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Temporary lifting of Burma sanctions welcomed |
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 |
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Christiantoday.com Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed the European Union’s decision to suspend sanctions against Burma for a year. The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council moved to temporarily suspend economic sanctions against the country in light of recent reforms, including the release of political prisoners and a historic by-election which saw a landslide victory by the pro-democracy party of Aung San Suu Kyi. “As a means to welcome and encourage the reform process, the Council will suspend restrictive measures imposed on the government, with the exception of the arms embargo, which it will retain," it said. “The Council will monitor closely the situation on the ground, keep its measures under constant review and respond positively to progress on ongoing reforms.” The EU said it still expects the unconditional release of remaining political prisoners and the removal of all restrictions placed on those who have already been freed. It also called for "substantially improved" access for humanitarian assistance, especially for those affected by the conflict in Kachin State and along the eastern border, as well as moves towards improving the welfare of the predominantly Muslim Rohingya people. |
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The Rohingya: Myanmar's outcasts |
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 |
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Al Jazeera.com/30 Jan 2012
 Akbar Ahmed
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington.
Millions of residents of western Myanmar have been stripped of citizenship and basic human rights. Will Suu Kyi help?
 This article is the first in a series by Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, a former Pakistani high commissioner to the UK, exploring how a litany of volatile centre/periphery conflicts with deep historical roots were interpreted after 9/11 in the new global paradigm of anti-terrorism - with profound and often violent consequences. Incorporating in-depth case studies from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Ambassador Ahmed will ultimately argue that the inability for Muslim and non-Muslim states alike to either incorporate minority groups into a liberal and tolerant society or resolve the "centre vs periphery" conflict is emblematic of a systemic failure of the modern state - a breakdown which, more often than not, leads to widespread violence and destruction. The violence generated from these conflicts will become the focus, in the remainder of the 21st century, of all those dealing with issues of national integration, law and order, human rights and justice. |
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No school, no travel for Myanmar’s blacklisted Rohingya kids –report |
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Monday, 23 January 2012 |
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www.trust.org BANGKOK (AlertNet) – More than 40,000 Rohingya children in western Myanmar have been deprived of rights to travel, go to school or to marry in future, because their parents had an unauthorised marriage or exceeded a two-child limit, a report saidRights groups say the Rohingyas, a Muslim minority in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, face some of the worst discrimination in the world, have suffered abuses and deprived of free movement, education and employment under the country's former military rulers and now under the current government. They are also denied Myanmar citizenship. These blacklisted children are refused birth registration, and so are not included in the family list and get hidden during the authorities’ population checks, said the report, which human rights organisation Arakan Project on Thursday submitted to the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child. “All Rohingya children suffer unmitigated discrimination with regard to education, health care and access to food,” the report said. The report say there are close to 750,000 Rohingyas in the country’s Northern Rakhine State and hundreds of thousands more scattered in Bangladesh, Malaysia and the Middle East following exoduses in the past few decades. |
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BD, Myanmar start fresh efforts to boost bilateral trade |
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Sunday, 16 October 2011 |
PM's visit expected to uplift relations
thefinancialexpress-bd.com
Nizam Ahmed
Bangladesh and Myanmar have started fresh efforts to strengthen bilateral relations for boosting trade and investment, officials said Sunday.
"The relations between the two nations are expected to have a new dimension following the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Myanmar," PM's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told the FE.
Warm relations between the two neighbours are likely to help both the countries to explore economic potentialities of each other, traders said.
Prime Minister Hasina has accepted an invitation from her Myanmar counterpart U Thein Sein, and the visit may take place in December. However, the itinerary will be worked out later, Mr Azad said.
Myanmar has also expressed its willingness to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, living in and outside camps here, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials said.
"Myanmar has agreed to take back the Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh," Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes told a news conference Saturday. |
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India and Burma expand trade ties and sign gas deals |
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Saturday, 15 October 2011 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk,14 October 2011  India and Burma have agreed a series of measures to boost trade and co-operation during Burmese President Thein Sein's state visit to Delhi. India has promised Burma $500m (£316m) credit for infrastructure projects and they will expand co-operation in oil and gas exploration and border trade. The visit came as Burma released about 200 political prisoners, the latest in a series of steps towards reform. But India has been sharply rebuked in the past for hosting Burmese leaders. Human rights groups and activists condemned last year's five-day visit to Delhi by former military ruler General Than Shwe, aimed at deepening trade links. Correspondents say that with a rapidly growing economy India is desperate to access any major source of energy and will also be keen to offset China's influence in the region. |
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