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AMYOTHA HLUTTAW REPRESENTATIVEU ZAHID RAWMAN(A) U TAY WIN OFRAKHINE STATE CONSTITUENCY (7)ASKING QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT

PYITHU HLUTTAW REPRESENTATIVEU ZAW KIR AHMAD (A) U AUNG ZAWWIN OF MAUNGTAW CONSTITUENCYASKING QUESTIION IN PARLIAMENT

PYITHU HLUTTAW REPRESENTATIVEU ABDU RAWZAK (A) U SHWE MAUNGOF BUTHIDAUNG CONSTITUENCYASKING QUESTIION IN PARLIAMENT

UNION MINISTER FOR IMMIGARAAND POPULATION U KHIN YI ANSING QUESTION OF ROHINGYA MEOF AMYOTHA HLUTTAW

PROTESTS BY ROHINGYA COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE AGAINST THE IRRESPONSIBSTATEMENTS , LIES AND " SYSTEMATIC RACISM " OF USDP GOVERNMENT IN BURMA

ROHINGYA MPS ASKING QUESTIONS IN THE BURMESE PARLIAMENT TO

REDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THEIR PEOPLE IN ARAKAN

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EDITORIAL : ROHINGYA: AN INDIGE-NOUS RACE OF BURMACOVER STORY : ROHINGYA MPS ASKINGQUESTIONS IN THE BURMESE PARLIAMCOVER STORY : PROTESTS BY ROHINGYACOMMUNITY WORLDWIDE AGAINST .COVER STORY :ROHINGYAS EVERBIGGEST DEMONSTRATION IN TOKYO ..PRESS RELEASE : JOINT PRESS RELEASEEIGHT ROHINGYA ORGANISATIONSPRESS RELEASE : PRESS RELEASE OFARAKAN ROHINGYA UNION ( ARU )DAW SUU KYI WELCOMES MYITSONEHYDROPOWER DAM SUSPENSIONFROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY : THEHISTORIC RIGHT OF ROHINGYACITIZENSHIP OF ROHINGYA FAMILYREVOKED AND MEMBERS WERE .NEWS ANALYSIS : BURMESE GOVERN-MENT REAFFIRMS POLICY OF RACIAL .NEWS ASSESMENT: ARAKAN STATEIMMIGRATION AND POPULATION SEVEN DIE WHEN WWII BOMB EXPLODESIN WESTERN BURMAA ROHINGYA BETEL SHOPKEEPER SHOTDEAD BY NASAKANASAKA KILLED ANOTHER ROHINGYAVILLAGER IN MAUNGDAWSTEP UP REFORM EFFORTS : UNSECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON90 ROHINGYAS ARRESTED IN BANGLA-DESH ARE PUSHEDBACK TO BURMAMOULANA SHAMSUL ALAM IS NOMORE WITH USBACK COVER : 4 TH ANNIVERSARY OFSAFFRON REVOLUTION COMMEMORATEDAMID RESTRICTIONS

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It is an outrageous statement by the Immigration Minister of Burma inparliament regarding the Rohingyas of Arakan. In a primitive tun

branded them as Bengali infiltrators ignoring the history of Arakan

should study the original people of Arakan who were Indians simila

Rohingyas. The Rohingyas identified themselves with Burmese in

faith with a hope that they would be treated on the same line as Burm

and would be given equal rights. The Rakhine Buddhists have been t

as one of the indigenous races of Burma merely because they

Buddhists. If this religious distinction is eliminated the Muslims of Ara

will automatically come under the same racial category as the Rak

Buddhists. Islam had played an important part towards the advanceme

civilization in Arakan where Muslims and Buddhists lived side by sidcenturies with amity and concord as one family and ruled the cou

together. Coins and medallions were issued bearing "Kalima",

profession of faith in Islam in Persian script. Persian was the c

language of Arakan and the kings of Arakan adopted Muslim na

practiced Muslim manners and etiquettes.

Before the election of November 7, 2010, U Thein Sein,

present President of Burma, visited Buthidaung in his capacity as P

Minister of Burma. He appreciated the Rohingya people that they dre

like Burman and they could speak Burmese whereas some ethnic gro

dresses are different and they could not speak Burmese, thats wh

Rohingyas are the indigenous people of Burma. Brig. General Phone the then Deputy Home Minister visited Buthidaung and Maungdaw sev

times before the election to seek the Rohingyas' votes and promised,

and again, that pink cards of the indigenous people of Burma woul

issued to Rohingyas, for which, out of jealousy, the Rakhines called

'Kala Minister'. He is still a deputy minister in another ministry.

Regarding the Rohingyas the speech delivered by Brigadier Aung

former Vice Chief of Staff, was published in 8 July 1961 by"Myanmar Ain page 5 - 6. He said that the people of Mayu District are Muslims. the people of the western and eastern sides of the border are Muslimspeople of the west of the border are called Pakistanis. The people ofeast, who are in Burma, are called Rohingyas. It is not the only bowhere same people live in two countries: the same case isChinese border too. For example, in Kachin State there is Liesu in Burmside, also there is Liesu in Chinese side. As there is Eikaw in Burmside and also in China side. As there is Lawa in Burmese side there is Lawa in China. In this way as there is Shan in Burma, there is Thai in Cside. They speak same language both inside Burma and Thailand (sreligion, culture and appearance). In this way the people of same reliare in Pakistan side and (Rohingyas) in Burma.

It is of very great important for the Immigration Minister to study

rulings related to immigration of Burma, " HASAN ALI Vs Cont. P

ROHINGYA: AN INDIGENOUS RACE OF BURM

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ROHINGYA MPS ASKING QUESTIONS IN THE BURMESE PARLIAMENT TO REDRESS

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THEIR PEOPLE IN ARAKAN BY M. A. ALAM

www.rohingya.org I info@ rohingya.orgEDITORIAL

On 29 August 2011, the SecondRegular Session of First AmyothaHluttaw goes on for sixth day Session,the Union Minister for Immigration andPopulation U Khin Yi was chosen toanswer 3 questions raised by 2 RohingyaMPs in the parliaments . In response tothe question raised by U ZahidurRawman (a) U Htay Win of Rakhine StateConstituency (7) of Amyotha Hluttaw that

indigenous Myanmar Muslim voters inMaungdaw District of Rakhine Statecannot travel freely; to travel other Regionsor States for economic, education, healthand social reasons, they have to take outApplication Form (4) of ImmigrationDepartment under the directive ofNa-Sa-Ka, forcing them to face manydifficulties in socio-economic life; and howthe state will help address this issue ,Union Minister for Immigration andPopulation U Khin Yi answered that thosewho are labeled Myanmar Muslimswere assumed to be Bengalis inMaungdaw of Rakhine State;

UNION OF BURMA, MEHER ALI Vs THE UNION OF BURMA" Criminal Miscellaneous Applicants No. 155 of 1959Supreme Court BLR(SC) 187 The Burma Immigration(Emergency Provisions) Act in which the Rohingyas of Arakan wer

eased against the cases of immigration. The 1st respondent has mentioned, Section 4(2) of the Union Citizenship Act sh

not be lost sight of. A person descended from ancestors who for two generations have made Burma their permanent home

whose parents and himself were born in Burma, is a statutory citizen. Today in various parts of Burma there are pe

who because of their origin and isolated way of life, are totally unlike the Burmese in appearance or speak of events which

occurred outside the limits their habitation. They are nevertheless statutory citizens under the Union Citizenship Act. The

tention of Hasan Ali and Meher Ali, Under Section 7(2) of the Burma Immigration (Emergency Provisions) Act under the or

of an immigration officer were held unwarranted in law and therefore the orders under which they were detained in the

goon Central Jail were quashed and they were ordered to release forthwith.

The Muslims of North Arakan have been together as a race in a group from time immemorial in a territory included w

the Union of Burma. They have their proud history, culture and tradition. There is no justification to take them as foreigne

the simple reason that they profess Islam and keep Muslim names ignoring the kings of Arakan with Muslim names.

Rohingyas have been experiencing wrong and injustices for very long. Conspiracies after conspiracies have long been hatc

out against them with a view to exterminating the entire Rohingya people. The government has been obliterating the histo

once glorious people. Historical establishments, antiques, monuments sites. etc. were destroyed. Rohingya people still

the memory of how they were treated as an indigenous race, their language broadcast from the BBS and their culture prom

during the democratic rule in Burma.

The ethnic Ta Line has become Mon, Taung Thu is now Pa-Oh, Karenni is known as Kaya, Jim Phaw as Kachin, etc. It i

unfair to call the Muslims of Arakan as Rohingya as they like to be called so. While changes of cities from Akyab to SitRangoon to Yangon, Arakan to Rakhine, Burma to Myanmar, etc. taking place, the centuries old ethnic name of Rohing

branded as a name created in post-independent Burma by the ultra nationalist Burmese and Rakhines. Many plans have

drawn and implemented by the successive military regimes of Burma, to conceal the reality but history has proved that re

always resurfaces and injustice has never got its hold. Their ill designs against the Rohingyas are never accepted by the so

Arakan and the world's eye could catch what are what and who is who. ##

as Maungdaw neighboured with anothercountry for about 152 miles andBengalis in Maungdaw have sharedcommon religion, culture, appearanceand language with their counterparts inanother country, they have exchangedcommunications between the two coun-tries a long time ago; Taking advantage

of these facts, the foreign Benillegally entered our resourcecountry and mixed with Bengalis by marriages. As theremass migration, 180,000 were grefuge after being scrutinized bygarmin Operation and Hintha Pla1978 in need of stability of bordegion and nationalism; the 230000

refuge again till July 2005 in Cont.

AMYOTHA HLUTTAW REPRESENTATIVEU ZAHID RAWMAN(A) U TAY WIN OFRAKHINE STATE CONSTITUENCY (7)ASKING QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT

UNION MINISTER FOR IMMIGARATAND POPULATION U KHIN YIANSWEING QUESTION OF ROHINGMEMBER OF AMYOTHA HLUTTA



measures under the bilateral

agreement started on 22 September, 1992;to date, the refugee camp is still openingbut no person requested refuge; though,the migration is still happening; and thesemigrations penetrate not only into theneighbouring region but deep into thecountry.

These facts cause complexities; sothe Application Travel Form (4) is used to

scrutinize them as the security of the Stateand the national duties.

The use of Travel Form (4) is not thetravel ban but a application of scrutinysystem; they are allowed to go everyvillage and even every places where theyike to visit in the township; if they were

about to go beyond the township in thestate, the permission of respective town-ship, district and State immigration andnational registration departments isneeded and the permission of regionalauthority with the recommendation ofState head of the department is needed totravel outside the state; to date, allapplications for travel which satisfy theconditions are passed; depending uponeducation, health and social needs, theextensions are allowed; from 1 January,2011 to 28 August, 2011, 360 persons areallowed to travel to Yangon; many are al-owed extensions; in regard of education,

there are 23 students in respective univer-sities as the extension for education wasncreased to the whole academic year

from 1 July, 2011 to 28 August, 2011.From 2005 to 2011, 258 migrants were

arrested, but no action was taken againstthem and they were sent back to their

original places; the number hundredsndicate that the systematic supervision isstill needed. So, the Application Form (4)s used in need of States security and

nationalism as the foreign Bengalisllegally migrated into Maungtaw of

Rakhine State.Another Rohingya MP of Pyithu

Hluttaw, U Zaw Kir Ahmed (a) UAung Zaw Win of Maungtaw Con-stituency asked about when the gov-ernment will exchange nationalscrutiny cards (pink card) with tem-porary national identity cards (whitecard) for Myanmar local Muslims inMaungtaw District of Rakhine State.

In response, the UnionMinister said that it is assumedthat the usage of local MyanmarMuslim means Bengalis residing inthe region. The existing law saysthat no one can apply for dualcitizenship at the same time and ifhe or she wants to apply for Myan-mar citizenship, he or she mustlegally forgo the citizenship ofother countries.

According to respective countrieslaws, they need not to be citizens of thesaid countries. They need to presentcertification that they have not registeredat related foreign embassy relating tooriginal race as its citizens, and they havenot applied for passport. Article 3 ofMyanmar Citizenship Law (1982) which iscurrently practicing prescribes thatKachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon,

Rakhine and Shan national races andtribes permanently living in any region ofthe country before 1185 ME (1823 AD) astheir original country are Myanmarcitizens. According to the law, if anyoneis not component of national races ortribes, he or she needs to submit certifica-tions to strongly confirm as a citizen.

Issuing national scrutiny card is notbased on race and religion. It is concernedwith the competence of a citizens featuresprescribed in Myanmar Citizenship Lawwhich was passed on 15 October 1982.Detailed explanation about MyanmarCitizenship Law (1982) has been given on

26 August in replying to the question ofPyithu Hluttaw representative U TheinNyunt from Thingangyun Constituency.Only when those concerned can presentfirm certification of their ancestors, willthey get citizenship scrutiny card.

Our service personnel will issuecitizenship scrutiny card to those qualifiedto be a citizen. According to MyanmarCitizenship Law (1982) and ForeignerRegistration Act (1940), those living inMyanmar need to have citizenshipscrutiny card or associate citizen certifi-cate or naturalized citizenship certificateor foreigner registration certificate or tem-porary identity certificate. Those who can-not show such card or certificates will betemporarily assumed that they aredoubted citizens and need to havetemporary identity certificate. In order toget any card, those who are in compe-tence of the provisions of MyanmarCitizenship Law (1982) need to apply forcitizenship with the recommendation ofcommittee for scrutinizing citizen, asso-ciate citizen, naturalized citizen andaccording to (1983) NaturalizedCitizenship Rules and Regulations 46. Forthe applicants, supervisory committees

have been formed at region/state andtownship level. From 24 November 2009 todate, 105,051 persons who are doubtedcitizens have been granted citizenship.

In order to issue any kind of identitycards to half-blooded persons living notonly in Maungtaw of Rakhine State butalso across the country, measures arebeing taken in accord with Law, proce-dure , and rules and regulations by arrang-ing files taking time. Due to illegal migra-tion and association of Bengalis from theneighboring country to the country, thereare complications of population difficult

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to define who is whoSo, it is needed to take time to

with such issues because of natsecurity and national affairs. Still, suting the required certification is a kechanging of national scrutiny

Measures will be taken for smooth pdure flow at appropriate moment.In response to the question raised

Shwe Maung (a) U Adu Rawza

Buthidaung Constituency that to travYangon for health, social and econmatters, about 90 per cent of locals Buthidaung and Maungtaw of Rakhine Scost about K 30,000 for the distance Buthidaung and Maungtaw to SittwayK 400,000 from Sittway to Yangon iillegal way. He asked how Cont. P.

PYITHU HLUTTAW REPRESENTATIVEU ZAW KIR AHMAD (A) U AUNG ZAWWIN OF MAUNGTAW CONSTITUENCASKING QUESTIIONS IN PARLIAME

PYITHU HLUTTAW REPRESENTATIVU ABDU RAWZAK (A) U SHWE MAUNBUTHIDAUNG CONSTITUENCY ASKQUESTIIONS IN PARLIAMENT


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the government will tackle such

according to the needs of

security and national affairs, there arecooperative groups including respectivedepartments running checks at requiredpoints along the route from Buthidaungand Maungtaw to Sittway and Yangon soas to prevent illegal Bengali migrationfrom the neighboring country. If there areany sufferers, they need to come forwardwith accurate attestation with exact timeand place legally. Millions of pamphletshave been given out to fight bribery andcorruption. Phone and fax numbers areshown in public making field trips, airingnterviews on Myanmar TV and Myawady

TV, on pages of journals and magazines,aunching departmentowned website. The

sufferers can make complaints and door isopening to constructive advices.So far, many locals from regions and

states are cooperating in the form ofasking confusion and reporting mattersneeded to be changed. The ministry tookactions like dismissal, demotion andtransfer against 12 governmental staffwho did not adhere to directive of theministry as of 1 July. So, any cases thatcome along with right evidence will benvestigated and take action if true. For

emergence of good governance and cleangovernment, efforts are being made inaccord with the guidelines of heads.

Regarding the second question, illegalmigration of Bengalis from the neighbor-ng country has effect not only on adjoin-ng region but also on inner part of the

country including Kachin, Kayin, Shan andMon states. Why travel form-4 is used isthat migrants are not distinguishable andt is according to national security and

affairs. That is why security is beingtightened up. In traveling across the

country, anyone is to submit overnightguest list and request to renew it. Actionwill be taken if he or she does not follow it.It is a system for national security. Actionwas taken against 278 migrants across thecountry from 2005 to 29, August 2011despite efforts. So it is still necessary totake approach to such measures.

Using travel form-4 does not meandeterrence of travel. It is just for

inspection measures in a systematic way.In the system, anyone can go around thetownship freely. If needed to travel toother township in a state, he or she is tohave permission of township/district/statestaff officers. To travel to other state, localauthorities are reported with thepermission of state staff officer.

The ministry has permitted those whohave immigration qualifications to traveland extended their stay when they reporton their purpose of education, health andsocial affairs. Therefore, for the statesecurity and national concern,immigration form-4 is used to stop the

illegal migration Bengalis and the ministryis strictly carrying out the task as it isnecessity.

On 1 September 2011, the SecondRegular Session of First Amyotha Hluttawcontinued for ninth day at AmyothaHluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building in Nay PyiDaw Two Hluttaw representatives raisedtwo questions which were answered byUnion Minister for Defence Lt-Gen. HlaMin.

Regarding the question raised by UZayad Rawmam (a) U Htay Win of Rakhine

State Constituency (7) there are twosorts of household registrationcertificate for indigenous Myanmar vot-ers in Buthidaung and Maungtaw Town-ships in Rakhine State issued by Immi-gration and Population Department andBorder Immigration Headquarters( BIH ); while the BIH conducts surprisecheck, those who visits another village

www.rohingya.org I info@ rohingya.orgCOVER STORYCharged without committing any offesome hide away in the fear of those chawith the possibility that their children bothis situation will not be illegitimate; hoState will help those people tackle that , the Union Minister said that MaunDistrict has a significant geograplocation sharing border with Bangladeland and water; the deprivation c

happen as paddy production do not the demand of northern Maungtaw Diincluding Maungtaw, Buthidaung Rathedaung Townships if compared its coverage, the population becodenser and the birth rate outnuminternational standard at a breakspeed; one square-mile land in MaunTownship host 870 persons, that in Tapyu Letwe Sub-Township, 701, and ththe entire Rakhine State, 233 personspopulation density of Bangladesh whiadjacent to the region is 1217 personone square mile; disproportionate ratpopulation density and land area couldto a population burst in the future; and if the traveling Bengali breach A29 (1) of 1951 Union of Myanmar ResRegistration Rule, they will be chaunder Article 6(1) and 6(2) of 1949 UniMyanmar Resident Registration Act.

On 6 September 2011, the second resession of First Pyithu Hluttaw contifor 12th day at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall of

taw Building. U Zaw Kir Ahmad (a) U Zaw Win of Maungtaw Constituency saidas most of the mosques in wards and villfor local Islams in Maungtaw DistriRakhine State are old and damaged,face difficulties because local authoritinot allow repairing and construction ofones. He asked how the State will help overcome the difficulties. The UMinister for Religious Affairs Thura U MMaung replied that when the renovatiold and damaged mosques, churchesHindu temples in the Republic of the Uof Myanmar are submitted to the minwith the recommendations of local autties to the attachment of maintenance and documentary photos of dambuildings, respective region and state

gious affairs officer and party will mafield trip to the sites and submit the reto the Ministry of Religious Affairs. discussing it at the management commof the ministry, the remarks on the rwill be replied on religious affairs poiview. There is no submission on repathe mosque in Maungtaw TownshiRakhine State to the Ministry of ReligAffairs. When applications are submittline with the prescribed rules and retions, the Ministry of Religious Affaiready to give any assistance to them. #MILITARY DOMINATED BURMESE PARLIAMENT SESSION IN 2011

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Rohingya communities in 8countries around the world held an

nternational day of action THE

on 15 September 2011 to condemnthe racist policies of Thein SeinsUSDP government. They held demon-stration in front of Burmese Embassy,or gathering in the home, office wherethe situation is not favorable toorganize demonstration and self-sitting for hunger-strike, according toRohungya organizations worldwide.

The worldwide protest was heldagainst statements of Burmese UnionMinister for Immigration and Popula-tion U Khin Yi in Amyotha Hlutttaw

( Burmese Nationalities Parliament )on 29 August 2011.

In London the Burmese RohingyaOrganization UK (BROUK) hadorganized the event. Around 200Rohingya, members of the differentBurmas ethnic groups (Kachin,Karen, Chin), democratic activists andhuman rights organizations BurmaCampaign UK, 88 GenerationStudents, Christian Solidarity World-wide, Burma Democratic Concern andBurmese Muslim Association UK --protested outside Burmese Embassyn London on 15 September 2011 at

12:00 13:30, according to Tun Khin ,President, Burmese Rohingya Organi-zation UK (BROUK).

Mr. Nurul Islam Arakan RohingyaNational Organization, Mr. Chris RingDu Lachung Kachin NationalOrganisation, Mr. Ko Aung 88 Stu-dentGeneration, Mr. Van Biak Thang Chinland Guardian News, a represen-tative of Burma Democratic Concern,

Mr. Mathew Jones Christian SolidarityWorldwide, Waihnin Pwintthon (adaughter of a Political Prisoner), Mrs.Nant Bwa Bwa Phan Karen CommunityUK, Anna Roberts Burma CampaignUK, Mr. Kyaw Zwa Burma MuslimAssociation and Mr. Shwekey Hoipang Chin Community UK, had givenspeeches in the event, according toBROUK information desk.

In his keynote speech, the ARNOpresident Nurul Islam stressed that theRohingya have had a long glaringhistory, the phenomenal rule ofkingmakers, their Muslim ruleparticularly from 1430-1531, and therecognition of their legal status as a

natural citizens and indigenous peopleby the Burmas parliamentary govern-ment (s) and democracy groups.BROUK president Tun Khin demandedimmediate withdrawal and cessation ofanti-Rohingya propaganda and humanrights violations by the Burmese civil-ianized military regime and restitutionof Rohingyas citizenship and ethnicrights in their homeland in Burma.

Asserting the recognition ofRohingya as one of the many ethnicnationalities of Burma by the interna-tional community, including the UN, 88Generation leader Mr. Aung termed it a

gross injustice to reject them asBurmese nationals.

Mr. Shwekey Hoipang, a Chin activ-ist and Christian pastor who worked inArakan State in the 1990s, had given hiseyewitness accounts of human rightsviolations, systematic persecution anddiscrimination against the Rohingyas bythe military dictatorship. Saya ShwekeyHoipang said the Rohingyas Cont. P. 7


DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS PARTICIPATED DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON," THE ROHINGLOBAL DAY OF ACTION"

ROHINGYAS IN JAPAN PARTICIPATED DEMONSTRATION IN TOKYO," THE ROHINGLOBAL DAY OF ACTION"

: THE ROHINGYA GLOBAL DAY OF ACTIONPROTESTS BY ROHINGYA COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE AGAINST THE IRRESPONSIBLESTATEMENTS , LIES AND " SYSTEMATIC RACISM " OF USDP GOVERNMENT BY M. A. ALA

SENIOR POLITICAL LEADERS OF ROHINGYA HADFOR A MEETING IN BANGLADESH TO SUPTHE ROHINGYA GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION

ROHINGYA, BURMESE ETHNIC GROUPS (KACHINKAREN, CHIN) AND DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS PARPATED THE DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON.

ARNO PRESIDENT NURUL ISLAM, SPEAKING IN DEMONSTRATIONIN LONDON, ON " THE ROHINGYA GLO BAL DAY OF ACTION"


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are the worst victims in

Burma and demanded religious free-dom for all peoples of the country.

Condemning the Thein Seinregime Mr. Hamza Kyaw Zwa, a senioreader of the Burmese Muslim

Association said, How U Kyaw Min, aRohingya MP elected in 1990, couldbe jailed for 47 years, together with

his wife three daughters for 17 yearseach, under immigration law. One ofthe daughters is suffering from seri-ously illness in the jail. This injustices unacceptable.

Ms. Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, whosefather is one of the many politicalprisoners still serving a jail sentencehighlighted the situation in Burma,and said: "When we talk about free-dom, it is not only for one person butfor all the peoples in Burma."

In Bangladesh some seniorRohingya political leaders had sat fora meeting to support The Rohingya

Global Day of Action and condemnedUSDP minister U Khin Yi for brandingRohingya Muslims of Arakan as illegalBengali immigrants.

The protest concluded peacefullywith further demands for immediateifting of all restrictions on the

Rohingyas freedom of movement,marriage, education and for uncondi-tional release of all politicalprisoners, including Rohingya MP UKyaw Min and his family.

A joint statement released by 8Rohingya communities Organizationsworldwide and other three individual

Rohingya organizations called on Bur-mese government to immediately re-store the fundamental human rightsand freedom, citizenship rights andethnic rights of the Rohingya in thecountry.

The eight Rohingya organizationsare: the Arakan Rohingya NationalOrganization (ARNO); the Burmese

Rohingya Organization UK (BROUK);the Rohingya League for DemocracyBurma (RLDB); the Burmese RohingyaAssociation Japan (BRAJ); the BurmeseRohingya Community in Australia(BRCA); the Burmese Rohingya Com-munity in Norway (BRCN); the CanadianBurmese Rohingya Organization(CBRO) and the Free RohingyaCampaign (FRC). The other three indi-vidual Rohingya organizations are: theArakan National Congress (ANC); theRohingya Concern International (RCI)and the Burmese Rohingya Associationof North America (BRANA). ##


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Mrs. Nant Bwa Bwa Phan Waihnin Pwint Tho

Karen Community UK. A daughter of Political Pri

Anna Roberts Excutive

Director Burma Campaign UK

Ring Du Lachaung

Kachin National Organisation UKMr. Mathew Jones - Ko Aung -

Christian Solidarity Worldwide 88 Generation Students

Mr. Shwekey Hoipang Mr. Kyaw Zwa

Chin Community in UK Burma Muslim Associatio

BURMESE ROHINGYA ORGANISATION UK ( BROUK ) PRESIDENT TUN KHIN, SPEAKING IN THE DEMONSTRATIONIN FRONT OF BURMESE EMBASSAY IN LONDON, ON " THE ROHINGYA GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION"



On 15 September 2011, the BurmeseRohingya Association in Japan(BRAJ) organized ever biggestDemonstration rally in front of TokyoBurmese Embassy in response to thenew USDP Governments racist state-

ment in parliaments of Burma againstethnic Rohingyas.

The Rohingyas in Japan participated THE ROHINGYA GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION"

with the enthusiasm of their loves fortheir nation. The protest was startedwith the explanation of why they arestaging this demonstration by BRAJPresident Zaw Min Htut and represen-tatives from various organizationsworking for human rights in Japanmade their speeches in support ofRohingya cause. The Rohingyasstrongly condemn the irresponsible

statements and lies in the Parliamentby the Thein Sein Regime ministers isnothing but an open threat to continuedenying the Rohingya people of theirrights and freedom including theirright to nationality and residencewithin territory of the state.

The response of the USDPministers to the queries of RohingyaMPs in the parliament were full ofhatred and were deliberate attempts toperpetrate human rights violationscontinuously against the innocent andpeace-loving Rohingya people. TheRohingyas in the country and

overseas alike strongly condemn themilitary back semi-democraticgovernment of Burma for its baselessand concocted allegations against theRohingya people in the highestpolitical forum. Such a foolishstatement or uncivilized behavior istantamount to committing crimesagainst humanity.

The Rohingyas in Japan call uponthe international communities to comeforward to protect their rights andfreedom and legitimate interests. TheRohingyas at the rally demanded thatthe USDP Government immediately

restore the fundamental human rightsand freedom, citizenship rights andethnic rights of the Rohingya people.

There were about 90 people partici-pated at the rally including someJapanese and Burmese communities.Before concluding the rally BRAJpresident read out the joint statement ofRohingya organizations and handed outthe statement and other historicaldocument to the Embassy mail box. Therally was lasted about one and halfhours. The peaceful demonstration wasended with the slogans: WE WANT OURCITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND ETHNIC RIGHTSNOW, RIGHT NOW . . RIGHT NOW. WEWANT OUR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE. COMEON BROTHER LETS GET OUR ACT TO-GETHER !! LONG LIVE THE ROHINGYAGLOBAL DAY !!

The Rohingya problem was acreation of the Burmese ruling Junta, itwas created by denying the Rohingyascitizenship rights which is inalienable, aright that cannot be taken away byenacting discriminatory law. TheRohingyas have been settling in Arakanfrom long before the British occupationof the country. In fact the forefathers of

Rohingyas had entered into Arakan fromtime immemorial. The Burmese rulingJunta do not try to know, that theRohingyas have a long history, traditionand culture that they had built up inArakan by their long and historicsettlement. In fact the Rohingyas havebeen settling in Arakan for more than athousand years. ##


MEMBERS OFJAPANESE AND BURMESE COMMTIES PARTICIPATED THE DEMONSTRATION IN TO

" THE ROHINGYA GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION"

ROHINGYAS IN JAPAN PARTICIPATED THE DEMORATION IN FRONT OF TOKYO BURMESE EMBA" THE ROHINGYA GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION "

BRAJ MEMBERS WITH SOME JAPANESE AND BUMCOMMUNITIES PARTICIPATED THE DEMONSTRATI

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ROHINGYAS EVER BIGGEST DEMONSTRATION IN TOKYO AGAINST

NEW USDP GOVERNMENTS RACIST STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENTS

ROHINGYAS IN JAPAN PROTESTING IN FRONT OFBURMESE EMBASSY IN TOKYO ON THE ROHINGGLOBAL DAY OF ACTION



Following is a joint press release dated 14 th. September 2011, issued by Arakan Rohingya National Organisanisation UK (BROUK), Rohingya League for Democracy Burma (RLDB), Burmese Rohiya Community in Australia (BRCA), Burmese Rohingya Community in NoCanadian Burmese Rohingya Organization (CBRO), Free Rohingya Campaign (FRC).JOINT STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE IRRESPONSIBLE RACIST STATEMENTS IN THPARLIAMENT BY THE USDP GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AGAINST THE ETHNIC ROHINGYThe following joint statement is issued by the Rohingya organizations worldwide against the responses of the concerned Uministers (one of them is former police chief U Khin Yi, Minister for Immigration and Population) to the questions raised byRohingya MPs at the first formal parliamentary sessions on the issues and problems (human rights violations) being faced byMuslim Rohingyas of Arakan.

1. The responses of the USDP ministers in the parliament were full of hatred and are deliberate attempts to perpetrate human rviolations against the Rohingya people. We strongly condemn the Thein Sein government for its baseless and concocted allegaagainst the Rohingya people (of illegal immigrants) in the highest political forum. Such a foolish statement or uncivilized behavitantamount to committing crimes against humanity.

2. Since Dictator Ne Win, for about half a century, grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity have been perpetragainst the ethnic Rohingya by way inventing make-believe stories while putting the otherwise peacefully living communitieRohingyas and Rakhine at loggerheads.

3. The irresponsible statements and lies in the parliament by the Thein Sein regime is nothing but an open threat to continue den

the Rohingya people of their rights and freedom, including their right to nationality and residence within the borders of the State.

4. The unfounded and irresponsible accusation against the ethnic Rohingya by the USDP ministers as illegal Bangladeshi infiltraBengalis not only contradicts with the Rohingya historicity but also disagrees with the annual reports and statements of the varnternational Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations. The real story is the other way, as about 1.5 million Rohing

who have had to leave their homeland to escape persecution since 1942, are already in Diasporas in many countries of the wnternational community and UNHCR have confirmed that there is a protracted emergency in Bangladesh as result of the infl

Rohingya refugees from Burma.

f the Rohingyas were illegal Bengali infiltrators why Thein Sein and many other former SPDC ministers assured the Rohingya vof restoring soon the Rohingyas rights and freedom during their election campaigns to northern Arakan.

5. The open rejection of Rohingya people by Thein Sein government requiring them Form-4 to travel from place to place like alietantamount to making them stateless in violation of the international covenants or treaties on reduction of statelessnessprotection of minorities and the helpless people. We strongly denounce the Thein Sein government for having such wicked attit

towards Rohingyas.

6. The USDP ministers hatefully tag the Rohingya children as black list babies accusing that their fathers have fled (inpersecution) and illegally entered again into Arakan and have produced babies by unlawfully living together with their wiveswhom they have legal wedlock. It is a clear violation of the Childs Rights under Conventions and international law.

7. It is an affront to the humanity as well as to the people and government of Bangladesh that the Thein Sein government is fircontinue applying the so-called Burma Citizenship law of 1982, which was enacted in violation of the terms of international custoaw, particularly to denationalize the Rohingya people by accusing them of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

8. Thein Sein government was particularly critical of the Muslim Rohingyas common religion, culture, appearance and languagethe people of Bangladesh in order to accuse them as aliens. Here it is worth-mentioning that Burma is an ethnically diverse couNot only the Rohingya, all ethnic peoples (Kachin, Kayah, Karen, Chin, Mon, Rakhine, etc.) living along all the Burma borders common religion, culture, appearance and language with the peoples living in the adjacent countries. Despite this the ministers mthe Rohingyas special target for being Muslims with a view to accelerating its ethnic-cleansing policy.

9. The extreme view expressed by the USDP dictatorship implying the need for the extermination of Rohingya as a national secplan reveals how much they abhor and preach systematic hatred against the Rohingyas (on grounds of ethnicity and religion). Iserious concern that the foregoing statements of the Burmese civilianized military regime against the ethnic Rohingya peoplethreat to regional and international peace and security. We, therefore, call upon the international community, UN Security Councits member States, EU, ASEAN, OIC to mount effective pressures on the Thein Sein government to cease its ongoing human ri

violations against the Rohingyas; to protect their rights and freedom and legitimate interests; and to provide them with necesassistance. Meanwhile, we demand that the USDP government immediately restore the fundamental human rights and freedcitizenship rights and ethnic rights of the Rohingya people. ##

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Following is a press release dated 8th. September 2011, issued by ARAKAN ROHINGYA UNION ( ARU ) from U.S.A OffiARAKAN ROHINGYA UNION (ARU) REFUTES THE FALSE STATEMENTS ON ROHINGYA ETHNIC MINORITY

MADE BY JUNTA MINISTERS AT HLUTTAWS ( PARLIAMENTS ) SESSIONSThe Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU) denounces the false and fabricated statements made by the Burmese Milit

Minister of Immigration and Population Affair, U Khin Yi ( the former Police Chief) in the parliament sessions held in NaypyBurma, on August 31 and September1, 2011. The followings are highlights of the false statements by the ministeare challenged by ARU with facts:

Statement 1: The population (referring to the Rohingya) in Maungdaw in Rakhine State is assumed to be Bengalis (the Bangladesbecause they share common physical appearance, culture, religion, and language Dialect with those in Bangladesh.

Fact: The Minister contradicted the historical facts that the Rohingya popula8on pre--existed Bri8sh colonial rule in their nArakan several hundred years prior to the arbitrary demarcation of Burma--Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) by the Bri8sh in

Statement 2: The Bengali illegal immigrants entered Burma due to rich natural resources in Arakan State.

Fact: Northern Arakan, has always been the least developed and economically most depressed region in Burma with Limnatural resources.

Statement 3: In a mass migration of Bengalis to Arakan State, 180,000 Bengalis were scrutinized in 1978, and 230,000 in 2005

they were given refuge for stability in the border region and nationalism through the operations such as Nagamin (King Drag

Flames) and Hintha (a Burmese mythological bird of guardianship base on ultranationalist ideology).Fact: The na8onalist and xenophobic Burmese junta never allows foreigners to settle in Burma. A so-called gesture of goo

nationalism to nearly half-a-million alleged illegal Bengali immigrants by the Junta to settle in Arakan State for border stas tantamount to a mockery of its own policy of intolerance of Rohingya and Ethnic cleansing. The Rohingya evidence to the

repatriated to their native land as the military could not present on iota of interna8onal community that they were Bengalis.The Nagamin and Hintha opera8ons that drove half-a-million of Rohingya out of Arakan were a Mis- calculated e

cleansing projects.

Statement 4. There are no travel bans on this Bengali population. Because some of these Bengali had penetrate deep intocountry, the Travel Form- 4 is required to be approved by the authority to travel to other destinations. A total of 360 pe

were allowed to travel, and 23 students were allowed to go to college.

Facts: Of over 2 million Rohingyas in Arakan State, 360 individuals were allowed to travel with a 30--day stay-- permit, closing

person in excess of Kyat 200,000( extortion, not fees), plus additional Kyat 100,000 for each extra 30 days, for up to 90 A small group of students were granted admission to a college in SiNwe, but they were denied travel permits a Catch

Statement 5. From 2005 to 2011 (in 6 years), a total of 278 Bangladeshis were apprehended for illegally entering Burma.Fact : Each year Nasaka (Burmese Border Security) Force apprehends several Bangladeshi fishermen from the Bay of Beoften by crossing over to Bangladesh territorial water or at high seas at interna8onal water. These apprehension strategiedevised by Nasaka to use as false statistics for branding Rohingya as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.

Statement 6. Bangladeshis illegally enter Arakan State and get married with local women (implying Rohingya women) bthey head off to Rangoon and deep into the country; therefore, marriage permits are required.

Fact :ARU challenges Burmese Junta to produce a shred of evidence of a Bangladeshi man getting married to a Roh

woman anywhere in Arakan State. The non--issuance of marriage permit is essen8ally a ban on marriages amRohingya couples targeting at popula8on reduc8on and eventual elimination of Rohingya ethnic minority through a new baby Strategy.

ARU calls on the Rohingya people worldwide, its fellow citizens in Burma and overseas, and the international commun

Denounce these false allegations and fabrications made by the Burmese Military Juntas minister in the Parliamentary session ag

Rohingya ethnic minority. The parliament and the Burmese Military Junta must take immediate steps to retract the false statemmade by its minister at the parliament sessions, and unconditionally reinstate all political and human rights to the Rohingya e

minority. ##

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The construction at Myitsone Dam.

DAW SUU KYI WELCOMES MYITSONE HYDROPOWER DAM SUSPENSIOFriday, Sep. 30, 2011, Rangoon : Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kywelcomed the suspension of the Myitsone Hydropower dam announcedBurmese President Thein Sein on Friday. She made the comment during a meewith a government minister, Aung Kyi, at a government guesthouse in RangThe two also discussed the release of political prisoners, protection ofIrrawaddy River and peace with ethnic armed groups. Thein Sein told Parliamea letter that he will suspend construction on the Myitsone dam for the duratiohis presidency. ##



Indian admixture..... the earlier dynastiesare thought to have been Indian, rulingover a population similar to that ofBengal."Pamela(1976,pages44-45) writesthat the Wissali state was established byMahawira Min of the west of Naf River in600 612 CE at Purma of present dayMaungdaw Township. Purma was a sea-port in accordance to the records of thetourists in 2nd century. From Purma, theWissali state was established by conquer-ing small states adjacent to it. KingMahawira and his subjects were Indiansimilar to todays Rohingyas. Rohingyasare not solely descended from migrants'people but are the local indigenous peopleliving in Arakan since the dawn of thehistory that later embraced cultural andreligious reformation to upgrade theirancient tradition. It might be from the timeof 1202 CE when the Muslims conqueredBengal and converted to Islam. (Dr, Than Tun).

In the 'Kyaukza' stone inscription serialNo. 963/20-23-804- Burmese Era 1442 C.E.there is indication of Muslim king's reignof Arakan in 14th century who werefriends of Burmese kings and used to visitthem. The kings of Arakan had Muslimtitles. If they were not the Muslim kingsmentioned in the inscription, the Muslimkings of Arakan might be RohingyaMuslim kings, from the Mayu River valley,the eastern side of the Naf River.Rohingyas claim their existence overthousands years. (Dr. Than Tun). In 1795Francis Buchanan was attached assurgeon to Captain Michael Symes, Am-bassador of British to Burma, Embassy inEva, the capital of Burma. He travelled toBurma through Arakan Yoma and used his

journey to collect and record informationon many aspects of life in Arakan, Burmaand the Andaman Islands. He wrote that, "Ishall now add three dialects, spoken in theBurmese Empire. The first is that spokenby the Mohammadans, who have longsettled in Arakan and who call themselvesRooinga, native of Arakan," FracisBuchanan, "The language of Burma", Asi-atic Researches (Calcutta) Vol. 5 (1801).

There is a historic stone pillar of Vesali

Chandra Dynnasty(788-957 CE) known asVesali stone pillar or Ananda Chandra'sstone pillar, which is now lies close to theShittaung Phaya Pagoda's entrance downthe stairway in the old Mrauk-U city. Thepillar has inscriptions on three sides east, west, and northern side. The north-ern side of the pillar has a total of 78 linesof inscription of which, 69 lines were writ-ten in Proto-Bengali script. In the 42ndline, the name of Arakan (country) waswritten "Arakandesh". (Pamela Gutman:Ancient Arakan, Ph.D. Thesis, AustraliaNational University, 1976.)

With the passage of time, there caexist two distinct communities of Rohand Rakhine in Arakan out of those hgeneous races of and tribes and are eentitled to similar historical rights. Boindigenous peoples characterised by tive criteria, such as historical contand subjective factors including self- fication, which need to define an indigpeople, and entitled to have the right onic origin from Arakan. It means that,Rakhines have a 'historic right' in Athe Rohingyas have also the same riArakan. ##

FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORYTHE HISTORIC RIGHT OF ROHINGYA

BY AFK JILANIU Khin Yi, Burmese minister ofImmigration made the false andfabricated statement in the Parlia-ment. The minister contradicted thehistory of Arakan and Rohingyas. Asa police chief and a deputy minister

he attended the Barly Process in2009 for the crisis of the boatpeople. There his false statementswere refuted by the honourableForeign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr.Dipu Moni. Strongly refuting him onthe origin of the Rohingyas DipuMoni asserted that Rohingyas wereone of the many races that make upMyanmar's total population. Shereminded that Rohingyas have beenin Myanmar for centuries and manyof them have even hold high postsin the Burmese government.

Just by excluding from any listwill not make them anything otherthan an ethnic entity of Myanmar.

She stressed the need for a multilateralapproach by the countries of the region tosolve the Rohingya problem. Previousrepatriation of quite a few hundredthousand Rohingyas and acceptance ofist of further 28,000 Rohingyas proved

that they were very much part of thepopulation of Myanmar. She also said thatRohingya, who are predominantly residingn northern Arakan State in Western

Burma, had national radio programmes intheir language in Burma. There U Khin Yi

had denied that Rohingya had no marriagerestriction while many Rohingyas wereserving jail for marriage withoutpermissions.

It is not possible to ascribe to Rakhinesa 'historic right', the right of first occupieras many historical evidence confirmedthat it was a Hindu Indian state in the styleof the period. Arakan, in fact, a continua-tion of the Chittagong plain was neitherpurely a Burmese nor an Indian territoryuntil 18th century A.D. It was an independ-ent kingdom. According to MS Collis, 'thearea now known as north Arakan had beenfor many years before the 8th century the

seat of Hindu dynasties. In 788 A,D. a newdynasty known as the Chandra foundedthe city of Wessali. It was an easterlyHindu Kingdom of Bengal and that bothgovernment and the people were Indian.The 'True Chronicle' records that in the957 A.D. a Mongolian invasion swept overWesali, destroyed the Chandras andplaced on the throne Mongolian kings.According to Wilhelm Klein,' all of a sud-den, Arakan changed'. Historian D.G.Halln his classic History of South-East Asia"

described the Rakhine of today as"basically Burmese with an unmistakable

In recent weeks there has been a deal of news internationally aboutplight of Rohingya leaving from weBurma in boats whom navy and secpersonnel of Thailand have pushed into the ocean. In order to illustrate of the problems that they face in Buthe Asian Human Rights Commis

(AHRC) brings the case of U Kyaw Minhis family, who in 2005 were given lonsentences for supposedly giving falsformation about their ethnicity in ordget citizenship.

U Kyaw Min and his family memwere all born in Burma and are liferesidents. He holds a number of degfrom institutions in Burma and workedtownship education officer and a scheadmaster, both government postswas popular and well known incommunity of Buthidaung and in 199successfully ran for a seat in parliamhowever, he was sacked from his jo

school headmaster in 1989 because oparty politics. After the election rewere denied and his party was banne1992 he moved his family to Rangooncontinued to take an interest and reactive in political affairs. Throughouttime there was never any question ovalidity of his or his family's citizeneven though the election commission tinized Kyaw Min's personal records ballowing him to stand for election to enthat both he and his wife were citizens.

In fact, the family are Rohingyabecause the government refusesacknowledge the existence of this g

their ethnicity was recorded as Indianfamily was targeted because of Kyaw political activities and the false informabout their ethnic identity was used pretext to imprison not only him but his wife and three of his children. In Kyaw Min was sentenced to 47 yearshis wife and three children, 17 years ea

Appeals were lodged for Kyaw Minfamily at the divisional court and SupCourt on a range of grounds; howeveSupreme Court and its special apbench dismissed the appeal without sidering the substance of the facts at a

CITIZENSHIP OF ROHINGYA FAMILREVOKED AND MEMBERS WERE GIVLONG TERM JAIL IN BURMA



www.rohingya.org I info@ rohingya.orgThe Immigration Minister was chosen

to answer a question in parliamentbrought by U Zahid Rawmam aka U HtayWin of Arakan constituency seven, inwhich he enquired about why indigenousRakhine Muslims still had their freedomof movement curtailed by having to apply

to the militarys border force, Nasaka, tomove between towns. Failing to do so canresult in jail time as a Muslim NationalLeague for Democracy (NLD) memberfound out near Mandalay.

Htay Win was quoted by the New Lightof Myanmar saying that; indigenousMyanmar Muslim voters in MaungdawDistrict of Rakhine State cannot travelfreely; to travel other Regions or States foreconomic, education, health and socialreasons, they have to take out ApplicationForm (4) of Immigration Department underthe directive of Na-Sa-Ka, forcing them toface many difficulties in socio-economic

ife; and how the state will help addressthis issue.

The response came from the immigra-tion minister, U Khin Yi, a former policechief. The key part of his response reaf-firmed the governments commitment to

racial profiling, stating that; Those whoare labeled Myanmar Muslims wereassumed to be Bengalis in Maungtawof Rakhine [Arakan] State; and;Bengalis in Maungtaw have sharedcommon religion, culture, appearanceand language with their counterparts[in Bangladesh].

Incidentally other ethnic groups inBurma share appearance and culturaltraits with those over internationalboundaries in nations such as Thailand orChina.

David Matheison, senior Burmaresearcher for Human Rights Watch(HRW) responded that it was symptomaticof systemic racism on the part of theBurmese government.

Khin Yi meanwhile claimed inparliament that migrants from Bangladeshwere penetrating deep into the country,international NGOs and the UNHCR haveconfirmed that there is a protractedemergency in Bangladesh as a result ofrefugees from Burmas northern Arakan

state where Maungdaw or Maungtaw islocated.

Matheison confirmed that claims ofBangladeshi migration to Burma were amassive mistruth, adding that; its goingthe other way.

Khin Yi however stated that; As therewas mass migration 180,000 were givenrefuge after being scrutinised by NagarminOperation and Hintha Plan in 1978.

Nagarmin, translates as dragon, and wasby most accounts an appropriatedescription for it was in all intents andpurposes a racial purge, where by some200,000 Burmese Muslims or Rohingya

were sent fleeing into neighbouringBangladesh by heavily armed members ofthe Burmese military.

Khin Yi none the less stated that; theApplication Form (4) is used in need ofStates security and nationalism as theforeign Bengalis illegally migrated intoMaungtaw of Rakhine State.

Muslims have lived in the Arakan regionsince at least the 9th century BCE whilsttoday Coxs Bazar, in Bangladesh is hometo some 200,000 Burmese Muslim refugeesas well as significant numbers ofArakanese Buddhist refugees.

However systemic persecution on thebasis of race has been experienced not justin border areas. Such laws or policies areregularly used against Muslim Burmese.

A Muslim member of National Leaguefor Democracy (NLD) in Mandalays Tatkontownship was recently sentenced to oneand half years in prison for trying to travelto a nearby town to celebrate Martyrs Day.Pho Htaung (also known as) Hla Myint wassentenced under the immigration act last

Friday, said Meikhtila township member Myint Myint Aye.

He was prosecuted by Tatkon tships Immigration Chief U Nyi Nyfailing to inform the Immigration Owhen he travelled outside of his towregulation for those who carry non-c

ID cards. Now he has been sentencedyear and half in prison, said Myint MAye.

Pho Htaung was previously arrein March 2010 for travelling to Mand[town] to attend an NLD meeting theresentenced to a year and half prison He was released from Sagaing DivisKatha Prison after serving 13 monthsrecent arrest comes just three moafter he was released from his prevsentence.

The Muslim population of NorArakan state are known as Rohipeople. They were specifically targete

the military party, the Union SolidParty (USDP) in last years controveelections, to garner votes. Mathestates that they were given temporacards to allow them to vote.

Despite being able to vote forUSDP they are now denied Matheison describes as a basic hufreedom, the freedom of movement.

As a result groups such as RefuInternational describe the ethnic grouone of the most persecuted in the wo

This discrimination was characteby the Burmese consul general to Kong, Ye Myint Aung who in described the ethnic group as ugogres in the press.

Burma is not signatory to the convention on elimination of all formracial discrimination, unlike all oneighbours. ##Source: DVB NEWS ,Sept. 01, 2011.

BURMESE GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMS POLICY OF RACIAL PROFILING BY JOSEPH ALLCHNEWS ANAL AYSIS

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The new border fence runs near the Kutapalong refugee camp Photos: Josheph Allchin

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The Chief of the

State Immigration and Population ofArakan State forced a female magistrate tomprison nine Rohingya including five

men and four women in Akyab on Septem-ber 8, 2011 said a leader from Akyab,denying to be named for security reason.

The five Rohingya were released fromcourt on bail on September 6 by a femalemagistrate, but the Chief of Statemmigration and Population of Arakan

forced the magistrate to issue warrant forthe arrest of the released Rohingya maleson the same day at 9:00 pm.

The nine Rohingya including five menand 4 women, hail from Akyab, weresentenced to two and a half years in jail bya court of Akyab under Section 188 of the

Penal Code 6(2) and 6(3) on September 8,2011, without giving them any chance todefend themselves through legalprocedure.

14 Rohingyas including 5 men, 4 womenand 5 children were arrested at the MaxToll Gate from Mawbi Township of LowerBurma on July 29, 2011 while on the wayto pay a visit to their relatives living inRangoon and detained there, according totheir relative.

The 14 arrestees were identified as Jalal Hussain (48), son of Jamal Hussain,hailed from Thake Pyin village of Akyab,Ms Hla Hla May (22), daughter of Mohamed

Shaffi, hailed from Ambala Quarter ofAkyab, she had obtained B. Sc (Physics)degree from Sittwe University, Ms NurNaher (28), daughter of Abul Hussain,haled from Thake Pyin of Akyab, Ms.Rashida Begum (27), daughter of Hanifa,hailed from Thake Pyin village, SayedMohamed ( 37), son of Hamid Hussain,hailed from Bumay village, Akyab, Ms.Salma Khatun (31), daughter of Mohamed,

hailed from Aung Mingala Quarter ofAkyab, Ziaul Haque (40), son ofHussain Ahmed, hailed from ThakePyin, and Omer Hakim (37), son ofEklas Meah, hailed from Aung

Mingala of Akyab, besides their fivechildren, and Shafi Rahman (45),son of Abdu Rahman, hailed fromAnauk Pyin village of Rathedaungtownship.

But, on July 30, 2011, the arrestedRohingyas were sent to Akyab andtemporarily detained in the policestation No.1, where they were se-verely harassed and tortured, said arelative of one of the victims.Later, on September 5, the fivechildren were released withoutcharge. The children were two

children of Ms Nur Naher, aged 9 to 4 years,another two children of Ms Rashida, aged 4 to2 years, and last one child of Ms SalmaKhatun, aged 4 years.

These jailed people are nothing to do withthe illegal entries as they are all hailed fromAkyab and Rathedaung Townships and theyall hold NRC cards. Despite being nativesholding NRC cards how did they becomeillegal entries? But it is true that Might isRight, said a politician.

The task was and acts of cowardice andpure extra-jurisdiction in the era of Democ-ratic Administration under the leadership ofPresident Thein Sein, while the internationaland local communities are hoping that Burmawill be changed into Democracy and thehuman rights violations against the peopleswill be stopped under the leadership of

President Thein Sein, said Hla Aung, thepresident of NDPHR- Exile (NationalDemocratic Party for Human Rights), Paris,France in a statement. All those people arecitizens of Burma and they have inborn rightsto move about freely inside the country asthey wish and that was clearly mentioned inthe constitution.

According to Minister Khin Yi, the Ministerof Immigration and Population, in theParliament on August 30, 2011, as there wereillegal entries in the border of Bangladesh,it should be controlled and scrutinized. Itssounds are reasonable, but it is totallyridiculous to pose a collective punishmentto the entire population of the State:restrictions of free movement, education,religion, social welfare, marriage and etc---.Furthermore such measure was never appliedin many other states through illegal entriesexists there too.

It may be mentioned here that about 48Rohingya Muslims from Akyab and Maung-Daw Districts in three groups were arrestedat Taunggup Jetty and Ann Bus Station ofArakan by the Burmese Immigration andMilitary Intelligence ( MI ) Officers, since thenthey all had disappeared and no one had sentback to their original place. The following are

some instances:-On 23 November 1997, a group of 20young men, from Mrauk-U and Kyauktawtownships of Akyab District had hired aprivate engine boat and reached TaunggupJetty to go to Rangoon. They were arrestedby Immigration and MI officers for travellingwithout FORM-4. They were seen until 29November 1997 and then all disappeared.In early 1998, a family of 13 members includ-

ing old men, women and some infants led byMoulana Noor Meah, a religious leader fromAung Daing Village of Minbya township hadarrived Taunggup Jetty by boat and were

arrested by Immigration officers then sent to Taunggup Jail. Later were also disappeared from the Jail

In later part of 1988, a 3 rd gro

15 young men of from MaungdawButhedaung traveled by boat Akyab to Taunggup. On arrival aJetty they were arrested by Immigrofficers for travelling without FOand sent them to Taunggup Jail. they were also disappeared fromJail. All the above persons weretried in any court of the country andassumed that they all were arbitexecuted.

Bertil Linter, a prominent writmany books about Burma said since 1935, there was no infiltratBurma from neighboring co

Bangladesh (earlier East- Pakistan).In reality, the economic situatio

Burma has been bad to worst slong; no one wants to enter Bwhere there is injustice and persecuOn the contrary it is well known tinternational community that thousof people from Burma are daily entinto the neighboring countries, sbusiness man preferring not tnamed.

If the Rohingyas were illegal Beinfiltrators why Thein Sein and mother former SPDC ministers assthe Rohingya voters of restoring their rights and freedom during election campaigns to northern Ara

The open rejection of Rohingya peby Thein Sein government requthem Form-4 to travel from placplace like aliens is tantamounmaking them stateless in violation ointernational covenants or treatiereduction of statelessness protection of minorities and the helpeople. We strongly denounce the TSein government for having wicked attitudes towards Rohingyas

The USDP ministers hatefully ta

Rohingya children as black list baaccusing that their fathers have flefact fleeing persecution) and illeentered again into Arakan and produced babies by unlawfully ltogether with their wives with wthey have legal wedlock. It is a violation of the Childs Rights uConventions and international Thein Sein government was particucritical of the Muslim Rohingyas mon religion, culture, appearancelanguage with the people of Banglain order to accuse them as aliens. #

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Thursday, 1 September 2011, BNO NEWSAkyab, Arakan State : An accidental bombexplosion killed seven people, includingtwo children aged 10 and 12, in a village inBurma's western Arakan State on Wednes-day afternoon 31 August 2011."They were killed accidentally in the blastwhile trying to remove a bomb that ap-peared at the sea shore near their village.They seemed to have no idea what it was,"said a government official who asked notto be named.

Local witnesses said the bomb, whichwas believed to have been left behindfrom World War II, exploded when Muslimvillagers in Thae Chaung village of SittweTownship attempted to smash itopen. Several children were among thecasualties. Five men died on the spot andtwo children died at Akyab GeneralHospital.

They were Mohamed Yayah alias MaungChan Tha (10) and Yazu Musa (13).Few details about the incident were not avail-able. Some residents claimed a group of peo-ple had discovered the bomb and were tryingto smash the bomb open when it exploded.Other residents said the group of people wasonly trying to remove the bomb from the areawhen it exploded. Fatal accidents involvingold bombs are rare in Burma.

Japan occupied Burma, which is also knownas Burma, during World War II, and the coun-try's Bay of Bengal coastal region was a stra-tegic area for British forces to fight off Japa-nese troops. It not uncommon for villagers tofind unexploded bombs in rivers and localwaters, but they normally do not cause casu-alties. More than 270,000 people, both civil-ians and soldiers, were killed in Burma Frontduring World War II. ##

Friday, September 02, 2011Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burborder security force (Nasaka) another Rohingya villager on Augusover the allegation that he had invoin money exchange, said a close rel

of the victim.The victim was identified as Moh

Hussain (55), son of Kader Hushailed from Shwe Zaar Village traMaungdaw Township.Hussain was arrested by o

of Nasaka camp No. 14 under SZaar village Nasaka out-post, NaSector # 6 of Maungdaw TownshiAugust 21, over the accusation thhad been involved in illegal mexchange.

Hussain was severely torturethe Nasaka personnel to confessional statement while he detained in the Nasaka outpost cam

However, on August 24, at ar3:30 pm, he was handed over torelatives while the victim was secondition. Receiving the victim, thetives immediately took the victim tMaungdaw General hospital for metreatment. But, he was dead at a5:00 pm, while taking treatment ahospital, said a friend of the victimcondition of anonymity.

The authority handed overdead body to his relatives without gany information about post-mo

report of the Doctors. A local saidpost-mortem showed that the victimbeen tortured severely. On Augusthe dead body was buried invillages local graveyard.

There is no case filed againsNasaka personnel as fear or reprisathe Nasaka. Similarly, on AugusNasaka had beaten brutally AMatalof,60, an old men who severedsentry in Shweza, was dead Septe1, morning at 10:00am, said a scteacher from Shweza village.

Rohingyas are killed as an anin Arakan north by Nasaka withou

judicial inquiry or proper querygiving importance than an ant, strader from locality. ##Source : Kaladan News

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Thursday, September 01, 2011 Maungdaw:

A betel shopkeeper was illegally shotdead by a Nasaka man last night inMaungdaw, a western Burmese bordertown, said police.

A police officer said that the incidenttook place in the Shwe Zar North quarterof Maungdaw at midnight last night butrefused to give any further details on thencident.

The incident actually occurredin this quarter but the case has notbeen filed in our police station. As itinvolves Nasaka personnel, thecase will be filed with them at theNasaka headquarters. Because of

this, it is impossible to give youdetails, the officer said.

A family member said thatMuhamad Narsat, son of Nurlarmi,was shot dead by a Nasaka manwhen the Naska man came to theshop to buy a quid of betel at mid-night.

"He was afraid of opening hisshop when the Nasaka man arrivedas it was midnight. However theNasaka man forced him to open theshop so he could buy a quid of be-tel. When he opened the shop, the

Nasaka man suddenly shot dead him with his

gun, a family member said. I heard he waslate opening up the shop. This is the reasonthe Nasaka man killed him, he added.

According to local sources, many highauthorities, including Colonel Aung Gyi, thecommander in charge of the Nasaka force,came to the area to investigate theincident. The body of Muhamad Narsat wasmoved to hospital this morning for anautopsy. ## Source : Narinjara News

NASAKA KILLED ANOTHER ROHGYA VILLAGER IN MAUNGDA

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STEP UP REFORM EFFORTS : UNSECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOONTELLS BURMAWednesday, Sep. 28, 2011: UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday 27September 2011 told the Burmesegovernment it must step up its reform effortsif it is really serious about its claims that it ismaking an inclusive and irreversibletransition. Bans remarks came on the sameday that Burmese Foreign Minister WunnaMaung Lwin addressed the 66th session ofthe UN General Assembly in New York, givinga detailed account of recent steps towardreform that the new Burmese governmentsaid were irreversible. ##

Rohingya fishermen are working

the shore of Bay of Bengal

Photo of a World War II bomb.(:www.bintulu.org )




Monday, 12 September 2011.Chittagong, Bangladesh: Bangladeshsecurity force arrested about ninety Rohin-gya in difference places in Bangladesh

since August first week, according to anofficer who is working on Rohingya inBangladesh.

Most of the Rohingya are trying to enternto Bangldesh from their home land,

Arakan, Burma while they were arrested.They were pushed back to their home afterarrested on the border. Some time, thesecurity force handed over to police forfurther action.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) person-nel arrested 17 Rohingya from Naytong-hillpoint of Teknaf Upazila in Coxs Bazar onSeptember 11, morning for illegal entranceand handed over to the Teknaf Upazilapolice. A case has been filed with theTeknaf police under passport act, accord-ng to the Teknaf BGB battalion sources.

Similarly, six Rohingyas were arrestedat Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport onSpetember 11 night while trying to board aJeddah-bound flight with fake Bangladeshiand Nepalese passports, the airport armedpolice said. A Bangladeshi citizen,Ershadul Islam Raisul, was also detainedfor helping the Rohingyas in their attemptto fly out.

Six Rohingya, Burmese citizens werearrested at Kaptai jetty in Kaptai Township

n the Ramgamati district of Bangladeshnear the western Burmese border for enter-ng Bangladesh illegally on September 10,

while they were entering a ghat at around10am via an engine-run boat leaving foranother township, Bilaichhari, according tothe Bangladeshi news agency, UNB.

Seven Rohingya were arrested by BGBfrom Nilla on September 5, 2011 who werepushed back after arrested, according to an

elder from Nilla. Also ten Rohingyawere arrested by Chandanaih policestation who are living and working

daily labor in Dohachari on September 4.BGB arrested 12 Rohingya at Nazir Paraof Teknaf on August 13, 2011 and 13Arakanese Rohingya were arrested by

the BGB (Bangladesh Border Guard) atthe Nila border on August 5, whileattempting to cross the border illegallyinto Bangladesh. Later, they were pushedback to Burma, said a source from Nilaclose to BGB.

At last, 18 Rohingya were arrested onAugust 1, at Sharpuri Dip, under TeknafPolice station.

Rohingya people are minority Muslimsfrom the Arakan state of neighboringBurma, who crossed into Bangladesh toescape persecution of movementrestriction, marriage restriction, educa-tion and religious persecution, ban on

government jobs and rejection on citizen-ship by the Burmese junta after 1978.

The Rohingya fled from their homeland to save their lives in Bangladesh asa better place. But, some Rohingya tryagain to find out other places while theyface same persecution in Bangladesh likeBurma, said a member of Rohingyawatch dog in Bangladesh.

Some of Bangladeshi human traffick-ers are taking advantages on Rohingya,to flee from Bangladesh to othercountries, like KSA, UAE and Malaysiawith fake passports and otherprocess. The Rohingya are just fol-

lowing as per the directions of Humantraffickers.

According to UNHCR, approximately29,100 Rohingyas are staying in the offi-cial camps in border area, Kutupalongand Nayapara under Coxs Bazar.

About 2,00,000- 5,00,000 Rohingyas liveamong the population in southeast Bang-ladesh, according to the US diplomaticcable leak. A process to repatriate themhas been stalled because of Burmasreluctance to take them back. ##Source : KALADAN NEWS

NEWS

MOULANA SHAMSUL ALAMIS NO MORE WITH US

NEWS90 ROHINGYAS ARRESTED IN BANGLADESH AREPUSHEDBACK TO BURMA BY OUR CORRESPONDENT

Arrested Rohingyas are awaiting to push-back to Burma in Nila, Teknaf, Coxs Bazar.

Maulana Shamsul Alam Abdul Qthe Vice-Chairman of the Burma CenteMemorization of Holy Quran, DubaiUAE passed away (Inna Lillahi-Willaihi Rajeoon) on September 20, at AjUAE, with heart failure, at the age of 60

Maulana Shamsul Alam was admat Khalifa Hospital, Ajman before his dHis Namaze-e-Janaza was held at ZBin Sultan Al Nahyan Masjid, Ajman, on September 21 after Asar Prayer.

Maulana Shamsul Alam hailed Kumir Khali (Laikra) village in MaungTownship, Arakan State, Burma.

He was the son of Abdul Qadeson-in-law of Tajmuluk RowathugyBowli Bazar of Maungdaw Township.

He left behind sons, daughterswife and a lot of relatives and friendArakan, abroad and elsewhere in the wto mourn his death. He attended theRohingya Convention held 30-31 May,at the OIC Headquarters in JedKingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The president and members of Awere shocked at the sudden demisbrother Maulana Shamsul Alam, served the community for a long time. a man admired and respected by all s

of people. Our sincere condolences tmembers of the bereaved family. May

grant him Jannat-e-Feroodus. ##

ROHINGYA REFUGEE CHILDREN IN REFU

CAMP , COXS BAZAR, BANGLADESH


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www.rohingya.org I info@ rohingya.orgOn 26 September, 2011

pro-democracy activists in Rangoon defied heavy police deploymentand held prayer vigils and ceremonies to commemorate the 4 thanniversary of the regimes crackdown on the monk-led SaffronRevolution of 2007.

About 60 activists held a prayer vigil at Sule Pagoda. However,police prevented about 200 demonstrators from joining the ceremony

near Rangoon City Hall.In South Okkalapa Township, about 1,000 people, including

monks, NLD leaders, student activists, and politicians, participated ina ceremony at a local monastery. During these events, activists alsocalled for the release of political prisoners and expressed theiropposition to the Myitsone dam project in Kachin State. Police saidno arrests were made.

We came here to pray for the release of political prisoners and tomark the fourth anniversary of the Saffron Revolution, but a policeofficer asked us not to go anywhere so thats why we have to gohome, one of the activists said.

Security guards closely followed and monitored Monday's protestwith many officers also deployed near Sule Pagoda. But there is noviolent crackdown against the protesters and the event took place

peacefully. They didnt shout and hold placards. They just marchedpeacefully but some wore yellow shirts, said a witness.Dozens of people also launched a separate demonstration in

North Okkalapa on Monday. They were blocked by Burmeseauthorities before ending the march peacefully. They repeated theMetta Sutta ( Buddhist chant for compassion ) after being blockedby security forces but then decided to end the march, said aprotester. They also called for the immediate release of all politicalprisoners without condition. An estimated 1,998 political prisonersare currently detained across Burma, according to AssistanceAssociation for Political Prisoners.

Outside Burma, activists held commemoration ceremonies inThailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, the UK, andthe US.

Myanmar is now ruled by a nominally civilian government but its

ranks are filled with former generals and the country still has morethan 2,000 political prisoners. In recent weeks the regime has shownsigns of engaging with its opponents including pro-democracy leaderAung San Suu Kyi, whose party won a 1990 election but was neverallowed by the junta to take power.

In an interview earlier this month, Suu Kyi said there had beenpositive developments in Myanmar, but it was unclear whetherPresident Thein Sein would be able to carry through his reformpledges. The dissident said she did not want a popular revolt inMyanmar of the kind seen in Libya, adding: Everybody knows thatLibyas troubles are going to drag on for a long time. ##

BACK COVER4 TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAFFRON REVOLUTION COMMEMORATED AMID RESTRICTION

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Peaceful Protest : Monks gathered to mark the 4 th Anniveof the Saffron Revolution was held in a Damayon in Ran

NLD party members, representatives of the 88 GenerStudent Group, Democratic Party (Burma), NDF, indiv

MPs and other politicians were gathered to mark 4 th Aversary of the Saffron Revolution in a Dama-yon in Rang

Security officers move in to stop the peaceful demonstrat

A rare protest : Prayers were made to remember those that diedfour years ago in a monk-led Saffron Revolution on Sule Pagoda

Yellow T-shirts of participants call for the release of political pris

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