Rohingyas – the new ‘boat people’

Marwaan Macan-Markar It had happened decades ago when Southeast Asia region was gripped by the fallout of the United States’ war in Vietnam. But the ‘boat people’ phenomenon is back, and this time it has to do with Burma’s Muslim Rohingyas fleeing harsh realities at home.

Myanmar to cooperate on Rohingya refugee issue

By MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR/from:thestaronlinenews HUA HIN (Thailand): Myanmar has finally agreed to cooperate with the Asean secretariat for data and information collection as the first step to resolving the Rohingya refugee problem plaguing several Asean members. Read more>>

Malaysia wants Myanmar to be open about refugee problem

By MERGAWATI ZULFAKAR HUA HIN (Thailand): The problem of Rohingya refugees fleeing from Myanmar has become a regional problem and Malaysia wants the military junta to address the matter. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim raised the issue at the Asean Foreign Ministers informal dinner on Thursday night where he stressed to Myanmar that [...]

Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia fails Human Rights standard test

  Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia fails Human Rights standard test He is usually not neutral because he knows which side of the bread is buttered. Pandikar Amin (WRONGLY, according to Human Rights standard) told Fong that he did not think that the term was insulting as pendatang haram referred to illegals. Earlier, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing’s (BN [...]

Myanmar government planning for another episode of Anti-Muslim riots

Myanmar government planning for another episode of Anti-Muslim riots               Dear Brother, I hope you can share the following news which is the part of a deliberate plan of the Military Junta of Burma to use its long term policy of using religious hatred to create the political environment [...]

The plight of the Myanmarese

By:Rizal Sukma /from:thejakatapost After Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last year, very few in the region took notice of the continuing plight and suffering of the Myanmarese. It was overshadowed by other events in the region and in other parts of the world.

South Africa accuses Israel Navy of killing hundreds of Palestinian boat people from Gaza

South Africa accuses Israel Navy of killing hundreds of Palestinian boat people from Gaza WARNING: Readers must read the lower part of this news/article to understand the truth. Those reading the upper part only and failed to continue could be mislead or miss the real message. Cape town, South Africa(AFP) — South Africa said Sunday that hundreds of people were missing at sea, believed [...]

Responsible Thai generals must be punished for torturing and killing of Imam

Responsible Thai generals must be punished for torturing and killing of Imam BANGKOK, Jan 11 – The death of an imam while in army custody last year will present Thailand’s new government with its first test of whether it can deliver justice in the country’s troubled southern provinces.   On Christmas Day, a court in Narathiwat ruled [...]

The Association of Religious Scholars (PUM) should acknowledge that at least Malaysiakini and Manjit Bhatia wrote one truth about Myanmar

The Association of Religious Scholars (PUM) should acknowledge that at least  Malaysiakini and Manjit Bhatia wrote one truth about Myanmar It didn’t even dare condemn the Burmese military thugs who rule Burma, whose justice is meted out in the Stalinist/Maoist standard of the end of gun’s barrel. Just look at how much braver Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines are [...]

ASEAN human rights body: Will it have an impact on Myanmar’s junta?

By : Djoko Susilo Almost a year ago, at a meeting of parliamentarians of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, I urged the ASEAN states to freeze Myanmar’s membership from the 10-member grouping since there had been no serious political will to implement democracy and protect human rights, such as by releasing its jailed political [...]

Asean’s day dream or nightmare

Asean’s day dream or nightmare Malaysiakini’s article by Josh Hong  Extracts only At an academic conference some years ago in Seoul, South Korea, Chua Beng Huat, a sociology professor at the National University of Singapore, remarked that Asean as a regional grouping had achieved nothing over the last few decades.

Please do not force the refugees in Malaysia to beg for money or to rob

Please do not force the refugees in Malaysia  to beg for money or to rob   The Right to a Basic Standard of Life in ISLAM Regarding the economic rights, the Holy Quran says: And in their wealth there is acknowledged right for the needy and destitute. (51:19) Anyone who needs help, irrespective of the race, religion [...]

AFP:Indonesia ratifies ASEAN charter

JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday ratified the Southeast Asian charter committing ASEAN member nations to promote democracy and human rights, clearing the way for its formal adoption before year’s end. The country was the last member of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations to ratify the charter, which also sets out rules, [...]

Human Rights of Burmese in Myanmar and Malaysia

Human Rights of Burmese in Myanmar and Malaysia Extracts from the Malaysiakini article by Josh Hong  Even with his years of political experience and decent academic credentials, Foreign Affairs Minister Rais Yatim (Malaysia) never seems to notice the speck in his eye when he suggests others have the beam in theirs. Yesterday at Parliament House, he told the press that [...]