary lockdown that took place over the weekend.
The number of people allowed out of the police-guarded area was lower than usual, however it has allayed concerns about a potential food and medication shortage.
The temporary stop on transfers followed what residents of Aung Mingalar said was a minor protest staged by a Rakhine group in front of the ghetto’s police barricades close to the centre of the Buddhist-majority capital of Rakhine State. A government official denied that Aung Mingalar had been in lockdown or that any protest had taken place there. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)
The number of people allowed out of the police-guarded area was lower than usual, however it has allayed concerns about a potential food and medication shortage.
The temporary stop on transfers followed what residents of Aung Mingalar said was a minor protest staged by a Rakhine group in front of the ghetto’s police barricades close to the centre of the Buddhist-majority capital of Rakhine State. A government official denied that Aung Mingalar had been in lockdown or that any protest had taken place there. (Courtesy of mmtimes.com)
Myanmar government urged to protect Rohingya minority
NLD government Must Protect Rohingya People
We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations express our serious concern that
Myanmar/Burma: Securing health care for the most vulnerable populations in Rakhine State Myanmar/Burma: Securing health care for the most vulnerable populations in Rakhine State
We are worrying that the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) government seems to have inclined to yield to the demand of the extremists calling for “Rohingya ethnocide”. Following a protest in late May in Yangon by about 300 ultra-nationalists, including Buddhist monks, publicly denouncing the United States of America for using the word Rohingya, the Myanmar Foreign Ministry, headed by State Counselor-com-Foreign Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, had surprisingly advised foreign embassies in Myanmar avoid using “Rohingya”, although the Rohingya people have the right to self-identify. (Courtesy of oneworld.org)
We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations express our serious concern that
Myanmar/Burma: Securing health care for the most vulnerable populations in Rakhine State Myanmar/Burma: Securing health care for the most vulnerable populations in Rakhine State
We are worrying that the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) government seems to have inclined to yield to the demand of the extremists calling for “Rohingya ethnocide”. Following a protest in late May in Yangon by about 300 ultra-nationalists, including Buddhist monks, publicly denouncing the United States of America for using the word Rohingya, the Myanmar Foreign Ministry, headed by State Counselor-com-Foreign Minister Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, had surprisingly advised foreign embassies in Myanmar avoid using “Rohingya”, although the Rohingya people have the right to self-identify. (Courtesy of oneworld.org)
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