Mizzima:Junta steps up military presence in Arakan

by Salai Pi Pi   
New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Burmese military junta is constructing a military airbase for jet fighters near Buthidaung town, in Burma’s western Arakan, state sources said.
Khaing Mrat Kyaw, editor of Arakan news agency ‘Narinjara’ in exile told Mizzima on Wednesday that the Burmese military regime is constructing a  new airbase for the [...]

Suu Kyi, Gambari Likely to Meet: NLD

By WAI MOE
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will probably meet with United Nations Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari during his forthcoming visit to Burma, her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), said on Thursday.
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Thailand denies refugee status to boat people

Thailand denies refugee status to boat people
RANONG, Thailand: A Thai court on Wednesday convicted 66 men detained at sea of illegally entering the country, raising the prospect they could be deported despite fears they may face persecution or death if sent back to Myanmar.
 
A Ranong provincial court judge fined each defendant 1,000 baht, or about $30 – a [...]

Inhumane Thai authorities planing to indirectly murder by deporting 78 Myanmar Rohingya boat people

Inhumane  Thai authorities planing to indirectly murder
by deporting 78 Myanmar Rohingya boat people
 
 

AFP/File – A Thai soldier checks the documents of a Myanmar migrant travelling in a boat in Thailand’s southern …

BANGKOK (AFP) – Dozens of migrants from Myanmar who washed up in Thailand this week were convicted Wednesday of illegal entry and will be deported, police said, raising fears that [...]

Because ASEAN support and protect SPDC, they must accept responsibility in Rohingya and all the Burmese refugee problems

Because ASEAN support and protect SPDC,
they must accept responsibility in Rohingya
and all the Burmese refugee problems
COMMENT: This mainstream media shamelessly censored out the atrocities committed by SPDC navy.
 
A COMPLEX, dual injustice against the Rohingya people of Myanmar now threatens to become a more complicated problem for governments in this region.
Even as a large, 40% minority [...]

AP:Muslim group flees Myanmar but faces more woe

comment-Why did Malaysia, Brunei and many
Muslim countries vote against this
UNGA resolution?
They voted against this to protect the criminal SPDC on 24 Dec 2008.
THEIR LEADERS ARE GUILTY ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC LAW AND HUMAN COMMON LAW FOR PROTECTING THE CRIMINALS.
DO THEY BELIEVE IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IN-FRONT OF ALLAH?
These ASEAN COUNTRIES always shamelessly protect SPDC everywhere.
They [...]

Why did Malaysia, Brunei and many Muslim countries vote against this UNGA resolution?

Why did Malaysia, Brunei and many
Muslim countries vote against this
UNGA resolution?
They voted against this to protect the criminal SPDC on 24 Dec 2008.
THEIR LEADERS ARE GUILTY ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC LAW AND HUMAN COMMON LAW FOR PROTECTING THE CRIMINALS.
DO THEY BELIEVE IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT IN-FRONT OF ALLAH?
These ASEAN COUNTRIES always shamelessly protect SPDC every where.
They refused [...]

Irrawaddy:Tensions Between Wa, Junta Continue to Rise

By LAWI WENG
Tensions between the Burmese military and the United Wa State Army (UWSA) have been mounting since a 30-member Burmese delegation led by Lt-Gen Ye Myint, the chief of Military Affairs Security, was forced to disarm during a visit to Wa-held territory in Shan State on January 19, according to sources in the area.
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UNGA: Situation of human rights in Myanmar

United Nations General Assembly 
 A/RES/63/245, Distr.: General, 23 January 2009 
 Sixty-third session Agenda item 64 (c) 
 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly 
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.3 and Corr.1)] 63/245.
Situation of human rights in Myanmar 
Agenda item 64 (c) 08-48549 

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 The General Assembly,  
 Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 and recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights2 [...]