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Burma and Turkey: Obama’s Muslim Human Rights Double Standard |
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Wednesday, 22 May 2013 |
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May 21, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield  When Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, the leader of an Islamist regime that openly supports terrorism and locks up the opposition, came to America, he got the red carpet treatment, including a United States Marine holding an umbrella over the murderous thug’s head.During their joint remarks, Obama made no mention of the tens of thousands of political prisoners in Turkish jails, the habitual repression or the violations of the rule of law. No mention was made of allegations that Turkey had used chemical weapons in Iraq against the Kurds. Instead Obama lavished praise on one of the country’s worst enemies and pledged his support for Erdogan’s proxy war against Syria.
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Military allied with Model Villagers (Natala) for Murder |
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Thursday, 18 October 2012 |
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On 18th October, 2012 (i.e. today), at 8:30am, four Rohingya youths from Buggone Nah, Maungdaw south, were captured by 22 Bengali Rakhine Natala villagers while the said youths went to nearby hill for cutting grass for their household cattle. Out of 22 Bengali Rakhine Natala villagers, 20 equipped with knives and daggers and the rest two were with M-16 guns. These two guns are possessed by Myanmar Police Force camped in Huta Bonnya, in the same village tract. After capture, the victims were first tied up with thick ropes and brought to the Natala Village. The victims were inhumanly tortured. As a preparation for killing these Rohingyas, the gang sat for a table of alcohol. While the gang was engaged in drinking alcohol, one of the victims luckily got eased in tie. After a long struggling, he himself untied his tie and could help another two victims to untie their ties. By the time, the gang realized the victims’ effort to escape themselves; the gang chased the freed victims. One victim is so unlucky that he could not escape from the tie. Nobody knows about the fortune of the remaining victim till the time of reporting. The freed three victims reached their respective homes at dusk. The parents and relatives of the remaining victim reported the issue to the Military camped in Nyaung Chaung. Military replied that it is none of their business and to solve the problem by own way. This incident report was collected from neighbors of the victims. The victims are identified as: 1. Mohammed Hasson (F) U Abul Hashim 26 years (the remaining victims in capture) 2. Iman Husson (F) U Lay Rhdu 22 years 3. Mohammed Roshid (F) U Abdullah 20 years 4. Mohammed Shah (F) U Abdu Malek 30 years |
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Nine dead in mob attack in Burma |
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Monday, 04 June 2012 |
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Radio Australia A government official in Burma says at least nine people have been killed by ethnic Rakhine residents in the country's west in an apparent sectarian attack in a region affected by simmering religious tensions. "We heard nine people were killed by ethnic Rakhine residents in Taunggote town this evening. We do not know the details yet," a government official told AFP, adding that some of the victims were thought to be Muslims visiting Rakhine State from central Burma. Local residents, speaking to AFP by phone, said the recent rape and murder of an ethnic Rakhine girl had stirred sectarian suspicions in the area. AFP was unable to reach local police to confirm details of that case. One man from the village where the attack took place said a mob of ethnic Rakhines - who are mostly Buddhist - set upon a bus that they believed was carrying those responsible for the murder-rape. "More than a hundred people beat and killed those people. The residents even torched the bus," he said, adding that the police arrived but were unable to control the baying crowd. "There are not many people at the scene now, only dead bodies on the road. The senior town residents are trying to comfort the people," the man added. |
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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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