Anti-Rohingya demonstration held in Rangoon
A group of about 50 ethnic Rakhine in Rangoon on Sunday called on the UN to stop assisting stateless Rohingya Muslims in the strife-torn communities of western Burma.
Ethnic Rakhine hold signs and banners at a protest rally in Rangoon against UN assistance to stateless Rohingya on Monday, August 19, 2012. Fighting between Buddhists and Muslims has left about 87 people from both sides dead since June, according to official estimates. Photo: AFP
The demonstration took place near a regional parliament building, with protesters holding banners saying: “Stop Creating Conflicts” and “Don’t Bring Terrorists To Our Land.”
“We’re calling for an end to discrimination by the UN against the Rakhine people,” Zaw Aye Maung, a politician representing the mostly Buddhist ethnic group, told Agency France Presse (AFP).
This weekend, the Burmese government appointed a 27-member commission to look into the causes of the conflict and to propose solutions to the community mistrust between Buddhists and Muslims.
Fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine state has left about 87 people from both sides dead since June, according to an official estimates, although rights groups fear the real toll is much higher.
New York-based Human Rights Watch has accused Burmese forces of opening fire on Rohingya. Muslim nations have voiced deep concerns over the treatment of the stateless group.
Burmese President in July asked a UN refugee group to help solve the unrest by taking over responsibility for the Rohingyas in refugee camps or by sending them to third counties. He said Rohingyas were not a Burmese ethnic group. Rohingyas are denied citizenship in the country, although many have lived in the country for generations.
Speaking a dialect similar to one in neighbouring Bangladesh, the Rohingya are seen by the government and many Burmese as illegal immigrants. Bangladesh has turned away Rohingya who attempted to flee the recent violence.
Twenty-four political parties in Burma have urged the United Nations to replace its human rights envoy to the formerly army-ruled country, Tomas Ojea Quintana, saying he is biased in favour of the Rohingya.
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ကန္႕ကြက္မႈမ်ားေၾကာင့္ ျပန္ျပင္ထားသည့္ သတင္း
Arakanese demonstrate against UN, INGOs
A group of about 50 ethnic Rakhine in Rangoon on Sunday called for the UN and INGOs to stop discriminating against Arakanese in western Burma's strife-torn region.
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| Ethnic Rakhine hold signs and banners at a protest rally in Rangoon against UN assistance to stateless Rohingya on Monday, August 19, 2012. Fighting between Buddhists and Muslims has left about 87 people from both sides dead since June, according to official estimates. Photo: AFP |
“We're calling for an end to discrimination by the UN against the Rakhine people,” Zaw Aye Maung, a politician representing the mostly Buddhist ethnic group, told Agency France Presse (AFP).
A demonstration leader told the Narinjara news agency: “We held a demonstration on Sunday morning, marching from Central Street in San Chaung Township through Shin Saw Pu Street up to Pyiy Street. Over 100 people, some wearing our campaign T shirts, participated in our demonstration."
Demonstrators wore T-shirts that read “We love Justice, UN/INGO Stop Discriminations against Arakanese," while holding placards and banners that read “Don’t Bring Terrorism to Our Land."
“We have held this demonstration because the UN and other INGOs operating in Arakan State are unfair and are perpetuating discrimination against the Arakanese people,” said one protestor.
This weekend, the Burmese government appointed a 27-member commission to look into the causes of the conflict and to propose solutions to the community mistrust between Buddhists and Muslims.
Fighting between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine state has left about 87 people from both sides dead since June, according to an official estimates, although rights groups fear the real toll is much higher. -----------
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