The GMA News

2011-09-13T04:32:00.000-07:00

On 9/13/11, yuyu hlaing wrote:
> good
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Khaing Roma
> wrote:
>> 72nd Anniversary the sun of Asia Ven. U Ottama Day was held
>> Date: September 9, 2011
>>
>> Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: According to invite of Rakhine Women Union –
>> RWU, around 40 personals of Arakanese patriotists in exiles in and
>> some around 10 personals Rakhaing local peoples were attend and
>> participate for holding 72nd anniversary of The Sun of Asia Ven. U
>> Ottama Day at Rahine Development Foundation – RDF bulding, Nhowrote
>> Taung village, Cox’s Bazaar dist, southern part of Bangladesh.
>> Ceremony was held on about 1: 30 PM. And Ven. Sandawara (Taw Kyaung
>> Saradaw) was selected from among the attendees as patron. And from
>> participants, U Tun Sein (Arnani), U Fo Hla, Ko Kyaw Zan, Daw Pu Sein,
>> Ko Wun Thein and Daw Mrarazalunn have given speech about the sun of
>> Asia Ven. U Ottama who have given the ray and the road map of freedom
>> of Burma. Ven. U Ottama was cercrifice his the whole live as an
>> alightend one for freedom of Burma. And who have been as a grate
>> leadership not only for Burma but also the whole Asia. He have been
>> even as elected president of Congress party of India in struggled for
>> freedom of the whole Asia under the oppression of non-sun-set umpire
>> of British.
>> And according to attendants speech, Ven. U Ottama was friendship with
>> Dr. Swunyetsun (a Chinese revolution leader) and has been a professor
>> about the Parli and Sanskirit languages in Japan, also. That’s why,
>> The Sun of Asia award was given by the whole revolution peoples of
>> Asia during the struggle time of freedom from non-sun-site British
>> umpire.
>> During the ceremony, some boys and girls, who have had participate in
>> competitions in poem and drawing arts from RWU, were also given
>> praises.
>> Ceremony was successfully end about 4: 30 PM after attendees were
>> singing an Arakanese patriot sound name Rakhapuri.
>>
>> The GMA online news
>>
>
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WAO Offered $2500 for Flood Wretches

2010-07-12T06:46:00.000-07:00

Written by WAO

Monday, 12 July 2010 06:03 - Last Updated Monday, 12 July 2010 06:16

WAO-USA- 6th Teleconference of WAO-USA Executive Committee successfully held on Saturday, July 10, 2010 and it discussed its programs(1;WAO Finance, 2;Flood Victims in Arakan, 3;Miscellany) took long time at two hours. There were participating sixteen members, including special invited guests, from U.S.A and out of U.S.A.

Dr. Aye Kyaw, Patron of WAO-USA and President of WAO, served as President of Ceremony and Moung Zaw Zaw Tun, Joint Sectary of WAO-USA, also was being responsible as Master of Ceremony during the meeting.

Dr. Aye Kyaw and U U Sein Tun, President of WAO, delivered the opening address and both leaders spoke how to support affected flood victims in Arakan as we can able to perform duties.

Especially, all members were eagerly conferring about the Arakanese natural disasters and they made decision to offer $ 2500 for flood wretches in Arakan accordance with the suggestion of WAO's President. So far the donation is collecting from World-wide Arakanese and World Arakanese Organization would like to offer them continuously as a meritorious deed.

Source: WAO

Waiting for help

2010-07-05T06:13:00.000-07:00

Dear All,

Please read this information.
http://worldarakan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:waos-compassion-on-flood-sufferers&catid=1:news&Itemid=2

Sincerely,

Khine Kyaw Khine
Incharge of Information

50 missing as boat capsizes in Shitalakkhya

2010-07-05T05:57:00.000-07:00

50 missing as boat capsizes in Shitalakkhya
Staff Correspondent

At least 50 people, including women and children, remained missing as an engine boat capsized with over 100 passengers last night after a sand laden cargo rammed it in the river Shitalakkhya.

Aktar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj Sadar Police Station, told The Daily Star that the engine boat with around 100 passengers left the Tanbazar ghat for Bandar area around 10:00pm.

As it reached in the middle of the river, a sand-laden cargo rammed it, he said.

"Around 20-30 passengers have been rescued immediately after the incident while six of the injured were admitted to different local hospitals," the OC said.

Golam-e-Nur, master of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), said the passenger boat capsized after a sand laden cargo hit it.

Divers from Fire Service and Civil Defence and BIWTA were carrying out rescue operation in cooperation with police and personnel from the district administration.

No body was recovered till the rescue operation was suspended at 1.30 pm last night, he said.

They will resume rescue operation at 8:00am today, he added.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=145496

The GMA news

UN urges war crimes probe in Myanmar

2010-03-13T00:14:00.000-08:00

Afp, Bangkok
A UN special envoy upped pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta yesterday with a pre-election call for an investigation into whether the regime is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Tomas Ojea Quintana made the recommendation in a report to be examined next Monday by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, noting "systematic violation of human rights" when he visited the country in February.
The report adds to growing international outrage at Myanmar's military regime after it issued new laws for elections due later this year that bar detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from taking part.
"According to consistent reports, the possibility exists that some of these human rights violations may entail categories of crimes against humanity or war crimes under the terms of the statute of the International Criminal Court," said the report.
Quintana pointed out that the "mere existence of this possibility" requires the Myanmar government to investigate the allegations.
But the junta has failed to remedy abuses such as the recruitment of child soldiers, discrimination against the Muslim minority in northern Rakhine state and the deprivation of basic rights to food, shelter, health and education.
The UN should therefore consider setting up a panel to probe the allegations, Quintana said -- echoing a long-term demand of rights groups for Myanmar's ruling generals to face war crimes charges.
"Given this lack of accountability, UN institutions may consider the possibility to establish a commission of inquiry with a specific fact-finding mandate to address the question of international crimes," he said.
He said rights violations had continued unabated for years in Myanmar without any intervention from the junta.
He charged that the violations "are the result of a state policy that originates from decisions by authorities in the executive, military and judiciary at all levels."
The expert also renewed a call for Myanmar to release more than 2,100 political prisoners, as well Suu Kyi, ahead of this year's elections.
Suu Kyi called on Myanmar citizens on Thursday to respond to the "unjust" laws, under which her own National League for Democracy must expel her from the party ranks or face dissolution.
"She didn't think such a repressive law would come out," said her lawyer and NLD spokesman Nyan Win after he visited the opposition leader, who has been detained for 14 of the last 20 years.
The new laws also officially annul the result of Myanmar's last elections in 1990, which the NLD won by a landslide. The junta never allowed the party to take power.
Nordic foreign ministers late Thursday joined the United States, Britain and other nations in criticising the election laws.
Rights groups hailed Quintana's report.
"This is the first time in the nearly 20 years of UN involvement in my country that an UN official made a credible, meaningful and important recommendation to help transform the situation in Burma," said Aung Din, executive director of the US Campaign for Burma.
"I hope the UN Security Council and other UN institutions will act accordingly to set up a commission of inquiry, suggested by the Special Rapporteur without further delay. This is the time for action," he added.
But Renaud Egreteau, a Myanmar researcher at the University of Hong Kong, said that the UN report was a provocation and the international community needed to engage with the junta to have any hope of promoting reform.
The UN report "will not help the transition process. One is used to this kind of declaration from other organisations but this is new from the UN".
Myanmar's "severe human rights abuses" -- including deaths in custody, rape and torture -- were also highlighted in a separate report released Thursday by the US State Department.
That report said Buddhist monks were subjected to particularly "cruel treatment" due to the role the clergy played in 2007 pro-democracy protests crushed by the junta.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=129871

The GMA online news

You are earnestly requested by us to take necessary action

2009-11-12T23:26:00.000-08:00

To.
The Inspector General
Inspector General Office
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Suisse.

Date: 13 November 2009

Subject: You are earnestly requested by us to take necessary action.

Dear Sir,
You are earnestly requested by us to take necessary action upon the discriminator.

Interviewed three families of Burmese political refugees
Or “Hunger Strikers”
----------------------

Hunger Strikers are taking preparation for another wave!

13 November 2009

Dhaka: According to Mr. Mg Ag ( MD. Inbrahim- a head family of hunger strikers) his son Shafuddin is suffering from nervous disease in the result of persecution and tortured by Burmese military junta when he was in Burma.
So, Shafuddin has to take medicine continually for his nervous disease treatment. Those mentioned medicine is being provided by refugee community centre of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka branch office.
On 9 November 09, shortage of medicine, Shafuddin who went to refugee community centre of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka branch office to take medicine, but some assistances of RCC of UNHCR said to Shafuddin that no medicine was ready for him for that day. In that way previous also Shafuddin was ignored by assistances to provide continue medicine for him. At last of nervous so suffering, around the 9 AM, even though alone Shafuddin has comedown to in front of UNHCR office, Gulshan from RCC of UNHCR, Banani (each other office is distance like one and half kilometer).
Shafuddin said he has token Hunger Strike till around 9 and half PM. The GMA news was informed by Mr. Mg Ag ( Shafuddin’s father) who has said that he was informed by Gulshan polices and Mr. Jelvas to take back for his son.
According to Shafuddin he was persuaded by polices to withdraw his strike. At last of has been so disturbance, around the 9: 30 PM, he has comedown to RCC of UNHCR, Banani from UNHCR, Gulshan office. He has slept on the road side plat-found in front of RCC of UNHCR. When arrived midnight, very unfortunately around 6 local miscreants have comedown, and then his properties, a watch a boot and 250 BD Tk/- were looted by them (by miscreants). Shafudding said that he was severally beaten by miscreants on his the who body for refuse to his properties to them (to miscreants).
The GMA online news was said by Mr. Mg Ag ( Shafuddin’s father) that he is seeking where there true law and justice for their suffering from life and dead line.
According to Hunger Strikers, they may delay for another struggle for some members of them are suffering from fever but never gave up for their struggle in quest of justice.

They have said that they are facing with against Jelvas – who is blocker/ violator upon their resettlement rights. So, they will ride as like all out struggle against Jelvas, until he resign and out from this country.

Present their slogan is Jelvas Get Out!

The GMA
For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

Hunger Strikers are taking preparation for another wave!

2009-11-12T22:31:00.000-08:00

Hunger Strikers are taking preparation for another wave!

12 November 2009

Dhaka: According to Mr. Mg Ag ( MD. Inbrahim- a head family of hunger strikers) his son Shafuddin is suffering from nervous disease in the result of persecution and tortured by Burmese military junta when he was in Burma.
So, Shafuddin has to take medicine continually for his nervous disease treatment. Those mentioned medicine is being provided by refugee community centre of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka branch office.
On 9 November 09, shortage of medicine, Shafuddin who went to refugee community centre of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka branch office to take medicine, but some assistances of RCC of UNHCR said to Shafuddin that no medicine was ready for him for that day. In that way previous also Shafuddin was ignored by assistances to provide continue medicine for him. At last of nervous so suffering, around the 9 AM, even though alone Shafuddin has comedown to in front of UNHCR office, Gulshan from RCC of UNHCR, Banani (each other office is distance like one and half kilometer).
Shafuddin said he has token Hunger Strike till around 9 and half PM. The GMA news was informed by Mr. Mg Ag ( Shafuddin’s father) who has said that he was informed by Gulshan polices and Mr. Jelvas to take back for his son.
According to Shafuddin he was persuaded by polices to withdraw his strike. At last of has been so disturbance, around the 9: 30 PM, he has comedown to RCC of UNHCR, Banani from UNHCR, Gulshan office. He has slept on the road side plat-found in front of RCC of UNHCR. When arrived midnight, very unfortunately around 6 local miscreants have comedown, and then his properties, a watch a boot and 250 BD Tk/- were looted by them (by miscreants). Shafudding said that he was severally beaten by miscreants on his the who body for refuse to his properties to them (to miscreants).
The GMA online news was said by Mr. Mg Ag ( Shafuddin’s father) that he is seeking where there true law and justice for their suffering from life and dead line.
According to Hunger Strikers, they may delay for another struggle for some members of them are suffering from fever but never gave up for their struggle in quest of justice.

They have said that they are facing with against Jelvas – who is blocker/ violator upon their resettlement rights. So, they will ride as like all out struggle against Jelvas, until he resign and out from this country.

Present their slogan is Jelvas Get Out!

The GMA online news
http://www.thegmanews.blogspot.com

All Arakanese Refugees Faced Racial Discrimination By UNHCR

2009-11-12T22:14:00.000-08:00

All Arakanese Refugees Faced Racial Discrimination By UNHCR
November 11, 2009

According to World Arakanese Organization (WAO)'s E-mail message sources said Arakanese refugees in Malaysia and Arakanese community in Malaysia has been in a cataclysmic condition, under Malaysian government's brutal policy. Among all the refugees in Malaysia , Only the Arakanese (Rakhine) refugees are facing maltreatments, inhuman retribution and discrimination by both Malaysian government and UNHCR.

An urgent report of Alliance of Arakan Refugees (AAR-Malaysia) said that there are being detained Twenty One Arakanese Refugees at Pakan Nanas Camp, Jahor Baru in Malaysia.The source said that the two Arakanese refugees, namely Mr. San Khaing Lunn , Body No.3263 ,infected with TB(Tuberculosis) and Mr. Ni Thaung, Body No. 6357, with frequent bleeding from nose, are in extremely bad health condition at the Pekan Nanas detention center. And they are in urgent need of medication.

WAO's E-mail informed that an Arakanese woman who was nine months pregnant was sick in the detention camp. It added she was suffering anemia and in very dangerous condition to bring forth the child. There is no health care for the detainees in the camp.

The worst it said was that if one applies for resettlement in a third country as an Arakanese (Rakhine) the result will be his or her quest will be doomed to failure. The UNHCR authorities, they said, told them that in the large country, Burma , "You, the Rakhine Buddhists can live a free life everywhere in your country. It is better to go back to your country." Then, what would happen if they go home? Most of the returnees were arrested in Mingladon Airport for illegal travel to a foreign country. Long and short term prison terms are inevitable. Everybody knows even if we are holding the U.S. or British passports it is not yet safe to travel to our homeland.

There is reason that problem only to the Arakanese refugees. The three interpreters at the camps are one Kular, who name is Ali, from Buthidaung and two Chins. Although, Arakanese Refugees suggested that they needed neutral or an Arakanese interpreter their request was ignored. All these interpreters have racial prejudice against the Arakanese (Rakhine). They knowingly, are helpless to fight for the justice. The same problem is in Bangladesh . We heard all the sufferings inflicted on the Arakanese Refugees in Malaysia and Bangladesh.

Arakanland

Dear All,
This information is provided by Arakanland.com.

http://arakanland.com/blog/598875/All_Arakanese_Refugees_Faced_Racial_Discrimination_By_UNHCR

Sincerely,
Khine Kyaw Khine

Arakanese refugees, residing in Malaysia those who have been being lost their future

2009-11-12T22:13:00.000-08:00

“Arakanese refugees, residing in Malaysia those who have been being lost their future”
November, 10, 2009
Malaysia is the third largest country which has been illegally being accepted Arakanese refugees those who have been fleeing to the neighboring countries due to the inhuman ill-treatment by Military government in the country.
At present, among refugees fleeing from Burma, Chin ethnic refugees are the first largest population, the second largest amount is Mon ethnics and the third largest population is Arakanese which will be 20,000 according to the data list by Arakanese refugees. Among them about 500 refugees are allowed to have asylum-seekers but only one hundred refugees will be allowed to leave for third nations as their resettlement.
As the refugees, being arrived at Malaysia do not have any opportunity to seek their appropriate survival for daily life as human, freely in Malaysia. At least the refugees in Malaysia have been losing the right of human being in accordance with norms and standards, privileged by Universal Declaration of Human Right, adopted by United Nation General Assembly in 1948.The Arakanese people, inside the Arakan state are seriously having suffer of ill-treatment and inhumane torture by present regime, military government, so-called State Peace and Development Council-SPDC.
In seriously seeking for foreign currencies to be permanent their military power forever, 60,000 acres of farms owned by Arakanese people, forcedly confiscated without any compensation by Junta had been hired to the government of Bangladesh. Then again, the government of India and present regime had signed in an official agreement in 2008 on the “Management of Kaladan River Project” for the reason of easy carriage of goods using inland transportation between the two nations India and Burma under military. People of Arakan have to face different kinds of human right violations such as force-labor, relocations, inhumane torture and ethnic cleansings by 57 battalions of SPDC’s army though there were only five battalions in Arakan State this then before.
On the matter of as above dangerous circumstances in Arakanland, most of Arakanese youths and adults have to inevitably leave their native villages, wards and towns. These are reasons out of uncountable raison d'être why people are fleeing to neighboring foreign-nations leaving their homeland.
It is not seen yet that present political situation of Burma is not going in the direction of good state of affairs because of SPDC’s violation of human rights on especially ethnics people those who are living in frontier areas, Bangladesh-Burma, Thai-Burma, China-Burma, India-Burma and Lao-Burma borders as well. Albeit region is asserting to the inside and outside people that they are going toward the restoration of democracy, they are going in the direction of permanent of their stay in power. This conspiracy of their aim to stay in power is being known by international communities.
How many years the people of Arakan have to stay as stateless in future in Malaysia by this way? “How long has to stay as human being for a person as stateless? It’s thought that its very much for a human being to stay without having own state in foreign nation over ten years. At present in Malaysia, there are over 20,000 refugees of Arakanese.”
Under this circumstance, we, Arakanese refugees in Malaysia would appeal either to those who are concerned authorized persons of United Nations High Commission for Refugee in Malaysia or the nations those who are accepting the refugees in order to their state-policy regarding this issue should allow to those who are Arakanese refugees residing in Malay to agree them in your country to stay with human dignity.

Ba Khin
Chicago
USA

You are earnestly requested by us for SOS

2009-11-09T21:40:00.000-08:00

To.
The Inspector General
Inspector General Office
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Suisse.

Date: 9 November 2009

Subject: You are earnestly requested by us for SOS

Dear Sir,
You are earnestly requested by us to safe us from discriminated hand!

Interviewed three families of Burmese political refugees
Or “Hunger Strikers”

-----------------------------

Never gave up!

7 November 2009

Dhaka: According to the GMA, three families members of interviewed
“Hunger Strikers”
are facing with so difficulties, because of among of them two families
members are staying in Cox’s Bazaar, southern part of Bangladesh. And
among of them only one family can staying in Dhaka on condition of
some how.
So, they are facing with shelter place, shortage of food and among of
them some bodies are suffering from diarrhea, etc, according to them.
Even though they are facing with above mentioned problems, they said
that they will never gave up their struggle for their justice and
rights under the graft of blocker/violator against the theme of UNHCR.

And them they said that they have already wrote a poster in which
mentioned that “Jelvas get out! That mean Mr. Jelvas – protection
officer of UNHCR, Dhaka- who is a violator/ blocker upon the noble
theme of UNHCR. That’s why, he should resign from his post of UNHCR
and should depart from Bangladesh, “Hunger Strikers said”. And they
have said continue that they must come down soon in previous place for
continue for their “Hunger Strike”, again.

The GMA news cell
For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

------------------------------

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM, theGMA news wrote:
> “Three families of Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers’
> struggling is still hanging”
>
> 3 November 09
>
> Dhaka: According to the GMA, meeting was started between three
> families of Burmese political refugees and Mr. Jelvas – protection
> officer of UNHCR, Dhaka, on 11 AM, yesterday at Community Center
> office of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka.
>
> Meeting was depend on token Hunger Strike by three families of Burmese
> political refugees - Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim (Mr. Mg Aung who
> claim himself as a Burmese Muslim) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay - in front of
> UNHCR branch office, Gulshan, Dhaka on 27 Oct 09.
>
> According to strikers refugees, their discussion was getting developed
> even though Mr. Jelvas has claimed regretted for their interviewed
> resettlement cases and strikers side has demanded to resign from his
> post of UNHCR because of his ( Mr. Jelvas’) failed about their
> interviewed resettlement cases its were taken interview by previous
> two officers - Ms. Karen Reed – resettlement officer and Mr. Fransis –
> Deputy Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka.
>
> Strikers refugees said that they have requested to Mr. Jelvas that not
> for violation the theme of UNHCR and not for violation/ block upon
> their having rights to resettle for any third countries like other
> refugees from Thailand, India and Malaysia. And then they have said
> that they have handed over their statement to send for the
> Representative through Mr. Jelvas.
> And they have earnestly requested to provide for a meeting with the
> Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka, within two days. If their demand are
> fail to make they will restart their Hunger Strike in previous place,
> on the condition of no other choice.
> Burmese political refugees, Hunger Strikers, said that meeting was end
> on 1: 20 PM, yesterday. And they said, when they came out from meeting
> room, they were being waited by a person who himself claimed that his
> name is Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special
> branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka.
>
> Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers have said, mentioned Mr.
> Doha was asking about their meeting and Mr. Jelvas was also asked by
> him (Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special
> branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka ) like the same to political refugees –
> Hunger Strikers.
>
>
> The GMA news cell
> For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
> Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
> http://thegmanews.blogspot.com
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Gulshan police station has taken as mediators between three families
> interviewed Hunger Strikers and officers of UNHCR
>
> 28 Oct 09
>
> Dhaka: According to the GMA today morning around 11 PM three families
> interviewed Hunger Strikers were arrive Gulshan UNHCR, Dhaka office.
>
> At first stage strikers were brought Gulshan – 2 buses station- as
> seeing in photos, then like one and half hours later, they-strikers
> were brought again
> Gulshan-2 political station – which is existing southern side of bus
> station, there were they strikers, Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim
> (Mr. Mg Aung) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay and Mr. Mdhat
> -Administration officer, and Mr. Jalvas – protection officer of UNHCR.
>
> They had discussed very open-mindedly for surrounding side. And they
> have got agreement to meet again on coming Monday 23 Oct 09 Central
> community office of UNHCR, Banany, Dhaka, According to the GMA.
>
> The GMA online news
>---------------------------

Statement
On Save Our Souls Interviewed Burmese Refugees

Since 1962, Ne Win led chauvinists military group has sized state
power and democracy was crushedown under the military boots. In the
result of that Burmese democratic peace loving peoples were flee to
the neibouring countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, India and around
the world.

And in 1988 Burmese people’s world famous up-rising also crushedown by
Ne Win led Burmese Socialist Programee Party – BSPP. During that time
also like exodus Burmese citizens had to flee to neibouring countries.

On another hand, in 2007 peaceful Saffron revolution was broke out and
thousands Buddhist monks were come out around the nation on the street
and had been praying to get seek peace and stability not only for
Burma but for the whole world. That movement was also defeated under
the inhuman being act of junta in front of world civilized people.
As you realized that in 1990 world wide known general election was
held in Burma in which led by Aung Sann Su Kyi’s National League for
Democracy - NLD was gained 82 % land-slide victory. But Burmese
chauvinists are still denied to hand over the state power,
shamelessly. And as known every body that created false so-called
state constitution by forced in 2008. Then also so-called coming 2010
general election also very far away from Burmese peace loving peoples’
motivation. That’s why, it is impossible for us to go back to our
home land.

We are recognized as urban political refugees by UNHCR in 1993 to 2003.
Among us some family were stopped SA in 1998, some were in 2000 and
some in 2009 while survival of human being consumptions are increasing
day by day like sky high.
For the result mentioned above we are facing with so difficulties such
as shortage of food, clothing and sheltering with tremendous scarcity
in living domain, being lack of medical care, some children
education were totally neglected since 6 years back and some our
children can’t study under the needed limit standard, some are stopped
their learning in this academic year entirely. So, our children have
lost their future regretfully. In 21st century it is not acceptable
for us while the world is changing fast.
We adult political refugees also have no work permission according to
the law of Bangladesh, no security for refugees (e.g Mr. Khine Soe was
persecution and tortured by local miscreants and police personals and
Mr. Site Naing was killed by a miscreant person discriminately. How we
can survive in the circumstances of bad situation here?

In this condition we were interviewed by the have been being good
sympathetic two officers Ms. Kairen Reader, former resettlement
officer of UNHCR, Dhaka and Mr. Francis – former deputy representative
of UNHCR, Dhaka.
since October/December 2007.

Since then we are waiting with big hope for overcome our resettlement
cases but still no result come out and our suffering are become deeper
and deeper into the worse day by day.
At the end of this circumstances, we have no choice except to
sacrifice our lives.
That’s why, we have come to in front of this area to struggle for our
rights inevitably.
Therefore, as an attached document an appeal in
submitted by us to the Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka branch office to
provide resettlement within short period of time.

We Hunger Strike, Interviewed families’ demands are as follows:

1. To accomplish our resettlement cases very soon.
2. To provide us enough Subsistence Allowance while our families
members’ resettlement cases are processing.
3. To provide medical care properly before we are leaving through
resettlement cases.
4. Stop discriminated policy upon us entirely.

5. To provide our children’s educational opportunity promotedly while
our families members’ resettlement cases are processing.

Bread earners of interviewed hunger strike families

1. MD Zahir M.A Rahim -UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00004

2. Pho Hla -UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00004

3. Ma Pru Shay UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00054

Date: 27 October 2009

“Respect to all human rights and peace loving people”

You are earnestly requested by us for SOS

2009-11-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

The Representative
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Suisse, Geneva, Switzerland

Date: 9 November 2009

Subject: You are earnestly requested by us for SOS

Dear Sir,
You are earnestly requested by us to safe us from discriminated hand!

Interviewed three families of Burmese political refugees
Or “Hunger Strikers”

------------------

Never gave up!

7 November 2009

Dhaka: According to the GMA, three families members of interviewed
“Hunger Strikers”
are facing with so difficulties, because of among of them two families
members are staying in Cox’s Bazaar, southern part of Bangladesh. And
among of them only one family can staying in Dhaka on condition of
some how.
So, they are facing with shelter place, shortage of food and among of
them some bodies are suffering from diarrhea, etc, according to them.
Even though they are facing with above mentioned problems, they said
that they will never gave up their struggle for their justice and
rights under the graft of blocker/violator against the theme of UNHCR.

And them they said that they have already wrote a poster in which
mentioned that “Jelvas get out! That mean Mr. Jelvas – protection
officer of UNHCR, Dhaka- who is a violator/ blocker upon the noble
theme of UNHCR. That’s why, he should resign from his post of UNHCR
and should depart from Bangladesh, “Hunger Strikers said”. And they
have said continue that they must come down soon in previous place for
continue for their “Hunger Strike”, again.

The GMA news cell
For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

------------------------------

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM, theGMA news wrote:
> “Three families of Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers’
> struggling is still hanging”
>
> 3 November 09
>
> Dhaka: According to the GMA, meeting was started between three
> families of Burmese political refugees and Mr. Jelvas – protection
> officer of UNHCR, Dhaka, on 11 AM, yesterday at Community Center
> office of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka.
>
> Meeting was depend on token Hunger Strike by three families of Burmese
> political refugees - Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim (Mr. Mg Aung who
> claim himself as a Burmese Muslim) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay - in front of
> UNHCR branch office, Gulshan, Dhaka on 27 Oct 09.
>
> According to strikers refugees, their discussion was getting developed
> even though Mr. Jelvas has claimed regretted for their interviewed
> resettlement cases and strikers side has demanded to resign from his
> post of UNHCR because of his ( Mr. Jelvas’) failed about their
> interviewed resettlement cases its were taken interview by previous
> two officers - Ms. Karen Reed – resettlement officer and Mr. Fransis –
> Deputy Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka.
>
> Strikers refugees said that they have requested to Mr. Jelvas that not
> for violation the theme of UNHCR and not for violation/ block upon
> their having rights to resettle for any third countries like other
> refugees from Thailand, India and Malaysia. And then they have said
> that they have handed over their statement to send for the
> Representative through Mr. Jelvas.
> And they have earnestly requested to provide for a meeting with the
> Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka, within two days. If their demand are
> fail to make they will restart their Hunger Strike in previous place,
> on the condition of no other choice.
> Burmese political refugees, Hunger Strikers, said that meeting was end
> on 1: 20 PM, yesterday. And they said, when they came out from meeting
> room, they were being waited by a person who himself claimed that his
> name is Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special
> branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka.
>
> Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers have said, mentioned Mr.
> Doha was asking about their meeting and Mr. Jelvas was also asked by
> him (Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special
> branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka ) like the same to political refugees –
> Hunger Strikers.
>
>
> The GMA news cell
> For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
> Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
> http://thegmanews.blogspot.com
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Gulshan police station has taken as mediators between three families
> interviewed Hunger Strikers and officers of UNHCR
>
> 28 Oct 09
>
> Dhaka: According to the GMA today morning around 11 PM three families
> interviewed Hunger Strikers were arrive Gulshan UNHCR, Dhaka office.
>
> At first stage strikers were brought Gulshan – 2 buses station- as
> seeing in photos, then like one and half hours later, they-strikers
> were brought again
> Gulshan-2 political station – which is existing southern side of bus
> station, there were they strikers, Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim
> (Mr. Mg Aung) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay and Mr. Mdhat
> -Administration officer, and Mr. Jalvas – protection officer of UNHCR.
>
> They had discussed very open-mindedly for surrounding side. And they
> have got agreement to meet again on coming Monday 23 Oct 09 Central
> community office of UNHCR, Banany, Dhaka, According to the GMA.
>
> The GMA online news
>---------------------------

Statement
On Save Our Souls Interviewed Burmese Refugees

Since 1962, Ne Win led chauvinists military group has sized state
power and democracy was crushedown under the military boots. In the
result of that Burmese democratic peace loving peoples were flee to
the neibouring countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, India and around
the world.

And in 1988 Burmese people’s world famous up-rising also crushedown by
Ne Win led Burmese Socialist Programee Party – BSPP. During that time
also like exodus Burmese citizens had to flee to neibouring countries.

On another hand, in 2007 peaceful Saffron revolution was broke out and
thousands Buddhist monks were come out around the nation on the street
and had been praying to get seek peace and stability not only for
Burma but for the whole world. That movement was also defeated under
the inhuman being act of junta in front of world civilized people.
As you realized that in 1990 world wide known general election was
held in Burma in which led by Aung Sann Su Kyi’s National League for
Democracy - NLD was gained 82 % land-slide victory. But Burmese
chauvinists are still denied to hand over the state power,
shamelessly. And as known every body that created false so-called
state constitution by forced in 2008. Then also so-called coming 2010
general election also very far away from Burmese peace loving peoples’
motivation. That’s why, it is impossible for us to go back to our
home land.

We are recognized as urban political refugees by UNHCR in 1993 to 2003.
Among us some family were stopped SA in 1998, some were in 2000 and
some in 2009 while survival of human being consumptions are increasing
day by day like sky high.
For the result mentioned above we are facing with so difficulties such
as shortage of food, clothing and sheltering with tremendous scarcity
in living domain, being lack of medical care, some children
education were totally neglected since 6 years back and some our
children can’t study under the needed limit standard, some are stopped
their learning in this academic year entirely. So, our children have
lost their future regretfully. In 21st century it is not acceptable
for us while the world is changing fast.
We adult political refugees also have no work permission according to
the law of Bangladesh, no security for refugees (e.g Mr. Khine Soe was
persecution and tortured by local miscreants and police personals and
Mr. Site Naing was killed by a miscreant person discriminately. How we
can survive in the circumstances of bad situation here?

In this condition we were interviewed by the have been being good
sympathetic two officers Ms. Kairen Reader, former resettlement
officer of UNHCR, Dhaka and Mr. Francis – former deputy representative
of UNHCR, Dhaka.
since October/December 2007.

Since then we are waiting with big hope for overcome our resettlement
cases but still no result come out and our suffering are become deeper
and deeper into the worse day by day.
At the end of this circumstances, we have no choice except to
sacrifice our lives.
That’s why, we have come to in front of this area to struggle for our
rights inevitably.
Therefore, as an attached document an appeal in
submitted by us to the Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka branch office to
provide resettlement within short period of time.

We Hunger Strike, Interviewed families’ demands are as follows:

1. To accomplish our resettlement cases very soon.
2. To provide us enough Subsistence Allowance while our families
members’ resettlement cases are processing.
3. To provide medical care properly before we are leaving through
resettlement cases.
4. Stop discriminated policy upon us entirely.

5. To provide our children’s educational opportunity promotedly while
our families members’ resettlement cases are processing.

Bread earners of interviewed hunger strike families

1. MD Zahir M.A Rahim -UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00004

2. Pho Hla -UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00004

3. Ma Pru Shay UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00054

Date: 27 October 2009

“Respect to all human rights and peace loving people”

Arakanese Refuges in Malaysia whom are discriminated by UNHCR

2009-11-09T21:36:00.001-08:00

From: ba khin
To: 8888peoplepower@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, November 8, 2009 6:31:38 AM
Subject: [8888peoplepower] Arakanese Refuges in Malaysia whom are discriminated by UNHCR

Arakanese Refuges in Malaysia whom are discriminated by UNHCR
Date: 11, 08, 2009
Myanmar people are forced to flee Myanmar and refuge in the neighboring Country such as Bangladesh, India, Thailand and Malaysia as Myanmar military regime have been committing gross human right violation and torturing against their own people. Among them, Malaysia becomes a country that most Myanmar people enter and refuge.
A report of military government on 1997 said that there were 135 tribes in Myanmar. Of them, seven indigenous people namely Arakan, Chin, Kachin, Karen, Mon and Shan except Burmar (Bamar) are recognized as ethnic nationalities .And they are granted Statehood without any state power. Military Junta suppresses and torture against all tribes and ethnics in Myanmar equally. In this regards they never discriminate among them. This means that they equally commit oppression against all ethnic and tribes. Hence you never should consider that they commit less suppression against Arakanese and Mon as they are Buddhists like Burman (Bamar). They also attain the equality of human right abuses committed by military regime. That is why all ethnics in Myanmar have to struggle in various ways to be free from the oppression of military regimeIn such a circumstance, UNHCR in Malaysia is discriminating among ethnics from Myanmar, it is learnt. Even notorious Myanmar regime equally commits human right abuse among all tribes. Nevertheless, UNHCR discriminate them. This treatment causes them feel very sad and unhappy. UNHCR in Malaysia recognizes all ethnics but Arakanese as refugees. Why does this happen so? We actually doubt if UNHCR is discriminate among them.
Arakanese are always tortured and persecuted by Military junta like other ethnics. For being Arakanese they never escape from their suppression. The situation becomes worse than before. There were five battalions in Arakan State in 1998. But there have been 57 battalions now. Such a military deployment in Arakan State brings about persecution and torture, forced labor, human right torture, forced labor, human right abuses and racial assimilation.
We fervently appeal you to grant Arakanese people as refugee on account of the reasons mentioned above as well as on the humanitarian attitude as you treat other ethnic from Myanmar.
In addition we are informing that we, worldwide Arakanese will agitate them to take global movement outside their concerned UNHCR offices if you keep on discriminating among refuges from Myanmar.

Yours sincerely,
Ba khin
Chicago, USA

Never gave up!

2009-11-09T21:34:00.000-08:00

Never gave up!

7 November 2009

Dhaka: According to the GMA, three families members of interviewed
“Hunger Strikers”
are facing with so difficulties, because of among of them two families
members are staying in Cox’s Bazaar, southern part of Bangladesh. And
among of them only one family can staying in Dhaka on condition of
some how.
So, they are facing with shelter place, shortage of food and among of
them some bodies are suffering from diarrhea, etc, according to them.
Even though they are facing with above mentioned problems, they said
that they will never gave up their struggle for their justice and
rights under the graft of blocker/violator against the theme of UNHCR.

And them they said that they have already wrote a poster in which
mentioned that “Jelvas get out! That mean Mr. Jelvas – protection
officer of UNHCR, Dhaka- who is a violator/ blocker upon the noble
theme of UNHCR. That’s why, he should resign from his post of UNHCR
and should depart from Bangladesh, “Hunger Strikers said”. And they
have said continue that they must come down soon in previous place for
continue for their “Hunger Strike”, again.

The GMA news cell
For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

------------------------------

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM, theGMA news wrote:
> “Three families of Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers’
> struggling is still hanging”
>
> 3 November 09
>
> Dhaka: According to the GMA, meeting was started between three
> families of Burmese political refugees and Mr. Jelvas – protection
> officer of UNHCR, Dhaka, on 11 AM, yesterday at Community Center
> office of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka.
>
> Meeting was depend on token Hunger Strike by three families of Burmese
> political refugees - Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim (Mr. Mg Aung who
> claim himself as a Burmese Muslim) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay - in front of
> UNHCR branch office, Gulshan, Dhaka on 27 Oct 09.
>
> According to strikers refugees, their discussion was getting developed
> even though Mr. Jelvas has claimed regretted for their interviewed
> resettlement cases and strikers side has demanded to resign from his
> post of UNHCR because of his ( Mr. Jelvas’) failed about their
> interviewed resettlement cases its were taken interview by previous
> two officers - Ms. Karen Reed – resettlement officer and Mr. Fransis –
> Deputy Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka.
>
> Strikers refugees said that they have requested to Mr. Jelvas that not
> for violation the theme of UNHCR and not for violation/ block upon
> their having rights to resettle for any third countries like other
> refugees from Thailand, India and Malaysia. And then they have said
> that they have handed over their statement to send for the
> Representative through Mr. Jelvas.
> And they have earnestly requested to provide for a meeting with the
> Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka, within two days. If their demand are
> fail to make they will restart their Hunger Strike in previous place,
> on the condition of no other choice.
> Burmese political refugees, Hunger Strikers, said that meeting was end
> on 1: 20 PM, yesterday. And they said, when they came out from meeting
> room, they were being waited by a person who himself claimed that his
> name is Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special
> branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka.
>
> Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers have said, mentioned Mr.
> Doha was asking about their meeting and Mr. Jelvas was also asked by
> him (Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special
> branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka ) like the same to political refugees –
> Hunger Strikers.
>
>
> The GMA news cell
> For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
> Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
> http://thegmanews.blogspot.com
>
> ---------------------------------
>
> Gulshan police station has taken as mediators between three families
> interviewed Hunger Strikers and officers of UNHCR
>
> 28 Oct 09
>
> Dhaka: According to the GMA today morning around 11 PM three families
> interviewed Hunger Strikers were arrive Gulshan UNHCR, Dhaka office.
>
> At first stage strikers were brought Gulshan – 2 buses station- as
> seeing in photos, then like one and half hours later, they-strikers
> were brought again
> Gulshan-2 political station – which is existing southern side of bus
> station, there were they strikers, Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim
> (Mr. Mg Aung) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay and Mr. Mdhat
> -Administration officer, and Mr. Jalvas – protection officer of UNHCR.
>
> They had discussed very open-mindedly for surrounding side. And they
> have got agreement to meet again on coming Monday 23 Oct 09 Central
> community office of UNHCR, Banany, Dhaka, According to the GMA.
>
> The GMA online news
>---------------------------

Statement
On Save Our Souls Interviewed Burmese Refugees

Since 1962, Ne Win led chauvinists military group has sized state
power and democracy was crushedown under the military boots. In the
result of that Burmese democratic peace loving peoples were flee to
the neibouring countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, India and around
the world.

And in 1988 Burmese people’s world famous up-rising also crushedown by
Ne Win led Burmese Socialist Programee Party – BSPP. During that time
also like exodus Burmese citizens had to flee to neibouring countries.

On another hand, in 2007 peaceful Saffron revolution was broke out and
thousands Buddhist monks were come out around the nation on the street
and had been praying to get seek peace and stability not only for
Burma but for the whole world. That movement was also defeated under
the inhuman being act of junta in front of world civilized people.
As you realized that in 1990 world wide known general election was
held in Burma in which led by Aung Sann Su Kyi’s National League for
Democracy - NLD was gained 82 % land-slide victory. But Burmese
chauvinists are still denied to hand over the state power,
shamelessly. And as known every body that created false so-called
state constitution by forced in 2008. Then also so-called coming 2010
general election also very far away from Burmese peace loving peoples’
motivation. That’s why, it is impossible for us to go back to our
home land.

We are recognized as urban political refugees by UNHCR in 1993 to 2003.
Among us some family were stopped SA in 1998, some were in 2000 and
some in 2009 while survival of human being consumptions are increasing
day by day like sky high.
For the result mentioned above we are facing with so difficulties such
as shortage of food, clothing and sheltering with tremendous scarcity
in living domain, being lack of medical care, some children
education were totally neglected since 6 years back and some our
children can’t study under the needed limit standard, some are stopped
their learning in this academic year entirely. So, our children have
lost their future regretfully. In 21st century it is not acceptable
for us while the world is changing fast.
We adult political refugees also have no work permission according to
the law of Bangladesh, no security for refugees (e.g Mr. Khine Soe was
persecution and tortured by local miscreants and police personals and
Mr. Site Naing was killed by a miscreant person discriminately. How we
can survive in the circumstances of bad situation here?

In this condition we were interviewed by the have been being good
sympathetic two officers Ms. Kairen Reader, former resettlement
officer of UNHCR, Dhaka and Mr. Francis – former deputy representative
of UNHCR, Dhaka.
since October/December 2007.

Since then we are waiting with big hope for overcome our resettlement
cases but still no result come out and our suffering are become deeper
and deeper into the worse day by day.
At the end of this circumstances, we have no choice except to
sacrifice our lives.
That’s why, we have come to in front of this area to struggle for our
rights inevitably.
Therefore, as an attached document an appeal in
submitted by us to the Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka branch office to
provide resettlement within short period of time.

We Hunger Strike, Interviewed families’ demands are as follows:

1. To accomplish our resettlement cases very soon.
2. To provide us enough Subsistence Allowance while our families
members’ resettlement cases are processing.
3. To provide medical care properly before we are leaving through
resettlement cases.
4. Stop discriminated policy upon us entirely.

5. To provide our children’s educational opportunity promotedly while
our families members’ resettlement cases are processing.

Bread earners of interviewed hunger strike families

1. MD Zahir M.A Rahim -UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00004

2. Pho Hla -UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00004

3. Ma Pru Shay UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00054

Date: 27 October 2009

“Respect to all human rights and peace loving people”

“Three families of Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers’ struggling is still hanging”

2009-11-02T21:37:00.000-08:00

“Three families of Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers’ struggling is still hanging”

3 November 09

Dhaka: According to the GMA, meeting was started between three families of Burmese political refugees and Mr. Jelvas – protection officer of UNHCR, Dhaka, on 11 AM, yesterday at Community Center office of UNHCR, Banani, Dhaka.

Meeting was depend on token Hunger Strike by three families of Burmese political refugees - Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim (Mr. Mg Aung who claim himself as a Burmese Muslim) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay - in front of UNHCR branch office, Gulshan, Dhaka on 27 Oct 09.

According to strikers refugees, their discussion was getting developed even though Mr. Jelvas has claimed regretted for their interviewed resettlement cases and strikers side has demanded to resign from his post of UNHCR because of his ( Mr. Jelvas’) failed about their interviewed resettlement cases its were taken interview by previous two officers - Ms. Karen Reed – resettlement officer and Mr. Fransis – Deputy Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka.

Strikers refugees said that they have requested to Mr. Jelvas that not for violation the theme of UNHCR and not for violation/ block upon their having rights to resettle for any third countries like other refugees from Thailand, India and Malaysia. And then they have said that they have handed over their statement to send for the Representative through Mr. Jelvas.
And they have earnestly requested to provide for a meeting with the Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka, within two days. If their demand are fail to make they will restart their Hunger Strike in previous place, on the condition of no other choice.
Burmese political refugees, Hunger Strikers, said that meeting was end on 1: 20 PM, yesterday. And they said, when they came out from meeting room, they were being waited by a person who himself claimed that his name is Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka.

Burmese political refugees Hunger Strikers have said, mentioned Mr. Doha was asking about their meeting and Mr. Jelvas was also asked by him (Mr. Shansud Doha – sub inspector of police from city special branch of Gulshan zone, Dhaka ) like the same to political refugees – Hunger Strikers.

The GMA news cell
For contact mobile numbers: 0155 367 3856
Please visit this link: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

---------------------------------

Gulshan police station has taken as mediators between three families
interviewed Hunger Strikers and officers of UNHCR

28 Oct 09

Dhaka: According to the GMA today morning around 11 PM three families
interviewed Hunger Strikers were arrive Gulshan UNHCR, Dhaka office.

At first stage strikers were brought Gulshan – 2 buses station- as
seeing in photos, then like one and half hours later, they-strikers
were brought again
Gulshan-2 political station – which is existing southern side of bus
station, there were they strikers, Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim
(Mr. Mg Aung) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay and Mr. Mdhat
-Administration officer, and Mr. Jalvas – protection officer of UNHCR.

They had discussed very open-mindedly for surrounding side. And they
have got agreement to meet again on coming Monday 23 Oct 09 Central
community office of UNHCR, Banany, Dhaka, According to the GMA.

The GMA online news

Bush says Afghan war must be won to stop ‘brutal tyranny’

2009-10-31T22:18:00.000-07:00

AFP, NEW DELHI

Oct 31: Former US president George W. Bush said Saturday that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan must be won to stop a return to "brutal tyranny" in the nation.
In a wide-ranging speech to a leadership conference in the Indian capital New Delhi, Bush said defeating the insurgents was "necessary for stability" and peace both in the region and globally.
"If the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and their extremist allies were allowed to take over Afghanistan again, they would have a safe haven and the Afghan people, particularly the Afghan women, would face a return to a brutal tyranny."
"This region and the world would face serious threats," he added.
Bush ordered US troops into Afghanistan, ousting the hardline Taliban regime in 2001 following the September 11 attacks on the United States.
But since then, Taliban resistance has grown increasingly violent.
Bush, who is on his second visit to India, was hosted at a lunch Friday given by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who called him a "great friend" of the country.
During his period in the White House, Bush pushed laws through the US Congress ending India's nuclear pariah status and allowing the country access to civilian atomic technology.
Bush said both the United States and India were "involved in an ideological struggle against extremists who murder the innocent to advance a dark vision of extremism and control."
"They attack political, financial and diplomatic targets because they hate our way of life and they hate our vision for freedom and human rights and human dignity and prosperity and peace," Bush told the conference.
Bush was speaking less than a month before the one-year anniversary of the three-day Islamist militant assault on Mumbai which began November 26 and left 166 people dead.
He left the White House last January with rock-bottom approval ratings and has made few public appearances since.
Bush said President Barack Obama was not his "first choice" for the White House "but I wish him every success and I'm not going to spend a lot of time criticising-he's got plenty of critics."
Speaking on the US economy, which data this week showed grew at its fastest pace in two years during the third quarter, Bush urged the rollback of emergency measures taken to tackle the financial crisis.
"Problems facing our economy today would be far worse if we (the US government) had not intervened," he said.
But "government interventions (in the economy) that are intended to be temporary should remain temporary," he said.
The former president also urged the US Congress to move ahead to pass pending free trade agreements and refrain from hiking tariffs and imposing other barriers to trade.
"Americans should not fear trade or competition. Both will make my nation more efficient and prosperous," Bush said.
He added that the global crisis had revealed how dramatically the international financial system had changed with Asian countries leading the world out of recession.
"The centre of the world's economic stage has shifted from West to East," he said, adding he backed Obama's decision to make the G20 largest rich and emerging market nations the primary global economic body.

http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=147996

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“Interview with an anonymity Burmese urban Refugee”

2009-10-31T22:01:00.000-07:00

“Interview with an anonymity Burmese urban Refugee”

12th August 2009

The GMA: Your name please?
Anonymity urban refugee: “Sorry, I am afraid, because of you know this country has
something.... of course for something..”

The GMA: Ok, then, as you wise for that something?
Anonymity urban refugee: “Yes, of course in this country happening something upon us
like revenge”

The GMA: “To whom, by who, why?
Anonymity urban refugee: “ Very much complicated” like that I can say nothing more, I
am sorry”

The GMA: OK, then when you arrived Bangladesh?
Anonymity urban refugee: “Since 1988, after world-wide known people up-rising”

The GMA: Why you came this country?
Anonymity urban refugee: “Because of have had no time or no chance to go for far away
other land instead of this country”

The GMA: When you were recognized by UNHCR?
Anonymity urban refugee: “Around the 1994”

The GMA: Please describe between condition of UNHCR and urban or Burmese
political refugees?
Anonymity urban refugee: “During 1990 to 1998 have been not so bad”
“Because of in 1998 Subsistence Allowance – SA was
stopped”
The GMA: Why?
Anonymity urban refugee: Under the policy of 1997 UNHCR, Dhaka.

The GMA: Was it HQ of UNHCR?
Anonymity urban refugee: “ I don’t think so, it is firm”

The GMA: “ Have your peoples tried to resettle for any third country through
sponsorship or any?
Anonymity urban refugee: “ Of course we have had, they told us that UNHCR has no
policy to provide SA for the whole life of any refugee”
“We also don’t would like to even for one day more”

The GMA: But why?
Anonymity urban refugee: “That’s why, I told you happening in here like revenge”

The GMA: How many your people resettled in third country?
Anonymity urban refugee: “ If compare with exiles Burmese from India, Thailand and
Muslim urban refugees from here, it’s not one percent for us”

The GMA: Please in some how detail?
Anonymity urban refugee: “According to me since 1990 to 2003 only two families and
four other individuals. And 2003 to recent 2009 within 7
years only two families” “But we can’ say for them as a
resettlement, because of it was only family reunification, but
nothing more”
“So, according to their proven circumstance, they have no
any program to process for any urban refugees within an
another decase”

The GMA: Please reveal some how detail about relationship between political refugees
and UNHCR, Dhaka.
Anonymity urban refugee: “ It is so worse, because to have medicine not easy even for
high blood pressure patience’
“concerned medical personals are acting like revenge to
enemies”
“When majority percent of Muslin political refugees have
been available here, like Somali nationals, at that time our
situation are not so bad”

The GMA: Go ahead for further for some more.
Anonymity urban refugee: “According to us till 1995, UNHCR has had control upon
urban refugee” “ Then handed over to a NGO called
Assanian Mission” “ It was come slowly worse then before”
“ Then again handed over to a NGO called “BLEST”
“ Our situation also became more than wore than previous
“one”

The GMA: We have heard that urban refugees are being controlling by UNHCR, itself
now. So, please talk us present situation of your people?
Anonymity urban refugee: “ Yes, of course, we have been so happy for it and expected
for better condition, but now it is happening so different from
our hope”

To be continue --------

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Following things are Khine Soe's wounded photos!

2009-10-31T21:28:00.000-07:00

INGO Office Attacked after Arakanese Nurse Harassed

2009-10-31T21:16:00.001-07:00

INGO Office Attacked after Arakanese Nurse Harassed By WAI MOE Friday, October 30, 2009
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Following an incident with a female staffer, 500 Arakanese surrounded the local office of the French international non-governmental organization Aide Médicale Internationale (AMI) and attacked its office and vehicles in Buthidaung Township in Arakan State in Western Burma on Wednesday, according to local sources.

“A Muslim officer working for AMI harassed a female Arakanese staff nurse, who reported the accident to authorities,” said a source in the township who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“When the police went to arrest him, AMI refused to hand him over. Incensed Arakanese youths who had gathered outside then attacked the office and AMI vehicles,” the source said.

“Youths threw stones at the AMI office,” an eye-witness said. “AMI vehicles were destroyed and electricity to the building was cut off.”

The two-hour attack took place on Wednesday evening, although the quarrel between the two staffers happened earlier in the afternoon and ended when security forces arrived, NGO sources in Buthidaung said.

Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Friday, a staffer for AMI’s country office in Rangoon said they had discussed a report from their Buthidaung office.

“The situation has returned to normal and was not as bad as first reported,” the AMI staffer said, adding that authorities had ordered NGO staff not to talk to the media about the incident.

AMI provide medicine to local people in the Buthidaung-Maungdaw area, the staffer said. Along with foreign staff, Arakanese and Rohingya Muslims work together at the INGO.

On Friday afternoon, NGOs and UN agencies operating in Burma held a meeting to discuss the incident at the office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Rangoon.

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An urban refugee was tortured/ persetution!

2009-10-31T05:00:00.000-07:00

British High CommissionUnited Nations RoadBaridhara Dhaka 1212Postal address: P O Box 6079 Dhaka 1212
Chancery/Political – Dhaka.Chancery@fco.gov.uk, Dhaka.Consular@fco.gov.uk, Dhaka.Press@fco.gov.uk, Dhaka.Immigration@fco.gov.uk

Date: 27 October 09

Subject: To take care for humanitarian ground

Dear Sir/ Madam,

With honour, as in advance, we would like to inform you that as mentioned in attached files, according with enough reasons, we three families of Burmese political refugees are going to hold hunger strike in front of head office of UNHCR, Dhaka on 10: 30 AM, Tuesday 27 Oct 09.

Therefore, you and you are earnestly requested by us to take care for under the humanitarian ground. For it we will be grateful to you forever.

Bread earners of interviewed hunger strike families

MD Zahir M.A Rahim -UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00004

Pho Hla -UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00004

Ma Pru Shay UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00054

Contact person: Pho Hla (On behalf of other strikers families)
Contact mobile no: 0155 367 3856, 0182 221 1233
---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Pho Hla <pho_hla@yahoo.com>Date: Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 8:04 PMSubject: Fw: for save files - Khine Soe's wounded filesTo: soemarm.2006@gmail.com, pho_hla@yahoo.comCc: GMA NEWS <thegmanews@gmail.com>, khaingroma08@gmail.com
Pls open the attached files.

PH
----- Forwarded Message ----From: Committee For Burmese Refugee <committeeforburmeserefugee@gmail.com>To: pho_hla <pho_hla@yahoo.com>; thegoodmorning arakan <thegoodmorningarakan@yahoo.com>Sent: Sun, August 9, 2009 7:39:35 PMSubject: for save filesPls open the attached files.Pho Hla

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Ploice has surrounded Myanmarese urban refugee hunger strikers, outside UNHCR office, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2009-10-31T04:58:00.000-07:00

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Subject: Ploice has surrounded Myanmarese urban refugee hunger strikers, outside UNHCR office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

From the morning of 27 October 2009, three interviewed refugee families, took out hunger strike in front of UNHCR Office in Dhaka under the banner of "Hunger Strike on Immediate Resettlement to Interviewed Refugees" for claiming their immediate resettlement.
It is known that Police of that area has surrounded the strikers and forced them to get up from the spot. The three families are Mr. Maung Aung's family, Mr Pho Hla's family, Mrs Ma Fru Shay's family.

One of the hunger striker said, 'Our three families have been interviewed for rewsettlement since third quarter of 2007. Yet we what not been sent anywhere. On contrary the UNHCR of Bangladesh has been discriminating us using different kinds of stratigies. Neither they pay us Subsistence Allowence (SA) nor medical properly. Now we are facing untolerable sufferings. But every year they claim that they treat us well. Where are all those huge donations gone which had been provided for us from the world. If they cannot help us in any way what are UNHCR stuffs here for. Whom those money are for?'

He also added that, ' Among us my wife is a very serious patient, my grandchild now more than one year old. And there another serious patient my companion's wife. We are growing old and the more facing great troubles. We have no use of growing in this country if the discrimination on us continues in this way. We will be lost and our generations as well. If anybody help us please help us'.

Aung Zaw

2009-10-31T04:37:00.000-07:00

Gulshan police station has taken as a mediator

2009-10-31T04:26:00.000-07:00

Gulshan police station has taken as a mediator between three families interviewed Hunger Strikers and officers of UNHCR...
Fri, October 30, 2009 1:03:15 PM
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Gulshan police station has taken as a mediator between three familiesinterviewed Hunger Strikers and officers of UNHCR28 Oct 09Dhaka: According to the GMA today morning around 11 PM three familiesinterviewed Hunger Strikers were arrive Gulshan UNHCR, Dhaka office.At first stage strikers were brought Gulshan – 2 buses station- asseeing in photos, then like one and half hours later, they-strikerswere brought againGulshan-2 political station – which is existing southern side of busstation, there were they strikers, Mr. Pho Hla, MD Zahir M.A Rahim(Mr. Mg Aung) and Ms. Ma Pru Shay and Mr. Mdhat-Administration officer, and Mr. Jalvas – protection officer of UNHCR.They had discussed very open-mindedly for surrounding side. And theyhave got agreement to meet again on coming Monday 23 Oct 09 Centralcommunity office of UNHCR, Banany, Dhaka, According to the GMA.
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An Arakanese historian was brutally killed

20 August 2009

According to The GMA reporter: On around 7 PM, 13 August 2009, in Ouzanipara, Bandaraban ( Chittagong Hill tract, Bangladesh) Mr. Site Naing was killed brutally by a boy who name is Ah Pae Shay ( in Arakanese mean = a piece of broken one ) – age about 25 years. Ah Pae Shay’s parents are Mr. Maun Mra Tin and Mrs. Wunn Sein.

Accordance to some local people sources of Bandaraban, while Mr. Site Naing and one of his well-known person were taking conversation in front of Ah Pae Shay’s mother grocery shop, murder Ah Pae Shay who came from back side with a base ball stick then beaten on Mr. Site Naing’s head severally. For that injured Mr. Site Naing was fallen on the road as a senseless position. Ah Pae Shay has taken advantage then beaten repeatedly and mercilessly. In the result of that Mr. Site Naing’s skull was crush and brain tissues were come out on the condition spreading.
When his wife arrive, she said that she only seen Mr. Site Naing was taken two breaths, then his body was gone as silence.

Mr. Site Naing was a Arakanese revolutionary, in Arakan Army – AA, National United Party of Arakan – NUPA and Arakan National Council - ( central member of AA, in-charge of publication in NUPA and EC member of ANC, etc) around the 1991 to 2002. And he was a well-known historian among the world wide Arakanese and also a specialist about ancient Arakanese astronologist ( in Arakanese Wahraa).

According to his comrades, Mr. Site Naing can live in hunger but he can’t live write and read about historical meanly in Arakanese history. And he left many poems, in draft Arakanese historical writings pages, which are on the condition of spreading , like in Alikhadaung, Dhaka, Bandaraban, Cox’s Bazaar, in Bangladesh and India, also. One of his junior comrade said that will be take time like one year to collect that mentioned things.

Mr. Site Naing, who was recognized by UNHCR, Dhaka since 2003. He has left three dependents – his spouse Ms. Hla Kri Sein, son Khaing Lu Htun and daughter Bu Wine. His family was stopped Subsistence Allowance – SA since 2005, according to his wife.
In 2005, he was provide small amount lump sum, by UNHCR, which was exhausted from his hand among the local competitions market system. On 2006, for his wife, a mushroom firm project was submitted under the advise of concern personals of UNHCR, but which plan was disappear under the cat and mouse game treat of concerned personals of UNHCR, according to his left wife.

Accordance to his left wife, like in often concern personals of UNHCR were visit to them and advised that to submit a project proposal like previous mushroom firm project. Only personals of UNHCR were promise but nothing in practical.

Mr. Site Naing was trying to resettle to USA several time under the program of family reunification of UNHCR, them. Because of his own youngest brother Mr. San Tha Aung, who was resettle in US from Thailand as a political refugee.
But his effort, to resettle for USA, was fail, in the result of ignoring of UNHCR, Dhaka, continually, left his wife said.

According to urban refugees, following things were happening while Mr. Site Naing was killed;

A Hindu Puja was held – government holly day.
Arakanese historical unforgettable 13 August Day or Rice Killing Day was held in some countries around the world. So, some urban refugees said that if master-minded are backing in this case, he or they were chosen this day specially.
From 8 PM 13 August 09 to like around 9: 30 AM 14 August, urban refugees in Bangladesh have tried to contact with UNHCR through mobile phones but failed, because of every mobile phones of UNHCR concerned were closed, but why they did/ don’t know, said urban refugees.

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Statement
On Save Our Souls Interviewed Burmese Refugees

Since 1962, Ne Win led chauvinists military group has sized state power and democracy was crushedown under the military boots. In the result of that Burmese democratic peace loving peoples were flee to the neibouring countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, India and around the world.

And in 1988 Burmese people’s world famous up-rising also crushedown by Ne Win led Burmese Socialist Programee Party – BSPP. During that time also like exodus Burmese citizens had to flee to neibouring countries.

On another hand, in 2007 peaceful Saffron revolution was broke out and thousands Buddhist monks were come out around the nation on the street and had been praying to get seek peace and stability not only for Burma but for the whole world. That movement was also defeated under the inhuman being act of junta in front of world civilized people.
As you realized that in 1990 world wide known general election was held in Burma in which led by Aung Sann Su Kyi’s National League for Democracy - NLD was gained 82 % land-slide victory. But Burmese chauvinists are still denied to hand over the state power, shamelessly. And as known every body that created false so-called state constitution by forced in 2008. Then also so-called coming 2010 general election also very far away from Burmese peace loving peoples’ motivation. That’s why, it is impossible for us to go back to our home land.

We are recognized as urban political refugees by UNHCR in 1993 to 2003.
Among us some family were stopped SA in 1998, some were in 2000 and some in 2009 while survival of human being consumptions are increasing day by day like sky high.
For the result mentioned above we are facing with so difficulties such as shortage of food, clothing and sheltering with tremendous scarcity in living domain, being lack of medical care, some children education were totally neglected since 6 years back and some our children can’t study under the needed limit standard, some are stopped their learning in this academic year entirely. So, our children have lost their future regretfully. In 21st century it is not acceptable for us while the world is changing fast.
We adult political refugees also have no work permission according to the law of Bangladesh, no security for refugees (e.g Mr. Khine Soe was persecution and tortured by local miscreants and police personals and Mr. Site Naing was killed by a miscreant person discriminately. How we can survive in the circumstances of bad situation here?

In this condition we were interviewed by the have been being good sympathetic two officers Ms. Kairen Reader, former resettlement officer of UNHCR, Dhaka and Mr. Francis – former deputy representative of UNHCR, Dhaka.
since October/December 2007.

Since then we are waiting with big hope for overcome our resettlement cases but still no result come out and our suffering are become deeper and deeper into the worse day by day.
At the end of this circumstances, we have no choice except to sacrifice our lives.
That’s why, we have come to in front of this area to struggle for our rights inevitably.
Therefore, as an attached document an appeal in submitted by us to the Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka branch office to provide resettlement within short period of time.

We Hunger Strike, Interviewed families’ demands are as follows:

1. To accomplish our resettlement cases very soon.
2. To provide us enough Subsistence Allowance while our families members’ resettlement cases are processing.
3. To provide medical care properly before we are leaving through resettlement cases.
4. Stop discriminated policy upon us entirely.

5. To provide our children’s educational opportunity promotedly while our families members’ resettlement cases are processing.

Bread earners of interviewed hunger strike families

1. MD Zahir M.A Rahim -UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00004

2. Pho Hla -UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00004

3. Ma Pru Shay UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00054

Date: 27 October 2009

“Respect to all human rights and peace loving people”

NB: Pls open the attached files, also.
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British High CommissionUnited Nations RoadBaridhara Dhaka 1212Postal address: P O Box 6079 Dhaka 1212
Chancery/Political – Dhaka.Chancery@fco.gov.uk, Dhaka.Consular@fco.gov.uk, Dhaka.Press@fco.gov.uk, Dhaka.Immigration@fco.gov.uk

Date: 27 October 09

Subject: To take care for humanitarian ground

Dear Sir/ Madam,

With honour, as in advance, we would like to inform you that as mentioned in attached files, according with enough reasons, we three families of Burmese political refugees are going to hold hunger strike in front of head office of UNHCR, Dhaka on 10: 30 AM, Tuesday 27 Oct 09.

Therefore, you and you are earnestly requested by us to take care for under the humanitarian ground. For it we will be grateful to you forever.

Bread earners of interviewed hunger strike families

MD Zahir M.A Rahim -UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00004

Pho Hla -UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00004

Ma Pru Shay UNHCR Ref no: 393-05C00054

Contact person: Pho Hla (On behalf of other strikers families)
Contact mobile no: 0155 367 3856, 0182 221 1233

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Three Interviewed urban refugees, Hunger Strikers in front of UNHCR, Dhaka

2009-10-31T04:07:00.000-07:00

Three Interviewed urban refugees, Hunger Strikers in front of UNHCR, Dhaka. H # NE (N)8, Road no: 90, Gulshan-2, Dhaka - 1212 ( On 27 October 2009).

Statement of ANC

2009-10-03T04:05:00.000-07:00

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To advise for coming Arakanese gathering in Malay

2009-09-24T05:26:00.000-07:00

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Re: Fwd: Fw: [8888peoplepower] Nurul Islam's Paper

2009-09-23T00:06:00.000-07:00

This is fun to learn about his fake story. He claimed that Arab Muslims inhabitants have dwelled in Arakan since 6th century. I sincerely have seemed there is no Evidence of Islamic Influence into Arakan.

According to World History, the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, was born in the bustling city of Makkah around A.D. 570 and died at Madinah in A.D. 632 after a brief illness.

Sunny Muslim rapidly across the known World: Islam reached some country within a hundred years of death of Muhammad. But it did not reach as far as India (Moguls or Mughals). And nor did it reach to Southeast Asia.

You can be learnt to probe the major Muslim dynasties, with Muslim (A.H.) and Western (A.D.) dates as following:

The Four Orthodox Caliphs (arRashidun)

Abu Bakr (11/632)

Umar (13/634)

Uthman (23/644)

Ali (35/656)

The Umayyads (Damascus) 41/661-132/750

The Abbasids (Baghdad) 132/750-656/ 1258

The Umayyads of Cordova 138/756-422/ 1031

The Fatimid (Cairo) 297/909-567/ 1171

The Mamlukes (Cairo):

The Bahris 648/1250-792/ 1390

The Burjis 784/1382-922/ 1517

The Seljuqs (Persia and Iraq) 429/1037-552/ 1157

The Ottaoman 699/1209-1341/ 1923

The Mongols 654/1256-736/ 1336

The Safavids (Persia) 907/1502-1148/ 1336

The Ghaznavids (India) 366/976

The Mughals (India)

The Shahs of Bengal (India) 737/1336-984/ 1573

These dynasties show that when Islam reached into India and Bengal.. Everyone can visit to more learn about it at Dhaka National Museum where is being a lot of evidence and facts authentically.

http://search. yahoo.com/ search?ei= utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=dhaka%20national% 20museum&type=

http://india_ resource. tripod.com/ islam.html

http://trifter. com/asia- pacific/india/ fascinating- places-to- visit-in- bangladesh/

I do not believe that his hypothesis is a truth story. Because they are almost speaking in Bengali (Chittagong dialect) and they are all Chittagongnian Bengali Muslims. They do not speak Persian (Old Persian) or Pashto (Avestan).

I would like to point out the name of Nurul Islam, who was born in 1948 in Taknaf, East- Pakistan(now Bangladesh) after attainment the Burma independence from Great Brintin, is not Burmese indigenous people' name and his feature look like Kula (Pali), a nation of any country west of Burma according to Dr.Judson's Burmese-English Dictionary. Please do not fabricate anymore whim story.

Beast regards,

Min Dune

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From: Min Dune
To: 8888peoplepower@ yahoogroups. com; burmatoday@yahoogro ups.com
Cc: whoisrohingya@ yahoogroups. com; rohingya@asia. com; 8888peoplepower@ yahoogroups. com; arakannet@yahoogrou ps.com; saoharn1@gmail. com; "gawdech@gmail. com" ; brorg_uk@yahoo. co.uk
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:11:41 AM
Subject: [8888peoplepower] Nurul Islam's Paper

Dear all,

At the end of this e-mail, please read some 'wiseman's talk' of Narul Islam!

We may call him 'Jaru' instead of 'Naru' because his ideas are not better than a 'Jaru Wallah' (sweeper)!

Now, he claimed that Arab Muslim settlements in Arakan were since 6th Century AD. Their blessed 'Prophet' Mohamad was born only in 7th century AD. So how could there be Muslims in the 6th century since their religion did not come into being at that time!

I think, one of us should write a cynical essay: Since Islam came into being only in the 7th Century AD, if his claims were true, those people arrived in Arakan in 6th century AD could not be Arab-Muslims instead they could be Jews or Hebrews who were worshiping Jehovah because Judaism is the closest religion to Islam, but came into being since 3000 BC. Both Jews and Muslim do not eat pork, both of them make 'Halal'. His own hypothesis revealed that he and his people are most probably the descendants of Jews. Hence, they should convert into their closest religion, Judaism! They should not pray and worship Allah anymore but they should pray and worship Jehovah and all of them should go back to Israel! Then, we can bring the best harmony in Arakan, as he wishes!

Best regards

KMS

NB: This message received from U Khin Maung Saw (Berlin)

Best wishes,

Min Dune

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International Day of Peace was held successfully

2009-09-21T05:40:00.000-07:00

21 September 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: According to firm sources, from 12: noon time to 3: 30 PM International Day of Peace was held successfully at RDF building in Cox’s Bazaar, southern part boarder town of Bangladesh.

During the occasion, U Tha Tha Maung, U Kyaw Khine ( a member of RWU), Saw Ma Pu Sein, Ven. U Sandawara and Saw Mra Raza Lin were chosen as patrons.

According to sources, around 90 in exile peoples including women and children and other a dozen of local Rakhaing people also took part on that occasion. Among of them Ko U Thein Aung from AASYC, Saw Mi Mi Than from RWU, U Foe Hla from ALAE, Ko Kyaw Man from Cox’s Bazaar Cultural Centre were sharing their knowledge and experience about peace word. And each of patrons also given speech and address upon the peace process developing in Burma. “Until get freedom of Arakan they will never get perfect peace in Arakan” said U Foe Hla.

Until the end of deep-rooted Burmanization in Burma, non-Burman ethnicities and including her oppressive Bama ethnic will standstill endless suffering like in a hell, given addressed by patron Khaing Tha Tha Maung.
“In leadership role in Burma, Rakhine women need to participate in importance leading role in struggle against Burma military junta”, said Saw Mra Raza Lin, chairperson of RWU.

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To advise for coming Arakanese gathering in Malay

2009-09-21T05:39:00.000-07:00

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Take Myanmar’s military ambition seriously

2009-09-12T00:25:00.000-07:00

A Dhaka-based think tank suggests
bdnews24.com, DHAKA

Bangladesh needs to seriously take the issue of Myanmar's reinforced military presence along the border to safeguard its national security, a Dhaka-based think-tank says.
The Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), a think-tank that deals with security issues in South and Southeast Asia, in a publication has suggested that there are many contentious issues with neighbouring Myanmar and those need to be resolved for the national interest.
The issues such as Rohiynga and dispute over maritime boundary have daunted the relations between the two neighbours in recent times, says an article of its publication, BIPSS FOCUS.
It says Myanmar's recent strengthening of military presence in the Rakhine state, which borders Bangladesh, is a big concern.
"Bangladesh needs to take Myanmar's recent military ambition seriously," the publication says in an article, titled "Bangladesh -Myanmar Relations: The Security Dimension".
It says Myanmar has increased movement of troops while construction of concrete pillars and barbed-wire fences along the border has been sped up.
The military junta in Myanmar has also extended the runway of Sitwee Airport enabling it for operation of MiG-29 multi-role combat aircraft and all 12 MiG-29 aircraft of Myanmar Air Force are presently deployed at Sitwee, the article says. Land has also been acquired for construction of airport at Buthidaung, it adds.
The article says massive repair and reconstruction of road, bridges and culverts are going on in Western Command area while regular disembarkation of tanks, artillery guns, Recoilles Rifles, mortars in Buthidaung river jetty is also going on.
Saying that such developments are "alarming" for Bangladesh, the article adds that Myanmar has commenced barbed-wire fencing along the border with Bangladesh since March 2009, and so far approximately 38-kilometer fencing is completed till July this year.
Considering all these issues, the article says: "It is observed that Bangladesh-Myanmar relations have developed through phases of cooperation and conflict."
"Conflict in this case is not meant in the sense of confrontation, but only in the sense of conflict of interests and resultant diplomatic face-off," it says.
The article warns that "unfriendly relations with Myanmar can benefit small insurgent groups living in the hilly jungle areas of the southern portion of the Chittagong Hill Tract, which can cause some degree of instability in the area and become a serious concern for national security."
The article also suggests that Bangladesh can benefit in ways by maintaining a good relation with Myanmar, which has a good friendship with China.
"It (Myanmar) is the potential gateway for an alternative land route opening towards China and Southeast Asia other than the sea," it says. "Such road link has the potentiality for a greater communication network between Bangladesh and Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore."
Moreover, the article says, with a rich natural resource base, Myanmar is a country with considerable potential.

"Myanmar's forests and other natural resources like gas, oil, stones are enormous from which Bangladesh can be benefited enormously," it says.
The article suggests the policymakers review the existing defence priorities to suit the magnitude of threat being faced by the nation.
"The policy regarding Myanmar needs to be a careful combination of effective diplomacy while safeguarding our security interests," it says.

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70th Anniversary of Van. U Ottama Day was held in Cox’sBazaar

2009-09-12T00:20:00.000-07:00

Sunday 12 September 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: From 8 : 15 AM to 11 : 15 AM on 9 September 09, The Sun of Asia Van. U Ottama Day was successfully held at the hall of RDF, Kyaungnaar Rwa, Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh.

According to sources, on that period around 60 personals were participate; they were 8 Buddhist Monks including U Sandawara – (Tawkyaung saradaw) U Tilawka, U Khema, and from various kind of orgs. exile peoples including woman/ children and other around a dozen of local Phalong Chite Rakhaing were also.

Since long years back, like in every year, usually this The Sun of Asia Ven. U Ottma Day was held by in exile people in Cox’s Bazaar ( in Arakanese Phalong Chite ), because of this areas are being called western Rakhaing by among the Rakhaing ( Arakanese ) people.

The Sun of Asia; Van. U Ottama was born in 27 December 1879 in Rupa Quarter, Sittway, Arakan region. His parents were U Mra and Daw Aung Kyawa Thu. According to his history back ground Van. U Ottama has skilled in 9 languages including in English, French, Japanese, Indian, Tibetan, Bangali, etc. Van. U Ottama was lead freedom of Asia from British colonial, not only for Burma. In result of that, he was given title The Sun of Asia by revolutionaries of Asian.

His most famous thunder warning words were “Gerard Dock get out”. Sir. Regional Gerard Dock; the governor of Burma, was expelled by him when not sun set umpire of British was ring in the world, in those day. In the result of those “thunder words” Bama peoples were rise their head for freedom of so-called Burma, today. The Arakanese Saradaw U Ottama has led as THE ORIGINATOR OF FREEDOM OF BURMA.

In the result of that today, so-called Burma was gain freedom from British colonial 4 Jan 1948. But today Burman chauvinists don’t would like to recognize him “as THE ORIGINATOR OF FREEDOM OF BURMA” according to participants. In those day, his political movement colleagues were; Mahatma Gandhi from India, Dr. Swanyetsin from China, delivers statements have mentioned.

The Sun of Asia Arakanese Van. U Ottama has died in 9 September 1939.

Following demands were mention in participants’ statements;

1. For recognize as “ THE ORIGINATOR OF FREEDOM OF BURMA” officially.

2. For restore U Ottama park instead of Kandawmin park.

3. To indicate/ mention in both government/ NGOs’ schools for Van. U Ottama’s history as a lesson in educational board in Burma.

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Hundreds throng DMCH for swine flu test

2009-09-08T01:04:00.000-07:00

Hundreds throng DMCH for swine flu test
STAFF REPORTER

A large number of panic stricken people are showing up en masse at hospitals fearing swine flu attack despite government assurance that the disease is not showing an upward trend.
No new cases were diagnosed yesterday, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Shah Monir Hossain said.
But, at least 250 people turned up at the swine flu corner of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) to have themselves examined as they had symptoms like raised temperature or coughing.
"Most of the people come for treatment as they are panicked," said on duty-doctor Khan Mohammad Arif, adding that every day around 200 'patients' come to the swine flu outdoor.
Only eight patients are currently under treatment at the hospital. Of them one was tested H1N1 positive.
Resident physician Dr Golam Kibria said that panic really made their job tough as only one-fifth patients seeking treatment have flu-like symptoms.
"Usually people suffer from seasonal flu during this period," he said.
Kibria requested people not to pay unnecessary visits to the flu corners, because it might increase the risk of being infected.
Meanwhile, the 18-member national technical committee yesterday finalised a uniform treatment management system of swine flu across the country.
On Saturday, the government formed the committee to prepare a guideline on clinical management of the pandemic influenza A/H1N1.
Prof MA Faiz, head of the committee said, they had prepared the guidelines for managing swine flu patients, and handed it over to the director general of DGHS.
"The guideline was formulated for the country in light of the World Health Organisation's pandemic plan as the virus is being transmitted within the communities," Faiz said
The director general said, it would be made public soon.
"The guideline divided patients suffering from flu-like illness into three categories," he said.
The patients under A category need only symptomatic treatment. If they don't recover within three days then they will fall under B category and be provided with anti-viral drug. If the patients develop respiratory complications then they will be immediately hospitalised under C category, he added.
"Since June 18, around 291 patients have been detected with swine flu. But it is now static," he also said.
The government's spokesman on swine flu Professor Mahmudur Rahman, however, said they had decided to disclose the state of swine flu to the media twice a week -Sunday and Wednesday.
"Individual count is not essential at this moment," he said.
He urged people not to be panicky as 95 per cent cases the disease is self-limiting and only in two per cent cases the condition of the patient deteriorates.
He called upon everybody to stay at home while sick and avoid sneezing, coughing or spitting 'anywhere' and to cover their mouth while coughing or sneezing and then wash their hands properly.
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BGMEA admits 'error', says sorry
bdnews24.com, Dhaka

The BGMEA admitted "error" and made a full apology yesterday for last week's controversial demand to the government for immediate payment of a massive Tk 30 billion recession package, claiming inability to pay salaries and bonuses to workers ahead of Eid.
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said "mistakes in language" and "frustration deriving from the global recession" had prompted the demand at a press conference last Thursday, which drew flak from government, workers and even other trade bodies.
BGMEA president Salam Murshedi had told the press conference that 40 per cent of factory owners would be unable to pay due salaries and bonuses ahead of Eid because of adverse business conditions, adding they would not be held responsible for any consequent instability in the sector.
The association's acting president Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin told reporters at the BGMEA premises yesterday, "We wanted to speak out about losses incurred by the recession, but out of frustration our tone was wrong and some mistakes in language occurred."
"To err is human. Business has been bad due to the recession. The BGMEA was under pressure, but if we made any mistake, we apologise," said Mohiuddin.
He also called on the association's members to settle employee salaries and Eid bonuses at the earliest opportunity".
BGMEA had demanded the "Tk 30 billion (Tk 3,000 crore) by Sep 7" to salvage the industry and help clear worker wages and allowances, citing recession fallout even though the readymade garment sector saw around 15 per cent growth in exports last year.
Finance minister AMA Muhith immediately dismissed the demand, and on Sunday said it had been "improper" for the organisation to link any recession or stimulus package with wages and bonuses prior to Eid.
The trade body's demand also drew a string of criticism from trade unions and even fellow exporters. Workers also took to streets to protest the statement and demand immediate payment.

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Strongly condemn

2009-09-08T01:00:00.000-07:00

Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@gmail.com, mobile:01732681662
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The Representative
UNHCR branch office
H # NE ( N ) 8
Road No: 90
Gulshan – 2
Dhaka – 1212
E-mail: BGDDA@unhcr.org
Tel: + 880-2-8826802-6
Fax: 880-2-8826557

Date: 20 August 2009

Subject: Strongly condemn

Dear Sir, Madam,

With respect, we – working committee of CBR, on behalf of Burmese urban refugees, would like to strongly condemn about attitude of concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office about political refugee Khine Soe’s following mentioned case. And also strongly condemn police personals who were torturing, persecution inhuman acts upon stateless urban refugee Khine Soe.

When, we, working committee of CBR, have observed about following mentioned Khine Soe case and wounded bold marks which are existing around his body (as proven attached photos files). Those mentioned circumstances are proving us that combined of some concerned persons of UHNCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch and some police personals have done upon stateless refugee Khine Soe, as like an operation or revenge of combined forces. But why?

We, Burmese political refugees, can’t go back for home land for have been involved in 88 up-rising and Saffron Revolution in 2007 in Burma. But since 1998, we were ceased SA by your office. And newly only few of our recognizers were also stopped SA within short period of time.
So, we are facing like in a hell in this jobs opportunity-less and poorest/ populous country Bangladesh.

So, your office is neither provide SA nor allow to resettlement for us, but lay down plan to kill us according to following Khine Soe case and Man Wa case ( Man Wa was killed in Sittagong jail ) according to Mr. Bazalar Rahman -former social counselor.

Therefore, we, working committee of CBR, strongly condemn about attitudes of concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office and police personals who were torturing, persecution inhuman acts upon stateless urban refugee Khine Soe’s following mentioned case. And you and your authorized UNHCR office, Dhaka are earnestly requested to take care or observe for stateless refugee Khine Soe’s case, as soon as possible.

With hope for your human being kind.

Working Committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazaar
E-mails: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
committeeforburmeserefugee@gmail.com
Contact Tel: 044 371 42255, 01199 081 074

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Cc:
1. To;
Mr. ANTONIO GUTERRES
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
UNHCR HEAD OFFICE
GENEVA , SWITZERLAND

2. Asian Human Rights Commission
E-mail: ahrc@ahrc.asia
19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building,
998 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Tel: +(852) - 2698-6339 Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367

3. Alberto CAFERRI
First Counsellor
Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: alberto.caferri@cec.eu.int

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4. EUROPEAN UNION

Charles Whiteley
First Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: charles.whiteley@cec.eu.int
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5. EUROPEAN UNION

Jenni Christensen
Third Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730 Ext 153
Fax: 880-2-8823118
Mobile: 0088-0175 059972
E-mail: jenni.christensen@cec.eu.int, http://www.eudelbangladesh.org

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6. ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Kristian Jervell
First Secretary

H # no: 9, Road no: 111, Gulshan, Dhaka – 1212
Tel: (+880-2) 882 3880, 882 3065
Fax: (+880-2) 882 3661
E-mail: kjj@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.bd

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7. 903, Grand Maison

Itabashi 1-47-9
Itabashi Ku, Tokyo
Japan. 173-0004
Tel/Fax: 81 3-3579-3772
E-mail: voburma@gol.com

8. 3. International Rescue Committee (IRC), 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168 USA, Phone: (212) 551-3000, http://www.theirc.org/index.html

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An Urban Refugee was tortured, persecution by local miscreants and police personals in Cox’s Bazaar

5 July 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: According to the GMA online news, on 4 PM the day after yesterday in Cox’s Bazaar sea beach, Khine Soe ( recognized person as a political refugee of UNHCR ) was attacked and bullied by 6 persons of local miscreants. He has fled to UNHCR branch office which is nearest of sea beach for escape from his life danger.

According to him, he has bellowed the gate of UNHCR office and sought help from them. But concerned persons of UNHCR, CB branch has called police then arrested Khine Soe.

Khine Soe said, he has got wounded around his body by attacked of miscreants, and blood was splitting from his right palm when police arrested him. And he told that police personals were bind him with rope very tightly, then he was tortured by police personals beating with cine sticks severally, kicking with boots, bellowed with knees severally, etc until arrived general hospital of Cox’s Bazaar.

The GMA reporter, who have found several bold marks are available in his body as marks of wounded, till yesterday he couldn’t talk properly. Khine Soe think and said that some body or some concerned body was/ were trying to kill him under the very systematically laid-down planed. But he don’t know who they are and why?

Yes, an urban refugee – Khine Soe has sought help from UNHCR, CB branch, with big hope of escape from local miscreant’s hand. But only he got severally tortured persecution by police personals for reason given ordered by concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office.

According to urban refugee Khine Soe, he or majority percent of urban or political refugees were Subsistence Allowance – SA stopped by UNHCR, Dhaka, Bangladesh office since 1998. Since then he and his family are struggling very hardly for survival through a small grocery shop business. Khine Soe said he would like to go back for Burma, but he can’t for has been involved with 1988 up-rising. If he go back, he will be tortured and persecution by SPDC. But here also no safe place, no security and no food for survival, urban refugee said.

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NB: Political Refugee – Khine Soe’s UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00012. And just now, we have visited him. A medical assistance, who is a well known person of him, is take caring medical treatment upon Khine Soe. Because he is felling insecurity to hospitalize even he was advised to hospitalize.

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Cc:

1. The Representative
UNHCR branch office
House No: NE (N) 8
Road No: 90
Gulshan – 2
E-mail: BGDDDA@unhcr.org

2. Mr. Jelvas Masau
Protection Officer of UNHCR
Tel: 882- 6802 – 108
E-mail: BGDDAPRO@unhcr.org

3. EUROPEAN UNION

Alberto CAFERRI
First Counsellor
Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: alberto.caferri@cec.eu.int

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4. EUROPEAN UNION

Charles Whiteley
First Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: charles.whiteley@cec.eu.int
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5. EUROPEAN UNION

Jenni Christensen
Third Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730 Ext 153
Fax: 880-2-8823118
Mobile: 0088-0175 059972
E-mail: jenni.christensen@cec.eu.int, http://www.eudelbangladesh.org

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6. ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Kristian Jervell
First Secretary

H # no: 9, Road no: 111, Gulshan, Dhaka – 1212
Tel: (+880-2) 882 3880, 882 3065
Fax: (+880-2) 882 3661
E-mail: kjj@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.bd

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7. 903, Grand Maison

Itabashi 1-47-9
Itabashi Ku, Tokyo
Japan. 173-0004
Tel/Fax: 81 3-3579-3772
E-mail: voburma@gol.com

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An Urban Refugee was tortured, persecution by local miscreants and police personals in Cox’s Bazaar

5 July 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: According to the GMA online news, on 4 PM the day after yesterday in Cox’s Bazaar sea beach, Khine Soe ( recognized person as a political refugee of UNHCR ) was attacked and bullied by 6 persons of local miscreants. He has fled to UNHCR branch office which is nearest of sea beach for escape from his life danger.

According to him, he has bellowed the gate of UNHCR office and sought help from them. But concerned persons of UNHCR, CB branch has called police then arrested Khine Soe.

Khine Soe said, he has got wounded around his body by attacked of miscreants, and blood was splitting from his right palm when police arrested him. And he told that police personals were bind him with rope very tightly, then he was tortured by police personals beating with cine sticks severally, kicking with boots, bellowed with knees severally, etc until arrived general hospital of Cox’s Bazaar.

The GMA reporter, who have found several bold marks are available in his body as marks of wounded, till yesterday he couldn’t talk properly. Khine Soe think and said that some body or some concerned body was/ were trying to kill him under the very systematically laid-down planed. But he don’t know who they are and why?

Yes, an urban refugee – Khine Soe has sought help from UNHCR, CB branch, with big hope of escape from local miscreant’s hand. But only he got severally tortured persecution by police personals for reason given ordered by concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office.

According to urban refugee Khine Soe, he or majority percent of urban or political refugees were Subsistence Allowance – SA stopped by UNHCR, Dhaka, Bangladesh office since 1998. Since then he and his family are struggling very hardly for survival through a small grocery shop business. Khine Soe said he would like to go back for Burma, but he can’t for has been involved with 1988 up-rising. If he go back, he will be tortured and persecution by SPDC. But here also no safe place, no security and no food for survival, urban refugee said.

The GMA online news
For contact mobile numbers: 01199 081 074, 044 371 42255
Please visit this links: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

NB: Political Refugee – Khine Soe’s UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00012. And just now, we have visited him. A medical assistance, who is a well known person of him, is take caring medical treatment upon Khine Soe. Because he is felling insecurity to hospitalize even he was advised to hospitalize.

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Cc:

1. The Representative
UNHCR branch office
House No: NE (N) 8
Road No: 90
Gulshan – 2
E-mail: BGDDDA@unhcr.org

2. Mr. Jelvas Masau
Protection Officer of UNHCR
Tel: 882- 6802 – 108
E-mail: BGDDAPRO@unhcr.org

3. EUROPEAN UNION

Alberto CAFERRI
First Counsellor
Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: alberto.caferri@cec.eu.int

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4. EUROPEAN UNION

Charles Whiteley
First Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: charles.whiteley@cec.eu.int
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5. EUROPEAN UNION

Jenni Christensen
Third Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730 Ext 153
Fax: 880-2-8823118
Mobile: 0088-0175 059972
E-mail: jenni.christensen@cec.eu.int, http://www.eudelbangladesh.org

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6. ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Kristian Jervell
First Secretary

H # no: 9, Road no: 111, Gulshan, Dhaka – 1212
Tel: (+880-2) 882 3880, 882 3065
Fax: (+880-2) 882 3661
E-mail: kjj@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.bd

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7. 903, Grand Maison

Itabashi 1-47-9
Itabashi Ku, Tokyo
Japan. 173-0004
Tel/Fax: 81 3-3579-3772
E-mail: voburma@gol.com

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“Members of Working Committee of CBR”

1. U Maginda - SASANAMOLI
2. U Thein Aung - AASYC
3. Ah Thein - RWU
4. U Maung Aung - Individual
5. Ko Tu Tu - Individual
6. Daw Pu Sein - RWU
7. U Pho Hla - ALAE (spoke man of CBR)

Pho Hla
On behalf of
Working Committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR

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Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com, mobile:01732681662
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Statement of CBR on the occasion of World Refugee Day

We, Christian/ Buddhist refugees or political refugees of Burma, are invited by UNHCR, Dhaka branch office to attends and participate in coming World Refugee Day programme of them.

Thanks for that invitation, but we, are seeing upon that programme as an only show case. Because of we are suffering like a grave condition under the protection of UNHCR, Dhaka branch as following reasons:

(1) Burmese head of families of Christian/ Buddhist refugees or parents refugees were
SA stopped by UNHCR, in Bangladesh since 1998.
(2) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees’ educational expense were ceased
by UNHCR, Bangladesh since 2003.
(3) Children of old Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees’ subsistence allowance – SA-
were stopped by UNHCR, in Bangladesh since in 2004.
(4) Newly recognized Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees’ subsistence allowance – SA - were also stopped by UNHCR, after six months of recognition upon majority of them and among of them some bodies are no grant SA at all and being ignored totally without any reasons or under the depriving.
(5) And as a first base, since October 2007, some urban refugees’ families who were taken interview for resettlement by some foreigners staffs, who have been good sympathetic mood, but which files are very unclear at the present day, very unfortunately.
(6) So, as a conclusion, we are suffering under the grave condition for survival in this country in both of individuals and the whole because of this country Bangladesh, which has very cute jobs opportunity and most populous in the world. And even millions degree holders of her citizens are trying to get jobs opportunity in other developed countries. So, how for like our alien refugees to get jobs opportunity in this country.

Therefore, instead of urban refugees, we, working committee of CBR, has to demand on the occasion of World Refugee Day. And UNHCR, Dhaka office is submitted by us to full fill for our following demands immediately. Which demands are;

1. To provide Resettlement in third countries
2. To provide SA for every card holders while our resettlement cases are processing
3. To provide medical care properly while our resettlement cases are processing
4. To provide an UNHCR unit in Cox’s Bazaar for urban refugees who are staying in
Cox’s Bazaar, and three districts of Chittagong hill.
5. To stop discriminations upon the refugees under the protection of UNHCR,
Bangladesh office.

Already signed

Pho Hla
( on behalf of )
Working committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
E-mail:committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
Contact mobile no: 01199 081 074

Date: 21st June 2009

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Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com, mobile:01732681662
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For World Refugee Day, UNHCR, Dhaka branch has sent massages to urban refugees through mobile phone were as following;

1. UNHCR has sent massage through mobile: 01819274377, on 11/ 6/ 09, 6: 45 PM
Greeting from UNHCR. You are invited in the upcoming World Refugee Day
programme. Venue RAOWA Conference Room: Add: VIP Rd, Mohakhali, DOHS,
Dhaka.

2. Sent massage through mobile: 01819274377, on 21 June 09 Timd: 9 AM – 1: 30 PM, Refugee
who are wish to join programme they must conform us within 13 June. UNHCR will provide
1000 Tk per person.

3. Sent massage through mobile: 01819274377, on 11/ 06 / 09.
For Cox & 70 Tk for Dhaka based refugee who are more than 10 years old & a sanitary gift
box to female participants, thanks.

4. Sent massage through mobile: 01819274377, on 10: 15 AM, 15/ 06/ 09:
Dear all, Greeting from UNHCR. We apologize that World Refugee
Day 2009 event has been cancelled because we don’t have activities (performance) fro.

6. Sent 15 / 6 / 09 : 10: 15 AM The refugee community. Community outreach centre will remain
open on Sunday 21 June for those who may wish to come and collect sanitary gifts (girl).

7. Sent 15 / 6 / 09 : 10: 16 AM woman over 12 years & T – shirt ( everyone). These items may be
collect any other time. UNHCR will not pay travel cost for any one coming to the of

8. Sent massage through mobile: 01819274377, on 10: 16 AM, Monday 15 June 2009, UNHCR
mentioned that UNHCR office. We regret that inconvenience to those who planned to attend
the function.

Working committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
E-mail:committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com

Date: 15 June 2009

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“Declaration of CBR”

The political refugees
who have fought for pro-democracy, pro-human rights
against Detectors, against evils design bureaucracy

We, Burmese political refugees, who have fought for pro-democracy, pro-human rights against evil design of BSPP/ SLORC/ SPDC to have peace and democracy for Burma..

During broke out of our up-risings, thousands of our parents, brothers/ sisters, comrades and Buddhist monks were sacrificed or die in front of us in 1988 up-rising and in Saffron Revolution in 2007. Blood had been flowing purred like streams, rivers from our beloved ones.

Wherever, whenever we get chance, we are rising our voice globally against tyranny SPDC.
We are not alone, around the every corner of world civilized peoples, including the Presidents, PMs Novel winners, are with us.

We must survive until get genuine democracy in Burma. Unnecessarily, stopping SA, mistreating SA even from window woman, not easy even for medical treatment including inhuman being behalf, etc all of those circumstances are unbelievable happening here, it is systematically pushing us in to the hell of SPDC cage.

We are firmly believe that neither you are partisans of SPDC nor our enemies. But why?

You, staffs of UNHCR, BD, have told us to manage for sponsorships. For whom every necessary supports will be provided by UNHCR if anybody can manage sponsorship. So, we have took long times over the one decade, for those sponsorships But in realized NO!, Why?

You are repeatedly mentioning unnecessarily that UNHCR will not provide SA for the whole life of us. But why you don’t allow us to go third countries, through sponsorships or providing resettlement forms, but why?

Now, we are facing under the very discriminations that since Oct. 2007, some of our families were taken interview by foreigners staffs resettlement officers (who had very good understand upon our condition in BD and had good sympathetic mood about our suffering) of UNHCR. Now, even majority of those our resettlement files are very unclear. Because of some staffs of resettlement officer said some of our files were damaged and have to recall interview. But nothing happen till today.

But this is 21st century and IT era, it is universal truth that we have justice. We have head Quarter of UNHCR. We have head quarter of human rights, even IGO of UNHCR to protect for our suffering in inhuman being here and upon the discrimination of our rights. And even senior advocates are already as reinforce from our side to justify for in quest of our losing rights.

Since 1993 to 2009 up to date, foreigners staffs of UNHCR like Ms. Kasumi Nishigaya (Japan), Mis Siri Rustet (Norway). Ms. Naomi (Japan), Mr. Arrond Sala (Thailand) and in 2007 Ms. Karen Reed – resettlement officer ( New Zealand) and Mr. Fransis – deputy representative, they have been good understand and had good sympathetic mood about our suffering. But they couldn’t enough long time exist here because of they were kicked out by evil designs, very unfortunately under the various kind of way.

We, don’t would like to every body but you, but evil design of labors of UNHCR, BD should know that you are not the queens or kings and also we are not vagabonds. Exactly we are meeting each other here, according to noble aims of UNHCR, nothing more.

Therefore, herewith, we, working committee of Committee for Burmese Refugee- CBR, has to declare that to take preparation to protect your third class inhuman being evil design which mean using discriminations upon our suffering under the protection of UNHCR, Bangladesh.

We are comrades of 8888 generation and Saffron Revolution from Burma. We don’t would like to fight unnecessarily, but now we have to for our above mentioned losing rights.

With the best regards,

Working Committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
Mobile no: 0173 2681 662

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Arakanese urban refugees faced discrimination by UNHCR BD
June 4, 2009
According to the Committee for Burmese Refugee (CRB) and other individual reports sources have said the urban Arakanese refugees are faced an experience the tribulation as discriminations of racial and religious under the various kinds of treat of many protection officers of UNHCR, Bangladesh, since 1990 to 2009 and up to date.
According to them, from 1990 to 2009, around the five hundreds ( 5 hundreds ) Muslim Somali refugees and another one hundred Muslim Refugees from Iraqi, Iranian, Serialeon, etc totally over the six hundreds mentioned Muslims urban refugees have been resettled to third countries while Arakanese refugees only two families and four individuals were resettled in third countries from Bangladesh.
There are nearly 200 Arakanese urban refugees have been suffered as discriminations by the local representatives of UNHCR which does not provide to necessary protection shelter, food, health, education, vocational training.
By the refugees resettlement program of UNHCR, a lot of Muslim refugees are getting opportunity to resettle in third countries such as New Zealand, Canada, and European countries, following circumstance, Arakanese urban refugees are in critical condition as SOS happens step by step systematically in Bangladesh.
(1) Burmese head of families of Christian/ Buddhist refugees were SA stopped by UNHCR, BD in 1998.
(2) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees' educational expense were ceased by UNHCR, BD in 2003.
(3) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees' subsistence allowance - SA- were Stopped by UNHCR, BD in 2004. And while those Muslim urban refugees' children have been allowed to study in English medium, at that time our children also got opportunity to study in English medium. But no sooner majority percent of Muslim urban refugees' children were resettle or went to their own country along with their parents after their country became calm, then UNHCR also stopped the education of our Arakanese urban refugees children.
After that majority of urban refugees have had to lose urban refugees status and had to shift their residents from Dhaka to rural areas of Bangladesh, meanly to Chittagong hill tract and Cox's Bazar areas in the result blowing storm of survival struggle.
Since then, Burmese Buddhists/ Christian urban refugees or Burmese political refugees have to face their struggle like in a hell.
On the other hand, meanly since then 1988 democracy up-rising was crackdown by SLORC, around the 1,5000 ( Fifteen thousands ) war / economic effected Burmese Buddhists/ Christian refugees ( who were flee from Arakan region and Chin hill of Burma) they are struggling in their survival in triangle boarder areas of India, Bangladesh, Burma.
But for them, any UNHCR, Govts. NGOs are nothing take care or helping upon them. And like totally ignoring or throwing in a dust-bin.
A decade ago, in Mogro journal, which was published in Burma-Thailand boarder area, three lakhs displaced Buddhist Arakanese have been struggling for their survival in border area and inside Thailand.
Also according to a PhD. Doctor, who visited Bangladesh recently, it is known that only inside Malaysia there are around five lakhs Arakanese struggling for their surviving both legal and illegally. In another record Arakanese traditional Thungran (Water Festival) Tanchat in which mentioned that in Arakan region only children, woman and old people are left. So, nowadays, urban refugees can easily under-stood that around the 1 million Buddhist Arakanese have already left Arakan region, very sadly.
It is a very remarkable one and it is question for why those lakhs of Arakanese did not come to Bangladesh for the shelter of UNHCR but to Thailand and Malaysia even though Bangladesh is nearest border area to flee. The answer will be the only one that they knew suffering like the way we are having one and half decade, under the discrimination of UNHCR BD.
Do you have any question about this information please contact to;
Working committee of Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
mobile:01732681662

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Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com, mobile:01732681662
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Mr. Jelvas Masau
Protection Officer of UNHCR
Tel: 882- 6802 – 108
E-mail: BGDDAPRO@unhcr.org

Date: 27 May 2009


Subject: Concerned Christian/ Buddhist refugee of Burma in Bangladesh


Dear Mr. Jelvas Masau,

Thank a lot about your response massage of protection section of UNHCR.

We, Christian/ Buddhist refugees of Burma , have had enough experience under the various kinds of treat of many protection officers of UNHCR, Bangladesh , since 1990 to 2009 and up to date.

According to us, from 1990 to 2009, around the five hundreds ( 5 hundreds ) Muslim Somali refugees and another one hundred Muslim Refugees from Iraqi, Irani, Serialeon, etc totally over the six hundreds mentioned Muslims urban refugees have been resettled to third countries while we only two families and four individuals were resettled in third countries from Bangladesh.

So, as mentioned in your massage, how percentage you would like to compare among the urban refugees?

When those mentioned majority of Muslim refugees were resettle in third countries, following circumstance were happen step by step systematically;

(1) Burmese head of families of Christian/ Buddhist refugees or parents refugees were
SA stopped by UNHCR, BD in 1998.
(2) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees’ educational expense were ceased
by UNHCR, BD in 2003.
(3) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees’ subsistence allowance – SA- were
stopped by UNHCR, BD in 2004. And while those Muslim urban refugees’ children have been allowed to study in English medium, at that time our children also got opportunity to study in English medium. But no sooner majority percent of Muslim urban refugees’ children were resettle or went to their own country along with their parents after their country became calm, then UNHCR also stopped the education of our Myanmarese urban refugees children. What does this mean? From this lesson we could understood that UNHCR provided us enough shelter when there were and when there is no Iraqi, Irani, Serialeon, Somali then they stop us. Later UNHCR stopped the educational support of our children, totally.

After that majority of urban refugees have had to loose urban refugees status and had to shift their residents from Dhaka to rural areas of Bangladesh , meanly to Chittagong hill tract and Cox’s Bazar areas in the result blowing storm of survival struggle.

Since then, Burmese Buddhists/ Christian urban refugees or Burmese political refugees have to face their struggle like in a hell.

On the other hand, meanly since then 1988 democracy up-rising was crackdown by SLORC, around the 1,5000 ( Fifteen thousands ) war / economic effected Burmese Buddhists/ Christian refugees ( who were flee from Arakan region and Chin hill of Burma) they are struggling in their survival in triangle boarder areas of India, Bangladesh, Burma.
But for them, no any UNHCR, Govts. NGOs are nothing take care or helping upon them. And like totally ignoring or throwing in a dust-bin.

A decade ago, in Mogro journal, which was published in Burma-Thailand boarder area, three lakhs displaced Buddhist Arakanese have been struggling for their survival in border area and inside Thailand .

Also according to a PhD. Doctor, who visited Bangladesh recently, it is known that only inside Malaysia there are around five lakhs Arakanese struggling for their surviving both legal and illegally. In another record Arakanese traditional Thungran (Water Festival) Tanchat in which mentioned that in Arakan region only children, woman and old people are left.
So, nowadays, we can easily under-stood that around the 1 million Buddhist Arakanese have already left Arakan region, very sadly.

It is a very remarkable one and it is question for why those lakhs of Arakanese did not come to Bangladesh for the shelter of UNHCR but to Thailand and Malaysia even though Bangladesh is nearest border area to flee. The answer will be the only one that they knew suffering like the way we are having one and half decade, under the discrimination of UNHCR BD.


Therefore, we would like to wait for your further response, eagerly.


Working committee

of
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com

--- On Tue, 5/26/09, Dhaka, Bangladesh BGDDA Protection wrote:

From: Dhaka, Bangladesh BGDDA Protection
Subject: Re: Is that our fault to be refugees?
To: "aung zaw"
Cc: burmese@bbc.co.uk, ben@csw.org.uk, aaharasazaung@gmail.com, awu.hq06@gmail.com, "bd saffron educational generation" , gissapanady@gmail.com, hlaayemaung@gmail.com, khinmarzinlunn@gmail.com, korakhine@gmail.com, naingnaing8888@gmail.com, rakhawantha1@gmail.com, soelunn@gmail.com, tayzathuria@gmail.com, u_khamainda@gmail.com, wonderflower2006@gmail.com, mizzima@hotmail.com, asawoo@iri.org, information@irrawaddy.org, news@irrawaddy.org, newera@ksc.th.com, mizzima@mizzima.com, ncgub@ncgub.net, dvbburma@online.com, dvbburma@online.no, "Dhaka Bangladesh" , burmese@voanews.com, mratkyaw77@yahoo.co.uk, ranninsoe@yahoo.co.uk, ancnewsinfo@yahoo.com, anc_hq@yahoo.com, augbob@yahoo.com, burmatoday2002@yahoo.com, khinekyawkhineusa@yahoo.com, khinesitetway@yahoo.com, kkyaw88@yahoo.com, malayanc@yahoo.com, naing_naing40@yahoo.com, narinja@yahoo.com, nayakaus@yahoo.com, praythein88@yahoo.com, rocana2008@yahoo.com, rsu_2009@yahoo.com, thegoodmorningarakan@yahoo.com, twanlunn@yahoo.com, u_thanoe@yahoo.com, u_tiloka26@yahoo.com, 8888peoplepower@yahoogroups.com, arakannet@yahoogroups.com, wao-global@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 3:12 AM
Dear Mr Aung Zaw,

Thank you for your message here below, in which you raise some very important issues of concern. We wish to point out a few facts to help you understand what is being done.

UNHCR is pursues resettlement of refugees in accordance with defined criteria. Resettlement is therefore based on individual circumstances, and UNHCR does not make a distinction whatsoever when pursuing it (resettlement) for the protection of a refugee. Please note that even urban refugees are receiving assistance and resettlement.The percentage of urban refugees resettled is not different from the percentage of Rohingya who have been resettled.

Thank you
Protection
UNHCR

>>> aung zaw 5/19/2009 1:20 AM >>>
Respected UNHCR Representatives,

UNHCR in Bangladesh is torturing and doing as they like to Myanmarese urban refugees.

You have been trying us to be stable And rot in Bangladesh. Your men speak so gently in our area but you behave like creatures when we go to your office. Is that our fault to be refugee? We become refugees not comming from robbing, killing, fighting, adictating.
We become refugee after abandoning family and properties not liking own Government.
It would had been better if there were no UNHCR.

Even though you have not any agreement with Bangladesh Government, You have been sending thousands and thousands of Rohingya refugees to resettle in western countries saying that we urban refugees are more stronger than those Rohingya refugees.
On contrary we urban refugees are rotting and decaying inside that you cannot see. In reality those Rohingya refugees are both this citizen to Bangladesh and Burma. They get much help from you. And they also get help from Saudi Arabia and from many Arab countries.

You told urban refugees that you have no resettlement for urban refugees. Why do you chose us in your most hatred list. We regret this because you sent hundreds of Rohingya Refugees in front of us and lying the world you are helping urban refugees.

Feel instead of us, if you had heart. If you are not killing us who is killing us. In place of helping you are throwing us into trouble in so dark Bangladesh.

If you do not like us pls at least send us to Thailand. Because we cannot go back to Burma. This is our last claim.

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2009-09-08T00:52:00.000-07:00

An Arakanese historian was brutally killed

2009-09-07T21:07:00.000-07:00

An Arakanese historian was brutally killed

20 August 2009

According to The GMA reporter: On around 7 PM, 13 August 2009, in Ouzanipara, Bandaraban ( Chittagong Hill tract, Bangladesh) Mr. Site Naing was killed brutally by a boy who name is Ah Pae Shay ( in Arakanese mean = a piece of broken one ) – age about 25 years. Ah Pae Shay’s parents are Mr. Maun Mra Tin and Mrs. Wunn Sein.

Accordance to some local people sources of Bandaraban, while Mr. Site Naing and one of his well-known person were taking conversation in front of Ah Pae Shay’s mother grocery shop, murder Ah Pae Shay who came from back side with a base ball stick then beaten on Mr. Site Naing’s head severally. For that injured Mr. Site Naing was fallen on the road as a senseless position. Ah Pae Shay has taken advantage then beaten repeatedly and mercilessly. In the result of that Mr. Site Naing’s skull was crush and brain tissues were come out on the condition spreading.
When his wife arrive, she said that she only seen Mr. Site Naing was taken two breaths, then his body was gone as silence.

Mr. Site Naing was a Arakanese revolutionary, in Arakan Army – AA, National United Party of Arakan – NUPA and Arakan National Council - ( central member of AA, in-charge of publication in NUPA and EC member of ANC, etc) around the 1991 to 2002. And he was a well-known historian among the world wide Arakanese and also a specialist about ancient Arakanese astronologist ( in Arakanese Wahraa).

According to his comrades, Mr. Site Naing can live in hunger but he can’t live write and read about historical meanly in Arakanese history. And he left many poems, in draft Arakanese historical writings pages, which are on the condition of spreading , like in Alikhadaung, Dhaka, Bandaraban, Cox’s Bazaar, in Bangladesh and India, also. One of his junior comrade said that will be take time like one year to collect that mentioned things.

Mr. Site Naing, who was recognized by UNHCR, Dhaka since 2003. He has left three dependents – his spouse Ms. Hla Kri Sein, son Khaing Lu Htun and daughter Bu Wine. His family was stopped Subsistence Allowance – SA since 2005, according to his wife.
In 2005, he was provide small amount lump sum, by UNHCR, which was exhausted from his hand among the local competitions market system. On 2006, for his wife, a mushroom firm project was submitted under the advise of concern personals of UNHCR, but which plan was disappear under the cat and mouse game treat of concerned personals of UNHCR, according to his left wife.

Accordance to his left wife, like in often concern personals of UNHCR were visit to them and advised that to submit a project proposal like previous mushroom firm project. Only personals of UNHCR were promise but nothing in practical.

Mr. Site Naing was trying to resettle to USA several time under the program of family reunification of UNHCR, them. Because of his own youngest brother Mr. San Tha Aung, who was resettle in US from Thailand as a political refugee.
But his effort, to resettle for USA, was fail, in the result of ignoring of UNHCR, Dhaka, continually, left his wife said.

According to urban refugees, following things were happening while Mr. Site Naing was killed;

1. A Hindu Puja was held – government holly day.
2. Arakanese historical unforgettable 13 August Day or Rice Killing Day was held in some countries around the world. So, some urban refugees said that if master-minded are backing in this case, he or they were chosen this day specially.
3. From 8 PM 13 August 09 to like around 9: 30 AM 14 August, urban refugees in Bangladesh have tried to contact with UNHCR through mobile phones but failed, because of every mobile phones of UNHCR concerned were closed, but why they did/ don’t know, said urban refugees.

The GMA online news

New 7 Wonders of Nature

2009-07-24T22:42:00.000-07:00

New 7 Wonders of Nature
The Case for Cox’s Bazar
TO the great disappointment of millions of Bangladeshis, Cox's Bazar failed to make it to the top 28 wonder spots of the world. Thankfully Sundarbans is still in the running. And we hope it will remain a strong contender. Miles of golden sands, towering cliffs, surfing waves, rare conch shells, colorful Pagodas, Buddhist Temples and delightful sea-food - all this makes what Cox's Bazar is today , the tourist capital of Bangladesh. The World's longest uninterrupted (120 km.) beach slopes here down to the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal against the picturesque background of a chain of hills covered with deep green forests. Cox's Bazar is one of the most attractive tourist spots in the world. The warm, shark free, waters are good for bathing and swimming and while the sandy beaches offer opportunities for sun-bathing.Cox's BazarThe beauty of the setting-sun behind the waves of the sea is simply captivating. Locally made cigars and handloom products of the tribal Rakhyne families are good buys. Located at a distance of 152 km. south of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is connected both by air and road from Dhaka and Chittagong. Visit to the fascinating picnic spots at Himchari and Teknaf, the Buddhist Temple at Ramu and nearby islands of Sonadia and St. Martin's, Inani Beach and Moheshkhali are certain to become unforgettable experiences for every visitor. Although commonly known as Cox's Bazar beach, it stretches far beyond the area designated as Cox's Bazar town. The beach shows different beauty in different moment. In the morning when the sun is rising you will see a magical illusion with diverse colors growing around the beach. After that the beach shows a bright and wide look with its fresh flow of water. The beach will make you to feel like you have big heart. In the evening the gentle flow of wind from the beach would take away your stress and pain. In the middle of the night the beach shows that you have a relationship with the moon or sometime the beach will make to fell like you are a part of the moon. Tourist and accommodation: A number of tourist from Britain, America, Korea, Japan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and many more countries each year. Though there is no specific record in Bangladesh Porjatan Corporation (BPC) on how many people usually visit Cox's Bazar each year but an AFP report says that during the winter 10,000 available rooms in the beach area hotels usually remain occupied almost seven days a week. Accommodation near the beach varies from an expensive range to a reasonable price. Many private hotels, BPC Motels and two Five Star hotels are located near the beach.The sand at Cox's Bazar beach and surrounding areas is rich in heavy-metal mineral content. The heavy minerals of Cox's Bazar beach sands are dominated by hornblende, garnet, epidote, ilmenites (both unaltered and altered) with magnetite, rutile, pyrite and some hydroxides. Cox's Bazar beach alone is believed to have a deposit of 5.119 Mt of minerals @ 0.04% mon, while nearby Enani beach is expected to have another deposit of 0.729 Mt. of minerals @ 0.13% mon. Surrounding islands of Maheshkhali, Kutubdia and Nijhum Deep as well as mainland beach in Teknaf area are also believed to have similar large deposits. The total deposit in these locations is about 20.5 million tons of raw sand, which contains 4.4 million tons of heavy minera.Cox's Bazar is a town, a fishing port and district headquarter in Bangladesh. It is known for its wide sandy beach which is claimed to be the world's longest natural sandy sea beach. It is an unbroken 125 km sandy sea beach with a gentle slope. Since the rise and fall of the tide here is not great, it is a good place for sea bathing. It is located 150 km south of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name "Panowa", the literal translation of which means "yellow flower". Its other old name was "Palongkee". The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Cox (died 1799), an officer serving in British India. In the 18th century, an officer of East India Company, Captain Hiram Cox was appointed as the Superintendent of Palongkee outpost after Warren Hastings became the Governor of Bengal. Captain Cox pie was specially mobilized to deal with a century long conflict between Arakan refugees and local Rakhains. The Captain was a compassionate soul and the plight of the people touched his heart. He embarked upon the mammoth task of rehabilitating refugees in the area, and made significant progress. A premature death took Captain Cox in 1799 before he could finish his work. But the work he had done earned him a place in the hearts of the locals and to commemorate his role in rehabilitation work a market was established and named after him as Cox's Bazaar ("Cox's Market"). Although Cox's Bazar is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Bangladesh, it has yet to become a major international tourist destination, due to lack of publicity.As a most beautiful and famous tourist spot of Bangladesh, the major source of economy of Cox's Bazar is tourism. Millions of foreigners and Bangladeshi natives visit this coastal city every year. Therefore, a number of hotel, guest house, and motel have been built in the city and coastal region. Many people are involved in these hospitality and customer service type business. A number of people are also involved in fishing and collecting sea food and sea products for their livelihood. Out of several sea products various kinds of Oyster, Snail, Pearl and their ornaments are very popular to tourists in the seaside and city stores. A number of people are also involved in the transportation business for tourists. Cox's Bazar is also one of the few major spots for aquaculture in Bangladesh. Local hotels arrange beachside accessories for the tourists at Cox's Bazar. The beach is the main attraction of the town. Larger hotels provide exclusive beachside area with accessories for the hotel guests. Visitors in other hotels visit the Laboni beach which is the area of the beach closest to the town. Other than the beach there are several places of interest near the town which can easily be visited from town center. The main attraction of Cox's Bazar is the long sandy beach that stretches from the mouth of the Bakkhali river going all the way to Teknaf. Although commonly known as Cox's Bazar beach, it stretches far beyond the area designated as Cox's Bazar town.Tourists and accommodationCox's Bazar, arguably the best tourist spot in Bangladesh, is visited by a large number of tourist from Britain, America, Korea, Japan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and many more countries each year. Though there is no specific record in Bangladesh Porjatan Corporation (BPC) on how many people usually visit Cox's Bazar each year but an AFP report says that during the winter 10,000 available rooms in the beach area hotels usually remain occupied almost seven days a week. Accommodation near the beach varies from an expensive range to a reasonable price. Many private hotels, BPC Motels and two Five Star hotels are located near the beach.Some Attractive Spots Aggmeda Khyang: a large Buddhist monastery, and a place revered by around 400,000 Buddhist people of Cox's Bazar; and the Chittagong. The main sanctuary is posted on a series of round timber columns. It has a prayer chamber and an assembly hall along with a repository of large and small bronze Buddha images and a number of old manuscripts. l Ramu: 10 km from Cox's Bazar, is a village with a sizeable Buddhist population. The village is famous for its handicrafts and homemade cigars. There are monasteries, khyangs and pagodas containing images of Buddha in gold, bronze and other metals inlaid with precious stones. One of the most interesting of these temples is on the bank of the Baghkhali river. It houses not only interesting relics and Burmes handicrafts but also a large bronze statue of Buddha measuring thirteen feet high and rests on a six feet high pedestal. The wood carving of this khyang is very delicate and refined. The village has a charm of its own. Weavers ply their trade in open workshops and craftsmen make handmade cigars in their pagoda like houses. l Dulhazra Safari Park: This safari park is an extension of an animal sanctuary located along the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar road about 50 km from Cox's Bazar town. The sanctuary itself protects a large number of wild elephants which are native to the area. In the safari park there are domesticated elephants which are available for a ride. Other animal attractions include lions, Bengal tigers, Crocodiles, Bears, Chitals and lots of different types of birds and monkeys. l Laboni Beach: This is the main beach of Cox's Bazar and is considered the main beach due to the fact that it is closest to the town. Close to the beach, there are hundreds of small shops selling souvenirs and beach accessories to the tourists. l Himchari: Located about 18 km south of Cox's Bazar along the sea beach, is a nice place for the picnic and film shooting. This picnic spot is famous for its waterfalls. The road to Himchari runs by the open sea on one side and hills on the other which makes the journey to Himchari very attractive. Its another attraction is the Christmas.. l Enani Beach: Located 35 km south of Cox's Bazar, this white sandy beach is located within Ukhia Thana. This beach is famous for its golden sand and clean shark free water which is ideal for sea bathing. Most tourists prefer to come down here for relaxing because it is free from the crowd of tourists that is usually seen at the Laboni beach. l Maheshkhali: The small island (268 square kilometres) off the Cox's Bazar coast. The island offers panoramic scenic beauty and is covered by a range of low hills, about 300 feet (91 m) high, streatches through the center of the island and along its eastern coastline. The coasts of the island on the west and north form a low-lying tract that is fringed by the mangrove forests.[24] Adinath Temple, a temple of Shiva, and a Buddhist pagoda are also located on this island. l Sonadia Island: A small crescent shaped island of only 9 square kilometers, it is 7-km north-west of Cox's Bazar. The western side of the island is sandy and different kinds of shells are found on the beach. Off the northern part of the island, there are beds of window pane oysters. During winter, fisherman set up temporary camps on the island and dry their catches of sea fish. Sonadia Island supports the last remaining part of mangrove forest in southeast Bangladesh. Sonadia's mangroves are distinct from the well-known sunderbans, due to their development in a coastal lagoon setting rather than in a delta.[25]. Another attraction of this island is the sight of game birds migrating here in great numbers during the winter seasons. [24] l Teknaf: A place situated by the side of Naf river is the southernmost part of mainland Bangladesh. This also marks the end point of Cox's Bazar beach. Tourists usually come here to have a river cruise along beautiful Naf river, which flows between Bangladesh and Myanmar. l St. Martin's Island: A small island in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula. It is the only coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar at the mouth of the Naf River. The local name of the island is "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel Janjina/Jinjera", translated from Bangla, meaning 'Coconut Island'. St. Martin's Island has become a popular tourist spot. Three shipping liners run daily trips to the island. They are Kutubdia, Sea-Truck and Keary-Sindbad. Tourists can book their trip either from Chittagong or from Cox's Bazar. The surrounding coral reef of the island has an extension named Chera Dwip. The island is home to several endagered species of turtles, as well as the corals, some of which are found only on this. WI Desk

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Arakanese History and Religion Seminar

2009-07-24T22:33:00.000-07:00

Arakanese History and Religion Seminar
July 24, 2009

As the pony express of Arakanese Community, based in United Kingdom, it will be held its seminar has called Arakanese History and Religion Seminar on August 9, 2009.

The place of Seminar has arranged to hold at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, SOAS is the world's leading centre for the study of a highly diverse range of subjects concerned with Asia, Africa and the Middle East.The main speakers are:

Dr. Michael W. Charney (Expert in South East Asia History)

on Missing Links: Discontinuities in Arakanese

History.

Dr. Stephan Van Galen (Arakanese expert, Netherlands)

focuses on Mrauk U at its zeniths, the last dynasty of

Arakan.

Dr. Aye Chan (Arakanese/Burmese Historian, Japan) on "Rohingya"

from a Political Rhetoric to a Southeast Asian Branch of

International Islamic Militancy?

Mr. Khin Mg Saw (Arakanese/Burmese expert, Germany) Sharing on

Religions in Arakan.

SOAS University of London

They will also be addressed on ethnics issues such as

‘Arakanese identity and ethnicity' in Burma from the historical

viewpoints. The seminar will be started from 11 am

to 4pm with a break. Foods and drinks will be provided to

the guests. We hope it is a good opportunity for you to enrich

your knowledge about Arakanese History from the

Invited scholars.

You are welcome to share your view at the seminar.

Contact person:

Mr.Khine Maung (07522 934486)

Mr.Myat Soe Khine (07939 222932)

Mr.Luu Maung (07882 403163)

Mr.Khine Monn Zan (07852 578366)

Email: arakanese_uk@live.co.uk

Place - The School of Oriental

& African Studies (SOAS)

University of London

Brunei Gallery Building

Russell Square Campus

Thornhaugh Street

Russell Square

London WC1H 0XG

United Kingdom

Date - 09-08-2009 Sunday

Time - 10:00am - 4:00pm

25,000 India visitors from Bangladesh never return every year

2009-07-21T05:25:00.000-07:00

25,000 India visitors from Bangladesh never return every year
Most of the visa seekers are touts, brokers, Pinak says
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Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pinak Ranjan Chakravarti has claimed that 25,000 of the total Bangladeshis who go to India with legal visa per year do not return home. The Indian High Commissioner made the claim at a joint meeting of businessmen from two countries organised by Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce (FBCCI) in the city yesterday.
He noted that India is concerned at this situation. Bangladesh Foreign Ministry officials told BBC that they had no information about this data, report BBC.
The Indian High Commissioner also commented that 80 per cent of those who gather in front of the Indian mission in Dhaka are touts and brokers.
Businessmen at the meeting said, politics is becoming main impediment to improve trade and economic relation between the two countries.
The Indian High Commissioner gave no details about his claim but said India is concerned for security reasons. He also said, those who are staying in India with legal visa, their activities remain unknown to the Indian authorities. He referred to different bomb attacks in India including attack in Mumbai.
The Bangladesh government has given no formal reaction to this claim. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud refused to make any comment on this issue.
The Indian High Commissioner has requested the Bangladesh government to take measures against those who gather in front of the Indian High Commission terming them touts and brokers.
Bangladesh officials say, most of those who seek Indian visa to visit that country are patients.
UNB adds: However, Pinak Ranjan said that personally he thinks that the businesspeople of Bangladesh should get three-to-five-year-long multiple visas from his mission.
The High Commissioner made the comments as FBCCI president Annisul Huq urged the Indian High Commission to reduce the problems in getting visa and remarked that almost three-kilometre-long queue in front of the Indian mission in Dhaka might find a place in the Guinness Book of records.
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan, in his speech as the chief guest of the inaugural session, said that the problems, including border firing and non-tariff barriers, between Bangladesh and India could be resolved through demonstration of political will.
He observed that trade between the two countries has been used as the arms of politics and not a tool for development.
The Minister said that people of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan in their recent general elections had cast their votes for peace and development in the region.
"They (people of these countries) want a good relations among the people of the countries," the army-officer-turned-politician told his business audience.
He urged the businessmen from both the countries to put pressure on their respective governments to improve the persisting situation.
Annisul Huq, who chaired the inaugural session, in his speech pointed out that Bangladesh suffers a significant large trade deficit with India. In the 2007-08 financial year, he said, Bangladesh's imports from India were worth US$ 3375.10 million while exports amounted to US$ 358.08 million.
"Bangladesh is far from achieving its full potential. Despite being India's neighbour, only 1% of India's imports are from Bangladesh whereas over 15% of Bangladesh imports come from India. The deficit incurred by Bangladesh on both formal and informal frontiers posses a problem," he said about the formal trade gap.
The business leader said they were looking for connectivity, opportunity, free movement and trust. "We all have the common and ultimate objective to improve economic relations between our nations, experience the free movement of goods, people and ideas across the borders."
He said that to understand the regional and sub-regional cooperation, it is imperative to understand the problems and prospects associated with it, such as the facilitation of trade transport, other infrastructure and the existence of informal economy.
"Perhaps, it's also time to realise that formal trade barriers (such as tariff) motivate actors to run to informal trade," he said, indicating cross-border smuggling.
He said that land-border fronts are equally not efficiently optimised. Both Bangladesh and India should develop the infrastructure of the land customs stations of their own sides and develop roads.
"We certainly need to ensure a significant reduction to our apparently small non-tariff barriers that threaten bigger opportunities of growth," he said.
He noted that a politician's journey can never be the road for an entrepreneur. "Real economic calculation and priority must play role, not political stances."
About the planned Tipaimukh dam, the FBCCI president said: "If problems like Tipaimukh or … come up, we businesspeople from both sides of the border, from around the region should be united, vocal and should stand by each other, protecting all our interests, each other's economy and each other's country."
FICCI vice-president and leader of the visiting 15-member Indian business delegation Harsh C Mariwala and FICCI secretary-general Dr Amit Mittra also spoke in the inaugural session.

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Pop Icon Michael Jackson Dies at Fifty

2009-07-09T04:45:00.001-07:00

Pop Icon Michael Jackson Dies at Fifty

After a few decades Michael Jackson may not be remembered as a true "musical genius" status. However there is no doubt the he was certainly one of the most recognisable characters of his generation, by all appearances as troubled and flawed as he was musically gifted. For all his eccentricities and bizarre behaviour the face jobs, the baby-dangling, the child sleepovers and damaging molestation allegations it is as a sublime performer and trend-setting songwriter that his fans will remember him.His 1982 Thriller was a classic pop album, producing eight top 10 hits ... and his signature dance step, the moonwalk, transformed attitudes to dance around the globe. His troubled life also stands as a testament to the dangers of childhood stardom and abusive parenting
In March 1983, Jackson debuted his moonwalk dance to "Billie Jean" on the TV special "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever." Michael Jackson earned an Emmy nod for best performance in a variety or music program. He lost to opera diva Leontyne Price for her concert with the New York Philharmonic on "Live From Lincoln Center."
At the Grammys in February 1984, Jackson shared in seven of the eight awards won by the album (the exception was for best engineered recording). Michael Jackson shared the wins for album of the year and producer of the year (non-classical) with "Thriller" collaborator Quincy Jones, who also produced his Grammy-winning children's recording "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial."
For the three chart-topping singles off the album, Jackson won Grammy Awards for male vocal performance in an unprecedented three genres - R&B ("Billie Jean"), rock ("Beat It") and pop ("Thriller"). He shared in the record of the year win for "Beat It" with the production team. And as the songwriter, he picked up a Grammy for penning the best R&B tune ("Billie Jean"). However, Sting's "Every Breath You Take" edged out two Jackson compositions - "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" - for song of the year.
Jackson's total of eight Grammy wins in one night broke the record set in 1965 by Roger Miller, who'd won six awards, most for the country hit "King of the Road." And the eight Grammys awarded to "Thriller" was another record haul as well. Both of these achievements were tied by Santana and the album "Supernatural" in 1999.
Michael Jackson won another Grammy the following year in the category of best video album for the film that documented the making of the landmark "Thriller" video. That $500,000, 14-minute video, directed by John Landis, told the story of a boy (Jackson) and girl enjoying a date until he turns into a singing, dancing werewolf.
In 1986, Jackson and Lionel Richie won the song of the year Grammy for the charity single "We Are the World," which also took home record of the year. As Jackson was one of the pioneers of the music video, it seems appropriate that the last two Grammys he won were for that medium. In 1989 he and his team won the short form video award for "Leave Me Alone" off his follow-up album "Bad." And in 1995 he and his sister Janet Jackson shared in the short form winning "Scream" from his double album "HIStory."
Mystery Surrounds the Death of "The King of Pop"
"It's abnormal," Jesse Jackson, the politician and Black activist said from Chicago a day after visiting the Jackson family. "We don't know what happened. Was he injected and with what? All reasonable doubt should be addressed." People close to Jackson have said since his death that they were concerned about his use of painkillers. Los Angeles County medical examiners completed their autopsy Friday and said Jackson had taken prescription medication.
Medical officials also said there was no indication of trauma or foul play. An official cause of death could take weeks.There was no word from the Jackson family on funeral plans. Many of Jackson's relatives have gathered at the family's Encino compound, caring there for Jackson's three children. It remains unclear who Jackson designated as potential guardians for his children. Those details - likely contained in the 50-year-old singer's will - have not been released. Sisters Janet and La Toya arrived Saturday at the mansion Jackson had been renting and left without addressing reporters. Moving vans also showed up at the Jackson home, leaving about an hour later. There was no indication what they might have taken away.
The Jackson family issued a statement Saturday expressing its grief over the death and thanking his supporters."In one of the darkest moments of our lives we find it hard to find the words appropriate to this sudden tragedy we all had to encounter," said the statement made through People magazine. "We miss Michael endlessly."
Michael Jackson: Transcending Music
Michael Jackson was much more than a talented musician, he was a true legend. And even though his legendary contribution to the music world has been overshadowed the last few years by accusations, trials, and changes in his physical appearance, he was never at a loss for friends. By all accounts, he was sweet, kind, and had a childlike outlook on life that was contagious. People just wanted to be with him - from pop stars to Presidents. So we take a look at the King of Pop and just SOME of the famous people who clamored to be by his side, from Elizabeth Taylor to Nelson Mandela.
Michael Jackson and Tatum O'Neal, 1978
In 1978 Michael Jackson took Tatum O'Neal on a once-in-a-lifetime date to a bank vault in Beverly Hills to celebrate Jackson's gold records.
Olivia Newton-John and Michael Jackson, 1983
"Grease" co-stars Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta appeared in Jacko's star-studded 1989 music video for "Liberian Girl," along with everyone from Steven Spielberg and Sherman Hemsley to Don King and David Copperfield.
Michael Jackson and Nancy Reagan, 1984
It's difficult to decide who was more fashionable when Michael Jackson visited with First Lady Nancy Reagan at the White House in 1984.
Michael Jackson with Brooke Shields, 1984
We're not really sure if what Brooke Shields and Michael Jackson were doing was a traditional form of dating, but they did hang out a lot in the early '80s, crossing into each other's worlds at events like the Oscars and American Music Awards.
Sean Lennon and Michael Jackson, 1986
Sean Lennon appeared in Michael Jackson's film "Moonwalker." Look for John's son in the scene where a group of children watch Michael leave a club and get attacked by a crowd of gangsters with machine guns.
Michael Jackson and Princess Diana, 1988
Michael Jackson and Princess Diana first met at his 1988 Wembley Stadium concert. But when the lively royal heard that Jackson planned to drop the groupie-themed song "Dirty Diana" from his set out of respect to her, she asked him to keep it in.
Michael Jackson and Magic Johnson, 1995
Basketball great Magic Johnson made a cameo appearance in Michael Jackson's ancient Egyptian-themed video for 1992's "Remember the Time," along with Eddie Murphy and Ima.
President Nelson Mandela and Michael Jackson, 1999
In 1999, Michael Jackson met South African President Nelson Mandela when the pop star traveled to Cape Town to announce his charity concert project "Michael Jackson and Friends: The Adventure of Humanity" to benefit the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the Red Cross, and UNESCO. The concerts raised over $3.3 million for the charities.
Britney Spears and Michael Jackson, 2002
At the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears brought Michael Jackson onstage to give him a birthday cake, but Jackson misunderstood and thought he was being presented with the Artist of the Millennium Award. We still think he should have been given the honor.
Who will look after Jackson's kids?
It's not just the mystery about what caused Michael Jackson's death that is waiting to be solved, there are also big questions about his financial estate and the care of his three children who stand to inherit his wealth. In recent years, Jackson has spent more time in court over financial troubles and accusations of sexual misconduct with children than on stage. The big question now is, did Michael Jackson leave a will? Who did he want to take care of his children and how will his financial estate - what is left of it - be divided?
Like his life, Jackson's estate is unlikely to be settled without controversy. He is estimated to have grossed a billion dollars over his career, yet when he died he was approximately $500 million in debt, largely because of out-of-control spending. What's left of his empire is likely to be shared by his three children, but the question now is who will have custody of them until they turn 18.
Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is the mother of two of the pop star's three kids, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson and Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson.A third child, Prince Michael II, better known as Blanket, was born to a surrogate mother. Ms. Rowe gave up custody to Michael Jackson about ten years ago and has not seen the children since.Attorney Scott N Banks says, "The question then becomes, will a court be willing to award custody to a biological parent, when that parent has had no connection with the children for such a lengthy period of time. And also, separate those two children from their other sibling."The irony is that in death, Michael Jackson is enjoying a commercial renaissance that had eluded him for years, that he needed desperately to climb out of his financial troubles. Already, official music chart compilers in the UK and the US say sales of Michael Jackson's albums are surging.
Fortunes of Michael Jackson remain a mystery
The finances of Michael Jackson, the pop icon who died this week aged 50, remain largely a mystery after a riches-to-rags story of one of the leading figures in the music world. The music legend may have been a billionaire at the time of his death on Thursday but his finances saw a roller-coaster ride that left him struggling with debt after his 2005 acquittal on charges of child molestation. Jackson earned millions from his own music but also made a shrewd move in 1985 to buy the music publisher ATV, owner of the Beatles' catalogue, for $US47.5 million ($59.08 million). A key to his finances, this unit was merged with Sony a decade later and included rights to music from not only the Beatles but from Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga and the Jonas Brothers. The finances of Sony/ATV remain secret but sources familiar with the enterprise say its value was about $US2 billion ($2.49 billion), half of which was in a trust set up by Jackson. Forbes magazine estimated his net worth in 2003 at $US350 million ($435.32 million), but said his spending was unsustainable. Other estimates placed his worth higher, but he never made the magazine's list of billionaires. The Wall Street Journal reported that Jackson was earning $US19 million ($23.63 million) a year at the time of his death, of which $US7 million ($8.71 million) came from Sony/ATV. Yet Jackson was notorious for burning through cash, and in 2008 was in danger of losing his Neverland ranch in California for defaulting on a $US24.5 million ($30.47 million) loan. Evidence at his trial indicated Jackson spent up to $US30 million ($37.31 million) a year and had accumulated debts of about $US270 million ($335.82 million). Jackson lived for several years as a recluse but was bailed out by Tom Barrack of the private equity firm Colony Capital.
Fantasy and Tragedy
Michael Jackson was fascinated by celebrity tragedy. He had a statue of Marilyn Monroe in his home and studied the sad Hollywood exile of Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley.
As a child star, he was so talented he seemed lit from within; as a middle-aged man, he was viewed as something akin to a visiting alien who, like Tinkerbell, would cease to exist if the applause ever stopped. In recent years, he inspired fascination for reasons that had nothing to do with music. Years of plastic surgery had made his face a bizarre landscape. He was deeply in debt and had lost his way as a musician. He had not toured since 1997 or released new songs since 2001. Instead of music videos, the images of Jackson beamed around the world were tabloid reports about his strange personal behavior, including allegations of child molestation, or the latest failed relaunch of his career.
A frail-looking Jackson had spent his last weeks in rehearsal for an ambitious comeback attempt and 50 already-sold-out shows at London's O2 Arena. A major motivation was the $300 million in debt run up by a star who lived like royalty even though his self-declared title of King of Pop was more about the past than the present.
Jackson was born Aug. 29, 1958, in Gary, Ind. His mother, Katherine, would say that there was something special about the fifth of her nine children. "I don't believe in reincarnation," she said, "but you know how babies move uncoordinated? He never moved that way. When he danced, it was like he was an older person."
Katherine Jackson, who worked for Sears, Roebuck and Co., taught her children folk songs. Her husband, Joseph, a crane operator who once played with the R&B band the Falcons, played guitar and coached his sons. The boys were soon performing at local benefits. Michael took command of the group even as a chubby-cheeked kindergartner.
"He was so energetic that at 5 years old he was like a leader," brother Jackie once told Rolling Stone magazine. "We saw that. So we said, 'Hey, Michael, you be the lead guy.' The audience ate it up."
By 1968, the Jacksons had cut singles for a local Indiana label called Steeltown. At an engagement that year at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater, singer Gladys Knight and pianist Billy Taylor saw their act and recommended them to Motown founder Berry Gordy. So did Diana Ross after sharing a stage with the quintet at a "Soul Weekend" in Gary.
Ross said later that she saw herself in the talented and driven Michael. "He could be my son," she said. Another Motown legend, Smokey Robinson, would describe the young performer as "a strange and lovely child, an old soul in the body of a boy."
Motown moved the Jacksons to California, and in August 1968 they gave a breakthrough performance at a Beverly Hills club called The Daisy. Their first album, "Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5," was released in December 1969, and it yielded the No. 1 hit "I Want You Back," with 11-year-old Michael on the lead vocals. "ABC," "I'll Be There" and other hits followed, and the group soon had their own television series, a Saturday morning cartoon and an array of licensed merchandise aimed at youngsters.
There was a price: childhood. "I never had the chance to do the fun things kids do," Jackson once explained. "There was no Christmas, no holiday celebrating. So now you try to compensate for some of that loss."Joseph Jackson ruled the family, by most accounts, with his fists and a bellowing rage. In a 2003 documentary by British journalist Martin Bashir, Jackson said his father often brandished a belt during rehearsals and hit his sons or shoved them into walls if they made a misstep."We were terrified of him," Jackson said.
In the Bashir interviews, the singer said his father ridiculed him for his pug nose and adolescent acne. He also described, with obvious discomfort, having to listen to an older brother have sex with a woman in the hotel bedroom they shared. Onstage, Jackson seemed to know no fear.
"When we sang, people would throw all this money on the floor, tons of dollars, 10s, 20s, lots of change," an adult Jackson once told Newsweek. "I remember my pockets being so full of money that I couldn't keep my pants up. I'd wear a real tight belt. And I'd buy candy like crazy."
Legacy
Ultimately, it's his art that will remain. He's dead and tabloids end up in the recycling bin, but right now, nine out of the top 10 albums on iTunes are his. Fifty years from now, few will remember this media circus, but I'll bet it'll be possible to buy "Thriller" somewhere.
He is a classic tragic figure, someone who was at first celebrated and revered and then whose downfall we all watched with some satisfaction and smugness. He was brought down by behaviors that were probably partially inspired by egomania and partially inspired by his own shattered upbringing and complete lack of anything resembling a normal childhood.
His arc was so incredibly high and his low was so crushingly low - truly, at the end of his life, was there another public figure more pitiable, more deserving, in our minds, of our scorn, shame and derision? What's it like to be a walking punchline and cautionary tale?
He's now branded as a child molester, something uniquely abhorrent; someone who tried to change his race and gender through destructive self-modification, who bought giraffes and Ferris wheels in a doomed attempt at being a real-life Peter Pan.
He died without being able to turn it around, left while the public still had the taste of trials, "Jesus Juice" and him dressed like Captain Crunch dancing on the hood of a car in their mouths.Who knows whether his upcoming tour would have been a success or another disaster, another chance to shake our heads and say, "What happened to that guy - remember when he was amazing, on top of the world?"
WI Desk

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Americans work too hard

2009-07-09T04:42:00.000-07:00

Americans work too hard
by Bill Beuttler

Blame the Puritans. You remember those dour, austere folks, don't you, from your high school history and Hawthorne? The white European settlers who, during the Great Migration of the 1630s, fled religious persecution and what they considered the laxity of the Church of England for New England, building themselves communities right here on Massachusetts Bay. There they lived out their somber lives working like hell in their assorted, mostly secular callings to make damn sure they'd end up in heaven. America's founding fathers' forefathers were a hard-working bunch, all right, so much so that they set the standard for what the great German sociologist Max Weber would later come along and dub the Protestant Ethic.
"The Puritan," wrote Weber in his 1905 classic, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, "wanted to work in a calling; we are forced to do so. For when asceticism was carried out of monastic cells into everyday life, and began to dominate worldly morality, it did its part in building the tremendous cosmos of the modern economic order."
Nearly four centuries after the Puritans' heyday, Americans once again find themselves working like hell. Granted, we're working fewer hours than Americans once did. And the work that many of us do is softer and pleasanter than it was for most laborers at the turn of the last century. But the numbers of hours we work, after reaching historical lows in the 1930s, have been climbing back upward. At least the Puritans insisted everyone take Sundays off; nowadays, it's not uncommon for white-collar workers to squeeze in a few extra hours of work at home each day over what's supposed to be their weekend. Many neglect to use up their annual vacation allotments. (A miserly two weeks is the standard here, versus the four weeks or more mandated throughout Western Europe.) Those who do take vacations, as often as not, wind up lugging work with them and checking in with their offices while they're away, via such allegedly labor-saving devices as e-mail, fax machines, and wireless phones.
In the last 10 years alone, Americans' average annual number of work hours increased from 1,942 to 1,978, the International Labor Organization reported in a study released on Labor Day weekend. Only workers in South Korea and the Czech Republic toil longer. In Japan, where workaholism ran so rampant in the '80s that salarymen sometimes dropped dead at their desks from karoshi ("death by overwork"), the average annual per capita number of hours worked actually dropped from 2,031 in 1990 to 1,842 a decade later. Canada (1,790 to 1,767), Britain (1,767 to 1,719), and Germany (1,573 to 1,480) also recorded significant dips. France, meanwhile, passed legislation reducing its standard workweek to 35 hours beginning last year.
Only in America have working hours increased. The authors of the International Labor Organization report chalked that up to the American psyche that says workers have to put in longer hours to make the best impression.
That's even more the case in and around Boston. Three of the four pillars of the city's white-collar economy -- health care, financial services, and high technology -- are renowned for the vast numbers of hours logged by those employed in them. Even the fourth, higher education, is no longer necessarily the soft touch it once was now that so-called gypsy scholars -- part-time adjunct faculty who teach at several institutions and are excluded from the tenure track -- are being used to teach more and more classes.
Little wonder, then, that when California State University at Fresno social psychologist Robert Levine dispatched grad students armed with stopwatches to 36 U.S. cities, Boston turned out to be the nation's fastest paced. New York City, the presumptive favorite, actually finished third. (Buffalo, somewhat surprisingly, was ranked second, while two other Massachusetts cities, Worcester and Springfield, came in sixth and eighth, respectively.)
It wasn't supposed to be this way. The history of labor in the first half of the 20th century was one of workers successfully fighting for fewer work hours and increased leisure. In the 1930s, in particular, a time when overproduction was fueling the Great Depression, proposals for shortened work hours abounded. W.K. Kellogg famously cut his cereal plant's workweek to 30 hours in the early thirties, hoping to spread around what work remained available and avoid laying off employees. The English philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell went so far as to propose a 20-hour workweek in his only partly tongue-in-cheek 1932 essay "In Praise of Idleness." At the end of that year, future Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black -- then a U.S. senator from Alabama -- sponsored and later got passed through the Senate a bill drafted by the American Federation of Labor that limited the workweek to 30 hours. More lastingly, the Depression era birthed the Wagner Act of 1935, which protects the rights of workers to unionize, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which created the minimum wage and set the 40-hour standard workweek.
By 1940, most full-time employees were working an eight-hour day five days a week. As the country became increasingly affluent in the economic boom years after World War II, and as technology and automation began rendering some jobs superfluous, experts confidently predicted even further increases in leisure. "In a society of high and increasing affluence," wrote Harvard economist and author John Kenneth Galbraith in 1958, in his still influential The Affluent Society, "there are three plausible tendencies as regards toil. As the production of goods comes to seem less urgent, and as individuals are less urgently in need of income for the purchase of goods, they will work fewer hours or days in the week. Or they will work less hard. Or, as a final possibility, it may be that fewer people will work all the time." Other writers picked up on and continued pushing Galbraith's notions into the 1960s and early '70s, worrying that the nation soon might have to face the problem of excess leisure.
Then came reality. Starting most noticeably with Boston College sociologist Juliet Schor's 1991 bestseller, The Overworked American, scholars and journalists began pointing out that Americans were increasingly overworked and underleisured. Perhaps not coincidentally, several of the best of those books are by Boston or Boston-linked authors. We asked four of these writers -- Schor, Brandeis professor and former U.S. labor secretary Robert Reich (The Future of Success); BC political science prof Alan Wolfe (One Nation, After All); Jill Andresky Fraser (White-Collar Sweatshop), finance editor of Boston-based Inc. magazine; plus Galbraith himself, who lives in Cambridge -- what had happened since Galbraith's prediction to alter conditions so dramatically. Why are we working so hard and what can we do about it?
Here are their answers.
It's all in our heads. Some people don't believe we work as hard as we think we do. Five years ago, two social scientists, based on close study of detailed time diaries kept by workers themselves, independently concluded that full-time employees actually work less than they used to, or about 37 hours a week on average. Asked beforehand to guess the number of hours they logged weekly, the workers typically overstated the amount by about four hours. Those who claimed to work the longest hours exaggerated the most. People who said they put in about 70 hours of work a week, for instance, were able to document only about 53.
Of course, 53 hours a week hardly qualifies as only when the standard is supposed to be 40. But the time studies do call attention to how people's perceptions influence the extent to which they do or don't feel overworked. One of the researchers who conducted a time study blamed the discrepancy between the hours people work and the hours people think they work on how harried they are away from the office.
The flip side is that some people who do spend a lot of time doing what most people would consider work don't seem to notice that they're working. Galbraith, for example, thinks that lumping heavy-lifting blue-collar jobs with the work done in offices by more affluent workers is misguided. The latter, when it is pleasant and engaging enough mentally, can actually be considered a form of leisure, he suggests. Boston-born and -bred Benjamin Franklin, no Puritan where wine and women were concerned, did share his forebears' fondness for keeping busy. "Leisure," he wrote in his Poor Richard's Almanack, "is Time for doing something useful."
Putting leisure to good use can render it indistinguishable from work, but that, historically, has been a good thing. "In the past," explained Bertrand Russell, "there was a small leisure class and a larger working class. The leisure class enjoyed advantages for which there was no basis in social justice; this necessarily made it oppressive, limited its sympathies, and caused it to invent theories by which to justify its privileges. These facts greatly diminished its excellence, but in spite of this drawback it contributed nearly the whole of what we call civilization. It cultivated the arts and discovered the sciences; it wrote the books, invented the philosophies, and refined social relations. Even the liberation of the oppressed has usually been inaugurated from above. Without the leisure class, mankind would never have emerged from barbarism."
In modern terms, it isn't just the potential for a big payoff that provokes top software designers, say, to work ridiculously long hours. In many cases they also genuinely love their work and the potential that it has to change the world.
Not that everyone believes in devoting leisure time to work. "Among the affluent," notes Galbraith, "there's a certain trade-union attitude -- a certain amount of leisure is urged as a standard of behavior. If you seem to be working too hard, you're breaking down the reputation of your friends, suggesting by example that they should work harder."
Galbraith, who found time outside the classroom to write 31 books, is himself a living testament to the adage, "Find a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life." Asked point blank if he felt he worked hard during his career, he replies, "Oh no. I enjoyed every minute that I was writing."
"So in some sense you were working, but it didn't feel like work because you enjoyed it?"
"That's right," he says. "That was one of the things I looked forward to."
Killer competition. "What is to blame?" asks Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty in his online review of Jill Fraser's White-Collar Sweatshop. "The short answer is price competition. The post-war era can now be seen as the golden age of oligopoly. A few large companies dominated each of the major industries, competing on product quality and image . . . but not on price, the race-to-the-bottom form of competition that can put companies out of business. They tolerated the union wage -- 35 percent of workers were unionized by the late 1950s -- as a cost of doing business they could pass on to consumers, who, in an exclusively national market, had no choice but to pay up."
That started changing in the 1970s. The oil embargo of 1973 drove up the price of doing business. Japan and assorted developing nations began competing seriously with American manufacturers. By the mid-1990s, with the rise of the Internet and other technological advances, the world of business had become exceptionally competitive.
The upside, as Robert Reich explains in his book The Future of Success, is that it is easier for consumers "to find and get better deals from anywhere and . . . switch instantly to even better ones. These technologies are radically sharpening competition among sellers, which in turn is provoking a staggering wave of innovation. In order to survive, all organizations must dramatically and continuously improve -- cutting costs, adding value, creating new products. The result of this tumult is higher productivity -- better, faster, cheaper products and services of every description."

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Strongly condemn

2009-07-06T22:40:00.000-07:00

Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com, mobile:01732681662
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The Representative
UNHCR branch office
H # NE ( N ) 8
Road No: 90
Gulshan – 2
Dhaka – 1212
E-mail: BGDDA@unhcr.org
Tel: + 880-2-8826802-6
Fax: 880-2-8826557

Date: 7 July 2009

Subject: Strongly condemn

Dear Sir,

With respect, we – working committee of CBR, on behalf of Burmese urban refugees, would like to strongly condemn about attitude of concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office about political refugee Khine Soe’s following mentioned case. And also strongly condemn police personals who were torturing, persecution inhuman acts upon stateless urban refugee Khine Soe.

When, we, working committee of CBR, have observed about following mentioned Khine Soe case and wounded bold marks which are existing around his body (as proven attached photos files). Those mentioned circumstances are proving us that combined of some concerned persons of UHNCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch and some police personals have done upon stateless refugee Khine Soe, as like an operation or revenge of combined forces. But why?

We, Burmese political refugees, can’t go back for home land for have been involved in 88 up-rising and Saffron Revolution in 2007 in Burma. But since 1998, we were ceased SA by your office. And newly only few of our recognizers were also stopped SA within short period of time.
So, we are facing like in a hell in this jobs opportunity-less and poorest/ populous country Bangladesh.

So, your office is neither provide SA nor allow to resettlement for us, but lay down plan to kill us according to following Khine Soe case and Man Wa case ( Man Wa was killed in Sittagong jail ) according to Mr. Bazalar Rahman -former social counselor.

Therefore, we, working committee of CBR, strongly condemn about attitudes of concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office and police personals who were torturing, persecution inhuman acts upon stateless urban refugee Khine Soe’s following mentioned case. And you and your authorized UNHCR office, Dhaka are earnestly requested to take care or observe for stateless refugee Khine Soe’s case, as soon as possible.

With hope for your human being kind.

Working Committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazaar
E-mails: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
committeeforburmeserefugee@gmail.com
Contact Tel: 044 371 42255, 01199 081 074

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Cc:
1. To;
Mr. ANTONIO GUTERRES
UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
UNHCR HEAD OFFICE
GENEVA , SWITZERLAND

2. Asian Human Rights Commission
E-mail: ahrc@ahrc.asia
19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building,
998 Canton Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Tel: +(852) - 2698-6339 Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367

3. Alberto CAFERRI
First Counsellor
Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: alberto.caferri@cec.eu.int

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4. EUROPEAN UNION

Charles Whiteley
First Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: charles.whiteley@cec.eu.int
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5. EUROPEAN UNION

Jenni Christensen
Third Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730 Ext 153
Fax: 880-2-8823118
Mobile: 0088-0175 059972
E-mail: jenni.christensen@cec.eu.int, http://www.eudelbangladesh.org

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6. ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Kristian Jervell
First Secretary

H # no: 9, Road no: 111, Gulshan, Dhaka – 1212
Tel: (+880-2) 882 3880, 882 3065
Fax: (+880-2) 882 3661
E-mail: kjj@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.bd

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7. 903, Grand Maison

Itabashi 1-47-9
Itabashi Ku, Tokyo
Japan. 173-0004
Tel/Fax: 81 3-3579-3772
E-mail: voburma@gol.com

8. 3. International Rescue Committee (IRC), 122 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10168 USA, Phone: (212) 551-3000, http://www.theirc.org/index.html

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An Urban Refugee was tortured, persecution by local miscreants and police personals in Cox’s Bazaar

5 July 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: According to the GMA online news, on 4 PM the day after yesterday in Cox’s Bazaar sea beach, Khine Soe ( recognized person as a political refugee of UNHCR ) was attacked and bullied by 6 persons of local miscreants. He has fled to UNHCR branch office which is nearest of sea beach for escape from his life danger.

According to him, he has bellowed the gate of UNHCR office and sought help from them. But concerned persons of UNHCR, CB branch has called police then arrested Khine Soe.

Khine Soe said, he has got wounded around his body by attacked of miscreants, and blood was splitting from his right palm when police arrested him. And he told that police personals were bind him with rope very tightly, then he was tortured by police personals beating with cine sticks severally, kicking with boots, bellowed with knees severally, etc until arrived general hospital of Cox’s Bazaar.

The GMA reporter, who have found several bold marks are available in his body as marks of wounded, till yesterday he couldn’t talk properly. Khine Soe think and said that some body or some concerned body was/ were trying to kill him under the very systematically laid-down planed. But he don’t know who they are and why?

Yes, an urban refugee – Khine Soe has sought help from UNHCR, CB branch, with big hope of escape from local miscreant’s hand. But only he got severally tortured persecution by police personals for reason given ordered by concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office.

According to urban refugee Khine Soe, he or majority percent of urban or political refugees were Subsistence Allowance – SA stopped by UNHCR, Dhaka, Bangladesh office since 1998. Since then he and his family are struggling very hardly for survival through a small grocery shop business. Khine Soe said he would like to go back for Burma, but he can’t for has been involved with 1988 up-rising. If he go back, he will be tortured and persecution by SPDC. But here also no safe place, no security and no food for survival, urban refugee said.

The GMA online news
For contact mobile numbers: 01199 081 074, 044 371 42255
Please visit this links: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

NB: Political Refugee – Khine Soe’s UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00012. And just now, we have visited him. A medical assistance, who is a well known person of him, is take caring medical treatment upon Khine Soe. Because he is felling insecurity to hospitalize even he was advised to hospitalize.

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Cc:

1. The Representative
UNHCR branch office
House No: NE (N) 8
Road No: 90
Gulshan – 2
E-mail: BGDDDA@unhcr.org

2. Mr. Jelvas Masau
Protection Officer of UNHCR
Tel: 882- 6802 – 108
E-mail: BGDDAPRO@unhcr.org

3. EUROPEAN UNION

Alberto CAFERRI
First Counsellor
Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: alberto.caferri@cec.eu.int

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4. EUROPEAN UNION

Charles Whiteley
First Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: charles.whiteley@cec.eu.int
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5. EUROPEAN UNION

Jenni Christensen
Third Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730 Ext 153
Fax: 880-2-8823118
Mobile: 0088-0175 059972
E-mail: jenni.christensen@cec.eu.int, http://www.eudelbangladesh.org

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6. ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Kristian Jervell
First Secretary

H # no: 9, Road no: 111, Gulshan, Dhaka – 1212
Tel: (+880-2) 882 3880, 882 3065
Fax: (+880-2) 882 3661
E-mail: kjj@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.bd

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7. 903, Grand Maison

Itabashi 1-47-9
Itabashi Ku, Tokyo
Japan. 173-0004
Tel/Fax: 81 3-3579-3772
E-mail: voburma@gol.com

An Urban Refugee was tortured, persecution by local miscreants and police personals in Cox’s Bazaar.

2009-07-05T00:07:00.000-07:00

5 July 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: According to the GMA online news, on 4 PM the day after yesterday in Cox’s Bazaar sea beach, Khine Soe ( recognized person as a political refugee of UNHCR ) was attacked and bullied by 6 persons of local miscreants. He has fled to UNHCR branch office which is nearest of sea beach for escape from his life danger.

According to him, he has bellowed the gate of UNHCR office and sought help from them. But concerned persons of UNHCR, CB branch has called police then arrested Khine Soe.

Khine Soe said, he has got wounded around his body by attacked of miscreants, and blood was splitting from his right palm when police arrested him. And he told that police personals were bind him with rope very tightly, then he was tortured by police personals beating with cine sticks severally, kicking with boots, bellowed with knees severally, etc until arrived general hospital of Cox’s Bazaar.

The GMA reporter, who have found several bold marks are available in his body as marks of wounded, till yesterday he couldn’t talk properly. Khine Soe think and said that some body or some concerned body was/ were trying to kill him under the very systematically laid-down planed. But he don’t know who they are and why?

Yes, an urban refugee – Khine Soe has sought help from UNHCR, CB branch, with big hope of escape from local miscreant’s hand. But only he got severally tortured persecution by police personals for reason given ordered by concerned persons of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch office.

According to urban refugee Khine Soe, he or majority percent of urban or political refugees were Subsistence Allowance – SA stopped by UNHCR, Dhaka, Bangladesh office since 1998. Since then he and his family are struggling very hardly for survival through a small grocery shop business. Khine Soe said he would like to go back for Burma, but he can’t for has been involved with 1988 up-rising. If he go back, he will be tortured and persecution by SPDC. But here also no safe place, no security and no food for survival, urban refugee said.

The GMA online news
For contact mobile numbers: 01199 081 074, 044 371 42255
Please visit this links: http://thegoodmorningarakan.blogspot.com
http://thegmanews.blogspot.com

NB: Political Refugee – Khine Soe’s UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00012. And just now, we have visited him. A medical assistance, who is a well known person of him, is take caring medical treatment upon Khine Soe. Because he is felling insecurity to hospitalize even he was advised to hospitalize.

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Cc:

1. The Representative
UNHCR branch office
House No: NE (N) 8
Road No: 90
Gulshan – 2
E-mail: BGDDDA@unhcr.org

2. Mr. Jelvas Masau
Protection Officer of UNHCR
Tel: 882- 6802 – 108
E-mail: BGDDAPRO@unhcr.org

3. EUROPEAN UNION

Alberto CAFERRI
First Counsellor
Head of Finance, Contracts and Audit Section
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: alberto.caferri@cec.eu.int

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4. EUROPEAN UNION

Charles Whiteley
First Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730, 9888902
Fax: 880-2-8823118, 9888622
E-mail: charles.whiteley@cec.eu.int
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5. EUROPEAN UNION

Jenni Christensen
Third Secretary

DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION TO BANGLADESH
Plot 7, Road 84, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel:880-2-8824730 Ext 153
Fax: 880-2-8823118
Mobile: 0088-0175 059972
E-mail: jenni.christensen@cec.eu.int, http://www.eudelbangladesh.org

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6. ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY

Kristian Jervell
First Secretary

H # no: 9, Road no: 111, Gulshan, Dhaka – 1212
Tel: (+880-2) 882 3880, 882 3065
Fax: (+880-2) 882 3661
E-mail: kjj@mfa.no
Web: www.norway.org.bd

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7. 903, Grand Maison

Itabashi 1-47-9
Itabashi Ku, Tokyo
Japan. 173-0004
Tel/Fax: 81 3-3579-3772
E-mail: voburma@gol.com

WAO CEC, WC Regular Tel-Conference Successfully Held

2009-06-30T01:42:00.000-07:00

June 27, 2009World-wide World Arakanese Organization (WAO) CEC and Working Committee (WC) Tele-conference held successfully today accordance with previous meeting decision. These meeting minutes have discussed regularly among its CEC and Working Committee every Six Weeks.

"WAO(U.S.A) 2nd Annual Conference"2007

WAO (Europe)

There were participating members joined from Australia, Europe and United States of America.

The Tele-conference held two hours with fifteen minutes recession for meeting discussed of re-formation of WAO CEC on August 2, 2009. Warmly welcome, whoever wants to post your idea for discussion and suggestion is appreciated that, please e-mail to this group not later than June 24, 2009. And an inspiration of meeting agenda included how could make its way to fund raising and it initiates as an active to assist of its community developing social welfare, relief and education.

Meeting Details
Date: June 27, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 AM (US East)
8:00 AM (US Central)
7:00 AM (US Mountain)
6:00 AM (US West)
2:00 PM (Netherlands and Norway)
7:00 PM (Bangladesh)
10:00 PM (Japan)
9:00 PM (Singapore)
9:00 PM (Malaysia)
8:00 PM (Thailand)
12:00 Midnight (Sydney, Australia

World Arakanese Organization (WAO) is a social based organization of Arakanese community around the Globe and it needs your contribution and participation is one of a cause of matters.

Concerned statement of 2nd convention of ANC

2009-06-27T03:40:00.000-07:00

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“Burmese urban refugees have held strike in-front of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazar branch office for World Refugee Day”

2009-06-21T10:40:00.000-07:00

Date: 21 June 2009

Cox’s Bazar: On 8: 30 AM to 11: 30 AM for today, around 20 personals Burmese urban refugees have held strike in-front of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazar branch office for World Refugee Day”.

Exactly, World Refugee Day was yesterday, but in the reason of yesterday was UNHCR office close and holly day in Bangladesh. They have to hold their strike in today instead of yesterday.

While they have held strike, political refugees were holding banners, in which they wrote and expressed with bold red ink “ WHAT IS UNHCR, STOP DISCRIMINATION, PLEASE PROVIDE RESETTLEMENT, etc in their holding banners. Then their statement – attached file, was handed over for the head officer of UNHCR, CB branch.

On 10: 30 AM, head officer of UNHCR, has agreed that to meet with any two of them.

So, accordance to GMA, among of them -Mr. Pho Hla & Ms. Ma Pru Shay, were chosen by them as their representative to meet with Mr. Stephen. And when they have met, Mr. Stephen (head officer of UNHCR, Cox’s Bazaar branch) has told them that UNHCR, CB branch office is only being used for bordering refugee. And they have to contact with UNHCR, Dhaka branch office for anything matter of them, said Mr. Stephen.

According to the GMA, Mr. Pho Hla has had response to head officer of UNHCR, CB office that it is extremely impossible, because of Dhaka and Cox’s Bazaar is around 350 miles distance each of them, since 1998 urban refugees’ SAs were stopped by UNHCR, BD, urban refugees have contacted to UNHCR, Dhaka through phone only in majority times. And head officer of UNHCR was requested by Mr. Pho Hla that to consider nearly one million of Arakanese refugees or displace people are struggling for their survival in only Thai-Burma boarder areas, in Thailand and in Malaysia, it is remarkable one because of they went mentioned places even though thousand miles away from Arakan region, western side of Burma. And they didn’t go for took asylum under the protection of UNHCR and Bangladesh which place is nearest place of their Arakan region.

And according to GMA, Mr. Pho Hla has requested to head officer of UNHCR that to consider as human being because of urban refugees of Christian/ Buddhist refugees from Arakan are suffering from like in a hell, he Pho Hla has said.

And around the 11: 30, they have had withdrawal from their strike. Their movement was recorded by reporter of Mizzima, DVB, RFA. And their movement was led by Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR, according to GMA online news.

One hour later of that movement, as a spoke man of CBR, Pho Hla has tried to contact with Ms. Susan, a staff of UNHCR, Dhaka office. He, Pho Hla has got a chance to discuss with Mr. Jelvas Masau, Protection Officer of UNHCR, through phone. They have discussed nearly 30 minutes upon the deadly suffering of urban refugees matter.

Pho Hla said they have discussed cordially, but not too much different result from previous answered of UNHCR, Dhaka, but urban refugees are suffering like in a hell, neither they go back for Burma nor staying in Bangladesh. Because of SA stopped by UNHCR, nothing jobs opportunity available, etc. And Pho Hla said to the GMA that their straggling of survival is only beginning in Bangladesh.

So, let wait and see.

The GMA news

Statement of CBR on the occasion of World Refugee Day

2009-06-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

During the ANC, WAO anniversary meeting

2009-06-16T03:45:00.001-07:00

--- On Mon, 6/15/09, khine Kyaw Khine wrote:

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ANC,WAO ညီလာခံမွာ ရခိုင္လူမ်ိုးစုႏြယ္မ်ားနွင္႔ ပါတ္သက္ၿပီးေဆြးေႏြးမည့္အခ်ိန္အတြင္းမွာ xxxxxxxxxx

ဇြန္လ ၁၄ ရက္၂၀၀၉ ေန့စြဲၿဖင့္ NUPA မွ ေဒါက္တာခင္ေမာင္အား ထုတ္ပယ္လိုက္သည္႔ု ဗဟိုေကာ္မီတီ၀င္မ်ားဆံုးၿဖတ္ခ်က္ႏွင့္ ေႀကညာခ်က္ကို လက္ခံရရွိသည္၊ အေဟာ၀တ ေကာင္းေလစြ ဟု ရခိုင္နိုင္ငံေရးေလာကအတြက ္သာဓု သံုးႀကိမ္ေခၚၿဖစ္သည္၊

အမ်ိဳးသားစည္းလံုးညီညြတ္ေရး ဆန့္က်င္ေသာ ရခိုင္ၿပည္အမ်ိဳးသား တရပ္လံုးအက်ိဳးစီးပြါးထက္ မိမိ ကိုယ္က်ိဳးစီးပြါးကိုသာ ဦးစာေပးေဆာင္ရြက္ေသာေႀကာင္႔ ၿပစ္မႈၿဖင့္ထုတ္သည္ဟု သိရသည္၊ ရခိုင္လူမ်ိဳးမ်ားက ကုလားလူမိ်ဳးကို လိမ္ေနေသာသူမ်ားဟုေၿပာေနခ်ိန္ ေဒါက္တာခင္ေမာင္ က အႀကံအဖန္ လုပ္ၿပီး ဥေရာပေရးရာ တာ၀န္ခံဆိုသူ ဟန္ေညာင္ေ၀ ႏွင့္ ေပါင္းၿပီး ပုလင္းတူဘူုး ဆို့႔ လုပ္ေနမႈလည္း ပါတ္သက္ေနသည္ဟု ႀကားရသည္။

ရခိုင္သမိုင္းပညာရွင္မ်ား ႏွင့္နုိုင္ငံေရးေလ့လာသူမ်ားက ရွမ္းၿပည္နယ္တြင္ ကုလားလူမ်ိဳးမ်ားအား ရွမ္းတိုင္းရင္းသားလူမ်ိဳးစုႏြယ္မ်ားအၿဖစ္ ဟန္ေညာင္ေ၀ နွင့္ ေဒါက္တာခင္ေမာင္ တို႔က အသိအမွတ္ၿပဳရန္ ႀကိဳးစားေနမႈကိုလည္း စားေပါက္တခုအၿဖစ္လုပ္ေနႀကၿခင္းဟုုေၿပာဆိုေနႀကသည္၊

ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုႀကည္ မတရားေထာင္ခ်ခံရမည္႔ အေၿခအေန ကာလမွာ ညီညညြတ္ညြတ္ၿဖစ္ေနေရးအတြက္ ယခုကဲ့သို႔ေဆာင္ရြက္ၿခင္းၿဖစ္ေႀကာင္းေၿပာေရးဆိုခြင္႔ရွိသူ

ဦးေမာင္ေအးခ်မ္းမွ အတည္ၿပဳေၿပာႀကားသည္၊

အဘယ္႔ေႀကာင္႔ဆိုေသာ္ နအဖ စစ္အစိုးရမွ တိုင္းရင္းသားလူမ်ိဳးမ်ား ၁၅၀ တြင္ ယင္းလူမ်ိဳးမ်ား မရွိဟုေၿပာႀကားမႈကို ရခိုင္လူမ်ိဳးမ်ား၊သမုိင္းပညာရွင္မ်ား ၊ၿမန္မာ႔ဒီမိုကေရစီအင္အားစုမ်ားကပါ ေထာက္ခံထားေသာေႀကာင့္ ၿဖစ္သည္၊

မႀကာမွီ အခ်ိန္ကာလ မေလးရွားနိုင္ငံမွာ ANC ရခိုင္ၿပည္အမိ်ဳးသားေကာင္စီညီလာခံ ကို

က်င္းပမည္မို႔ ေဒါက္တာခင္ေမာင္ မပါ၀င္ေသာေႀကာင္႔လုပ္ရကိုင္ရ အဆင္ေၿပမည္ဟုသိရွိရသည္၊

၄င္းမွာ ညီလာခံအတြင္း ဆံုးၿဖတ္ခ်က္မ်ားခ်မွတ္သည္႔အခါ ရခိုင္လူမ်ိဳးစုႏြယ္မ်ားကို ေႀကညာခ်က္ထုတ္ၿပန္မည္ဟု ယူဆရသည္။ ရခိုင္ၿပည္တြင္ ေရွးရခိုင္ ဘုရင္မင္းအဆက္ဆက္

ကပင္ ၿမိဳေခၚခမွြီး ဒိုင္းနက္၊ သက္၊ခ်င္း။ ကမန္၊ မရမာႀကီး လူမ်ိဳးစုႏြယ္မ်ားသာ ရခိုင္လူမ်ိဳးစုမ်ားအၿဖစ္ အသိအမွတ္ၿပဳထားသည္၊

ညီာလာခံတက္ေရာက္မည္႔ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္မ်ားကလည္း ၿမန္မာ႔ဒီမိုကေရစီ အင္အားစုထဲမွ မီဒီယာ သမားမ်ားကိုပါ တခ်ိန္တည္း ရွင္းလင္းေၿပာဆိုသြားမည္ဟု သိရသည္၊

ေနာ္ေ၀းနုိင္ငံတြင္လည္း ေရွ႔လ WAO ကမၻာ႔ရခိုင္အဖြဲ႔အစည္းမွ ဦးေဆာင္ က်င္းပမည္ဟု

သိရွိရသည္၊.ယင္းညီလာခံတြင္ ဥေရာပတိုက္မွာေနထိုင္သ ူရခိုင္လူမ်ိဳး သတင္းစာဆရာ ဦးခင္ေမာင္ေစာမွ လြန္ခဲ႔ေသာ ၁၉၈၉ ခု ႏွစ္မွ ယခုအခ်ိန္အထိ germanyဘာသာ ၊ English ဘာသာတို့႔ၿဖင္႔ ေရးသားခဲ႔သည္႔ ကုလားလူမ်ိုးတို႔၏ လိမ္ညာေနမႈအေႀကာင္းမ်ားကို

သမွိုင္းဆိုင္ရာအခ်က္အလက္မ်ားစြာႏွင္႔ စာတမ္းမ်ား ဖတ္ႀကားတင္သြင္းမည္ဟု က်ြန္ေတာ္႔အား သတင္းလက္ေဆာင္ပါးသည္၊

ဂ်ပန္နိုင္ငံ တိုက်ိဳၿမိဳ႔မွာေနထိုင္သူ ေဒါက္တာေအးခ်မ္းက ၿမန္မာ႔ဒီမိုကေရစီအင္အားစုမ်ားအား လြန္ခဲ႔ေသာလကပင္ ဟန္ေဆာင္တိုင္းရင္းသားလူမ်ိဳးမ်ားအေႀကာင္းကို ေဟာေၿပာခဲံၿပီးၿဖစ္သည္၊။ယင္းေဟာေၿပာပြဲတြင္တက္ေရာက္လာသူ တိုင္းရင္းသားကိုယ္စားလွယ္ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား၊ၿမန္မာ႔ဒီနိုကေရစီ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားကပါ သူတို႔မႀကားဖူးေသာ၊ တိုင္းရင္းသားလူမ်ိုးဟုတခါမွ မသိရွီေသာ ယင္းကုလားလူမ်ိုးမ်ားအား မည္သို႔မ်ွ အသိအမွတ္ မၿပဳနိုင္ေႀကာင္းေၿပာဆိုသြားႀကသည္၊

သု႔ိၿဖစ္ရာ ANCႏွင္႔WAO တို႔မွာ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုႀကည္ လြတ္ေၿမာက္ေရးအတြက္ မဟာဗ်ဴဟာမ်ားကို ေရးဆဲြနိုင္သည္႔ အေကာင္အထည ္ေဆာင္ရြက္မည္႔ နည္းလမ္းမ်ားအၿပင္ ရခိုင္လူမ်ိဳးႏြယ္စုမ်ားကိုပါ ဆံုးၿဖတ္ခ်က္ခ်မွတ္ နိုင္ႀက ၿပီး၊ အမႈိက္မ်ားကင္းရွင္းသြားၿပီမို႔

ရခိုင္နိုင္ငံေရးကို ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းစြာလုပ္နိုင္ႀကလိမ္႔ဟု ယူဆ ရပါေႀကာင္း။။။။။။။။။။

ခိုင္ေအာင္ေက်ာ္ (စစ္ေတြ)

Declaration of CBR”

2009-06-16T02:52:00.000-07:00

“Declaration of CBR”

The political refugees
who have fought for pro-democracy, pro-human rights
against Detectors, against evils design bureaucracy

We, Burmese political refugees, who have fought for pro-democracy, pro-human rights against evil design of BSPP/ SLORC/ SPDC to have peace and democracy for Burma..

During broke out of our up-risings, thousands of our parents, brothers/ sisters, comrades and Buddhist monks were sacrificed or die in front of us in 1988 up-rising and in Saffron Revolution in 2007. Blood had been flowing purred like streams, rivers from our beloved ones.

Wherever, whenever we get chance, we are rising our voice globally against tyranny SPDC.
We are not alone, around the every corner of world civilized peoples, including the Presidents, PMs Novel winners, are with us.

We must survive until get genuine democracy in Burma. Unnecessarily, stopping SA, mistreating SA even from window woman, not easy even for medical treatment including inhuman being behalf, etc all of those circumstances are unbelievable happening here, it is systematically pushing us in to the hell of SPDC cage.

We are firmly believe that neither you are partisans of SPDC nor our enemies. But why?

You, staffs of UNHCR, BD, have told us to manage for sponsorships. For whom every necessary supports will be provided by UNHCR if anybody can manage sponsorship. So, we have took long times over the one decade, for those sponsorships But in realized NO!, Why?

You are repeatedly mentioning unnecessarily that UNHCR will not provide SA for the whole life of us. But why you don’t allow us to go third countries, through sponsorships or providing resettlement forms, but why?

Now, we are facing under the very discriminations that since Oct. 2007, some of our families were taken interview by foreigners staffs resettlement officers (who had very good understand upon our condition in BD and had good sympathetic mood about our suffering) of UNHCR. Now, even majority of those our resettlement files are very unclear. Because of some staffs of resettlement officer said some of our files were damaged and have to recall interview. But nothing happen till today.

But this is 21st century and IT era, it is universal truth that we have justice. We have head Quarter of UNHCR. We have head quarter of human rights, even IGO of UNHCR to protect for our suffering in inhuman being here and upon the discrimination of our rights. And even senior advocates are already as reinforce from our side to justify for in quest of our losing rights.

Since 1993 to 2009 up to date, foreigners staffs of UNHCR like Ms. Kasumi Nishigaya (Japan), Mis Siri Rustet (Norway). Ms. Naomi (Japan), Mr. Arrond Sala (Thailand) and in 2007 Ms. Karen Reed – resettlement officer ( New Zealand) and Mr. Fransis – deputy representative, they have been good understand and had good sympathetic mood about our suffering. But they couldn’t enough long time exist here because of they were kicked out by evil designs, very unfortunately under the various kind of way.

We, don’t would like to every body but you, but evil design of labors of UNHCR, BD should know that you are not the queens or kings and also we are not vagabonds. Exactly we are meeting each other here, according to noble aims of UNHCR, nothing more.

Therefore, herewith, we, working committee of Committee for Burmese Refugee- CBR, has to declare that to take preparation to protect your third class inhuman being evil design which mean using discriminations upon our suffering under the protection of UNHCR, Bangladesh.

We are comrades of 8888 generation and Saffron Revolution from Burma. We don’t would like to fight unnecessarily, but now we have to for our above mentioned losing rights.

With the best regards,

Working Committee
Committee for Burmese Refugee – CBR
Tekpara, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
Mobile no: 0173 2681 662

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Arakanese urban refugees faced discrimination by UNHCR BD
June 4, 2009
According to the Committee for Burmese Refugee (CRB) and other individual reports sources have said the urban Arakanese refugees are faced an experience the tribulation as discriminations of racial and religious under the various kinds of treat of many protection officers of UNHCR, Bangladesh, since 1990 to 2009 and up to date.
According to them, from 1990 to 2009, around the five hundreds ( 5 hundreds ) Muslim Somali refugees and another one hundred Muslim Refugees from Iraqi, Iranian, Serialeon, etc totally over the six hundreds mentioned Muslims urban refugees have been resettled to third countries while Arakanese refugees only two families and four individuals were resettled in third countries from Bangladesh.
There are nearly 200 Arakanese urban refugees have been suffered as discriminations by the local representatives of UNHCR which does not provide to necessary protection shelter, food, health, education, vocational training.
By the refugees resettlement program of UNHCR, a lot of Muslim refugees are getting opportunity to resettle in third countries such as New Zealand, Canada, and European countries, following circumstance, Arakanese urban refugees are in critical condition as SOS happens step by step systematically in Bangladesh.
(1) Burmese head of families of Christian/ Buddhist refugees were SA stopped by UNHCR, BD in 1998.
(2) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees' educational expense were ceased by UNHCR, BD in 2003.
(3) Children of Burmese Christian/ Buddhist refugees' subsistence allowance - SA- were Stopped by UNHCR, BD in 2004. And while those Muslim urban refugees' children have been allowed to study in English medium, at that time our children also got opportunity to study in English medium. But no sooner majority percent of Muslim urban refugees' children were resettle or went to their own country along with their parents after their country became calm, then UNHCR also stopped the education of our Arakanese urban refugees children.
After that majority of urban refugees have had to lose urban refugees status and had to shift their residents from Dhaka to rural areas of Bangladesh, meanly to Chittagong hill tract and Cox's Bazar areas in the result blowing storm of survival struggle.
Since then, Burmese Buddhists/ Christian urban refugees or Burmese political refugees have to face their struggle like in a hell.
On the other hand, meanly since then 1988 democracy up-rising was crackdown by SLORC, around the 1,5000 ( Fifteen thousands ) war / economic effected Burmese Buddhists/ Christian refugees ( who were flee from Arakan region and Chin hill of Burma) they are struggling in their survival in triangle boarder areas of India, Bangladesh, Burma.
But for them, any UNHCR, Govts. NGOs are nothing take care or helping upon them. And like totally ignoring or throwing in a dust-bin.
A decade ago, in Mogro journal, which was published in Burma-Thailand boarder area, three lakhs displaced Buddhist Arakanese have been struggling for their survival in border area and inside Thailand.
Also according to a PhD. Doctor, who visited Bangladesh recently, it is known that only inside Malaysia there are around five lakhs Arakanese struggling for their surviving both legal and illegally. In another record Arakanese traditional Thungran (Water Festival) Tanchat in which mentioned that in Arakan region only children, woman and old people are left. So, nowadays, urban refugees can easily under-stood that around the 1 million Buddhist Arakanese have already left Arakan region, very sadly.
It is a very remarkable one and it is question for why those lakhs of Arakanese did not come to Bangladesh for the shelter of UNHCR but to Thailand and Malaysia even though Bangladesh is nearest border area to flee. The answer will be the only one that they knew suffering like the way we are having one and half decade, under the discrimination of UNHCR BD.

Do you have any question about this information please contact to;

Working committee of Committee for Burmese Refugee - CBR
Tekpara, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
E-mail: committeeforburmeserefugee@yahoo.com
mobile:01732681662

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Messages from UNHCR, Dhaka branch office

2009-06-16T02:51:00.000-07:00

Concerned Christian/ Buddhist refugee of Burma in Bangladesh

2009-06-16T02:37:00.000-07:00

The Arakanese in exiles of BD were hold for their ‘Arakan National Day’

2009-04-02T06:39:00.000-07:00

The Arakanese in exiles of BD were hold for their ‘Arakan National Day’

2nd April 09

Cox’s Bazaar: On 3: 30 PM, 31st March, 09, our 32 Arakanese in exile peoples including 7 Buddhist monks were successfully hold for their Arakan National Day at hall of Laboni motel, near the Cox’s Bazaar sea beach.

Agendas of Arakan National Day were as following;
Arakan National Day was opened with three times praying of Namotasa.
Ven. U Khema Uda and Ven. U Pyinnyadisa were selected as patrons.
Arakan National flag was respected by all attendants.
Arakan Martyrs were respected by all participants with one minute silence.

As agenda 5, patron U Pyinnyadisa has given speech. And following mentioned participants have given speech by each under the following of this agenda, they were;

U Pho Hla -Individual, U Maung Han – former president of ACP, U Saw Hla Aung – GS of NUPA, Khaing Por Lunn – GS of IFA, U Thilawantha – GS of Sasanamoli, Ko Naing Naing, U Kyaw Mun, young Buddhist monk Rakhawantha– AS of Sasanamoli,
Ko Soe Mun – a member of AASYC, Ko Aung Than – Narrijara news, Maung Thein Hla – ALD and Ko Aung Zaw Khine – in English teacher for young Buddhist monks of Sasanamuli of BD branch.

Accordance to Arakanese history, Arakan kingdom was built by king Marayu since over the BC 3216. Then over the 250 Arakanese kings were rule Dynasty by Dynasty till the king Thamadaraza, AD 1784. Along the 5,000 years of their sovereignty periods, eras of Dhinyawady, Visali, Laymro, Mrauk U have been brightly settled among the other nations in the world.

When reach AD 1784, Burmese king Maung Wine was invited by some of Arakanese (Rakhine) traitors to occupied fatherland Arakan. In the result of that our Arakan kingdom was lost to Burma invader.

So, under the colonials ruled of fate of Arakan (Rakhaing) was as following;

From 31st Dec 1784 to 26th February 1826 under the Bama invader.
From 26th February 1826 to 1942 under the east India company of English colonial.
From 2nd May 1942 to 13 May 1945 under the Japanese colonial.
From 13 May 1945 to 4th February 1948 again under the east India company.
And 4th February 1948 to up to date under the Bamanization or Burmese chauvinists rules.

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“12th Anniversary of Rakhaing Buddhist Welfare Association convention was successfully held”

2009-03-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

“12th Anniversary of Rakhaing Buddhist Welfare Association convention was successfully held”

28 March 2009

Cox’s Bazaar: On yesterday and today, 12th Anniversary of Rakhaing Buddhist Welfare Association convention was successfully held at the head office hall of RBWA, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.

On 10 am yesterday, convention of RBWA was opened. And around the 500 peoples attendants were participated among of them Mr. Kajal – MP (Member of Parliament), Mr. Body – MP and Director of Cox’s Bazaar cultural institute were also.

For Rakhaing people, housing project plan was unveiled by Mr. Kajal – MP and Mr. Body – MP said he will submit for that project at Parliament of Bangladesh, according to Ko Kyaw Ba Tun.

On 10 am, for today, convention was started; experiences were sharing cordially among the participants. Their selected executive members were as a bellow;

U Kyaw Thein – President
U Maung Thein Hla – Vice President - 1
U Maung Kyaw - Vice President – 2
U Maung Hla Thein – GS
Ko Tha Zan Ag - A. GS
U U Ba Thaung - A.GS
U U Tun Tha - Cashier
U U Tha Tun - Organizing – 1
U Aung Phay Thein - Organizing – 2
U Mg Bu Rhee - Religion & Social
U Nyi Bu - Publication & Information
Ko Kyaw Ba Tun - Office In-charge
U Maung Kyaw Hla - Edu/ Cultural and Sports
U Than Fay - E. C member
Ko Pru Maung - E . C member
U Afru Maung - E . C member
Daw Nann Aye Khine - E . C member

If have to reveal brief history back ground of RBWA, on 9 September 1988 an Anniversary of Ven. U Ottama Day, it was held by exiles and Bangladesh Rakhaing people. Then they had discussed to build RBWA.
So, since 1988 RBWA was built and it is running up to date till over the two decades.

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Mentally torturing

2009-03-19T19:12:00.000-07:00

--- On Wed, 3/18/09, maung aye wrote:
From: maung aye Subject: Extinction of Arakanese leaders.To: nayakaus@yahoo.com, kztha@hotmail.com, baaye2003@yahoo.com, naingkyaw1973@yahoo.com, kyawzan.tha@bbc.co.uk, wao-global@yahoogroups.comDate: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 2:15 PM
Mentally torturing

Rubish Rohingas are torturing our political comrades mentally by threatening trough emails and mails. When any Arakanese goes or writes against those Rubishes people, they try to stop them by persuading with money and threaten with various ways to make their property collapsed. Later our Arakanese become satisfy getting huge money. This is one of the reason our people becoming “Sanrafoy”. The word Sanrafoy means betrayer. In this way we are losing our great leaders day by day. In the future we may be in scarce of finding resources of valuable leaders, historians, teachers, doctors and artists.

Anxiety is widely spreading through all our leaders’ mind and heart internally. They are confusing of continuing their goals. We have experienced some leaders who have not only stop writing or speaking out about own nation, on contrary they are writing and speaking out for those fake Rohingas histories, in stead. The leaders whom we used to know as great for his/her braveness are now doing and speaking for Rubish Rohingyas like hen. The leaders who used to fight for the fatherland are now fighting for those people. Why their minds changed so quickly? Our leaders are doing as though to stand and keep watching their land reach into rubish peoples' hand.

Any leader, who is working for loving fatherland Arakan, should be aware of going together with the watch dogs, the Sanrafoys, whenever wherever they are. We urge all our comrades and leaders to scatter this news to both inside and exiled Arakanese. Now it is to inform you that there are at least one virus exist in almost every Arakanese organizations. To overcome this disease the only way to cure is to unite together again and wash those respective leaders’ mind and heart. Now a day our leaders are following behind money not behind fatherland. Let's club again and protect from grabing fatherland from the hand who are trying to take away our own land.

By Maung Tha Aye

India wants more Pak steps over Mumbai attacks

2009-02-14T00:03:00.000-08:00

India wants more Pak steps over Mumbai attacks
AFP, NEW DELHI

Feb 13: Pakistan must act to eradicate militant camps, India said today, a day after Islamabad admitted for the first time that the Mumbai attacks had been partly planned on Pakistani soil.
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee described the Pakistani admission as "a positive step," but stressed that "further steps will be required."
In a later statement to parliament in which he described the threat emanating from Pakistan as a "global cancer," Mukherjee said Islamabad must now move to dismantle the "infrastructure of terrorism" on its territory.
Islamabad announced Thursday that it had filed a case against eight people suspected of having a role in the Mumbai attacks, and that six of them were in custody.
"For the first time it has been recognised officially by Pakistani authorities that the elements are emanating from Pakistan who are responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai," Mukherjee said.
Stressing that the onus was firmly on Islamabad to bring the suspects to justice, Mukherjee said India hoped the matter would be taken to its "logical conclusion" and the perpetrators punished.
New Delhi has blamed last November's attacks, which killed 165 people, on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e- Taiba (LeT), and last month handed over information which Islamabad had used to investigate the assault.
Pakistan had previously acknowledged that only the lone surviving gunman-out of 10 who attacked high-profile targets in India's financial capital from November 26 to 29 -- was one of its citizens. He is in Indian custody.

Sources from the Independent News, BD

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Convention of BD branch Sasanamoli have held

2009-02-12T09:39:00.000-08:00

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62nd Pinlone treaty Day

2009-02-12T09:36:00.000-08:00

“yifvHkpmcsKyfae hudkt"rRusifhI”

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awmh rarhoifhaygifAsm”
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avAsm / 'Dae htjzpftysufr&SdcJ hvdk huawmh Armjynf/ jrefrmjynf
qdk'gvnf; vGwfvyfa&;r&ESdkifbl;AsdK h”

udkcdkif? ? “[mw,fpdwf0ifpm;p&m aumif;ygvm; quf&Sif;prf;ygtHk;Asm
aocsmvdyfywfvJ vnfatmifaygh”
udkAarmif? ? “[mcifAsm;}uD; rodcsifa,gifaqmifraeprf;ygeJ hAsm”

udkcdkif? ? “[m'Dvdkr[kwfygbl;Asm 'gayrJh cifAsm;eJ husaemh}um; cHpm;csufcsif; /
tjrifcsif;uGm[aeovm;vdk hyg”

udkAarmif? ? “[mbmuGmp&m&SdvJAsm 'Dae hazaz:0g&D 12 &uf 1947 ck yifvHkjrdK h
rSm wdk h Armzufu AdkvfcsKyfatmifqef; OD;aqmifwJh Armudk,f pm; vS,ftzJG heJ hawmifwef;om;awG jzpf}uwJh csif;/ ucsif/ &Srf; udkpm;vS,fawG h}ujyD; awmifay:ajrjyef hvufwGJjyD; aer0iftifyg,g e,fcsJ ht*Fvdyfvufatmufu vGwf vyfa&;udk t&,lr,fqdkwJh oabmwlnDcsufudk t&,lurf;AsOf;xdk;ESdkifcJh}u w,fav Asm”
“tJ'DrSm awmifwef;om;awGu r,Hkvdk hArmawGAdkvfus,if vGwf
vyfa&;&jyD; 10 ESpft}um,if cGJxGufvdkucGJxGufcGifhudkawmif;cJh}uw,f / wdk hArm
zufuvnf; uwday;cJh}uw,f? tJ'ga}umifhvnf; 'DEdkifiHvGwfvyfa&;qdk'g}uD;udk&
cJh'gbJr[kwfvm;Asm”

udkcdkif? ? “[odyfpdwf0ifpm;p&maumif;vmjyD qufvif;prf;ygtHk;Asm”

udkAarmif? ? “tJovdkvkyfESdkifcJh}uvdk hvnf; jynfaxmifpkae h&,fvdk hay:vmjyD;
'Dae ha&mufwdkif; jynfaxmifpkae h&,fvdk hESpfpOfESpfwdkif;usif;yae}u
'g cifAsm;jrifwJhtwdkif;bJavAsm”

udkcdkif? ? “ ESpfpOfESpfwdkif;usif;yae}u'g jiif;p&mr&Sdygbl; 'gayrJh jynfaxmif
pkae hqdk'g awmh enf;enf; em;rvnfbl;jzpfaew,fAsm/ wqdwf
qufvif;prf;ygtHk;udk,fhvl”
udkAarmif? ? “'Dudkcdkif}uD;uvnf;em;a0;vdkufwmAsm jynfaxmifawGpkxm;awmh
jynfaxmifpkavAsm cifAsm;jrifwJhtwdkif;bJ rGef/ u&if/ u&ifeD/ &Srf; /
ucsif/ csif; jyD;awmh&cdkifjynfe,fawGavAsm”

udkcdkif? ? “ [kwfygjyD 'g qdk Armjynfe,f cifAsm;ajymwJhtxJrSm rygygvm;”

udkAarmif? ? “[mcifAsm;uvnf; uyfajymaejyefjyD Armu jynfe,fawmifr,l
bl;”wdkif;” tqifhavmufeJ hbJae'gcifAsm;awGom;bJ rauG;wdkif;/
&efukefwdkif;/ yJcl;wdkif;/ rauG;wdkif;/ rEWav;wdkif;/ ppfudkif;wdkif;/
weoFm&Dwdkif; awGavAsm”

udkcdkif? ? “taotcsmudkawG hygw,fAsm v$wfawmfqdkwJhae&mrSm a&G;aumuf
yGJtwGuf udk,fpm;vS,fawG wufoGm;}uawmh cifAsm;ajymcJhwJh
wdkif;awG / jynfe,f awGtm;vHk; uudk,fpm;vS,fawG[m ArmvlrsdK;
awGcsOf;bJjzpfaeygvm;As / tJ'gvnf;b,fvdkjzpfw,fqdk'g wqdwf
&Sif;prf;ygtHk;Asm”

udkAarmif? ? “tJ'g uawmh “urBmra}u Armjynfav” / [kwfaygif tJ'g
usawmh usaemfvnf; odyfr&Sif;jywwfbl;Asm/ ”

udkcdkif ? ? “aemufjyD; 1962 tm%modrf;'gwdk h/ OD;oef hta&;tcif;/
rSdKif;&mjynfh ta&;tcif;/ 1988 vlxktHkjuGrSKeJ hvlowfyGJ/ r}um
cif a&$0ga&mifawmfvSefa&;eJ hvlawGudkxm;vdkuftHk; bHk;awmfjuD;awG udkowfwJh
yGJuaumAsm bmha}umifhvJ”

udkAarmif? ? “tJ'guawmh wdk hArmawGaumif;pm;zdk h wdk hrsdK;cspfawGvkyfwJht
vkyfudk bHk;}uD;tygt0ifem;rvnfwJhvlawGudk qHk;r'gvdk hbJ
usaemfuawmhjrifw,fAsm”

udkcdkif ? ? “t&yfom;pum;eJ hajym&r,fqdk,if yifvHkpmcsKyfudk trSDjyKjyD;
vGwfvyfa&;&xm;wJh/ wenf;tm;jzifh udk,fhoabmeJ hudkyl;aygif; yg0ifwnfaqmufxm;wJh Armjynf (odk h) jrefrmEdkifiHudk vlrsdK;wrsdK;u t"rRjyK
usifhjyD; vdrfhvSJ hxm;}u'gbJAs/ tJ'Dae ha&mufwdkif; wdkif;&if;om;qdkwJhvlrsdK;awGudk
aoewfajymif;atmufu vkyfcsifovdkvkyfcdkif;/ rwifvS / r&ifjrwdk hudk rsufESmt
wif;ajzjycdkif;jyD; jynfaxmifpkae hqdkjyD;vkyfae}uw,f/ atmufwef;usvdkufwmAsm/

udkAarmif? ? “[kwfw,fAsdK h txufuaz:jycJhwJh aygufuGJrSkawG[mvnf; jynf
axmifpktvdrfjudk;awG ArmvlrsdK;awG&Jhvnfyif;udk wif;usyfatmif
&pfvmjyD;rcHESdkifjzpfwdkif; urBmudkulygu,fyg atmfwJhtoHbJvdk hbJjrifawmhw,f /
bmha}umifhqdk wdkif;&if;om;awGatmfae'g }umjyDavAsm / urBmur}um;cJh}ubl;/
'Drdkua&pDqdk'g}uD;udkvnf;/ ucsifuxGufwJhausmufawG/ rGefydkifeufeJ h&cdkifydkifeuf
uxGufwJh a&$ykZGefawG/ obm0"gwfaiG hawG/ &Srf;/csif;/u&if/ u,g;uxGufwJh ajr
ay:ajratmuf ypPnf;awGukefawmhrS ay;r,fxif'gbJAsdK h”

udkcdkif ? ? “tJtrSefbJ &cdkif&dk;ruopfawGtygt0if pnf;urf;rJhckwfvSJ a&mif;
csvdk h opfawmawGvnf;jyKef;wD;ukefjyDqdkw,fAsm/ cifAsm;&Jh yifvHk
pmcsKyfudktoHk;csjyD;wdkif;&if;om;awGudkem;vSJ hyg;&dkufaewJh jynfaxmifpktwkae h
ta}umif;ajymae&if;eJ h 'if;wdk hESdyfpuforSscg;pnf;cHae&wJhusaemfwdk hb0uawmh
tJ om;oRD;awGnpm twGuf xRif;csufp&mqefr&Sdao;bl;AsKd h oGm;cGifhjyKygtHk;/
aemufawG hawmh w0qJ tJajym}u'gayghAsm”

udkAarmif? ? “usaemfvnf; cifAsm;eJ hwxyfwnf;bJ udkcdkif toufraoao;
&ifawG hjzpf}u'gayghAsm”

“cdkif&dk;r”
rSwfcsuf? ? cdkif&dk;r.tmabmfomjzpfyga}umif;?

SAFMA meet opens in Cox's Bazar, over 250 S Asian delegates attend

2009-02-11T10:16:00.000-08:00

Democracy key to free, lively media: Azad
SAFMA meet opens in Cox's Bazar, over 250 S Asian delegates attend
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL from COX'S BAZAR

Feb 10: Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad today said only a democratic society can ensure an atmosphere conducive to free and lively media, which is a must for sustainable democracy.
Emphasising the need for a free as well as responsible media for strong democratic traditions in South Asian countries, the Information Minister said absence of democracy and the long practice of regulating the media in the South Asian region are not healthy signs and in no way are acceptable.
The Information Minister was inaugurating as the chief guest the 7th conference of South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) in the country's southern resort town this morning.
Abul Kalam Azad noted that people as well as major political parties of the South Asian countries have become an integral part of the democratic process as they have played responsible roles.
The three-day conference titled "Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia" began at a local hotel in the sea-laced tourist spot. It is being participated by over 250 senior journalists and media personalities, including editors of the leading daily newspapers and new agencies of the region, with task of singling out the challenges facing the media and finding out the effective solutions to strengthen democracy for the benefit of 1.5 billion people.
The participants are form India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Afghanistan and host Bangladesh. A three-member observer team from China is also attending the conference.
With newly-elected president of SAFMA Reazuddin Ahmed in the chair, the function was addressed, among others, by SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam, outgoing president Lakassman Gunasekera, Bangladesh chapter vice-president Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Secretary General Zahiduzzaman Faruque.
At the beginning of the inaugural function, outgoing SAFMA president Lakassman Gunasekera of Sri Lanka formally handed over the charge of the presidency to Reazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh.
Eminent economist from Bangladesh Prof. Rehman Sobhan presented a key-note paper on "Development paradigms and nation-building in South Asia: An agenda for building more inclusive societies".
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Bangladesh V Krishnamurthy read out a message from President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan in Dhaka Ayaz Mohammad Khan a message from President Asif Ali Zardari at the inaugural session. The Bangladesh Information Minister said unfortunately authoritarian rulers in the region had been choosing undesirable patterns of controlling the media, which had weakened both the media and democracy.
He said, "Bangladesh inherits a long tradition of fighting against different forms of authoritarianism and the Bengalee nation always defeated authoritarian regimes through its heroic and courageous movements."
In this context, he said the people of Bangladesh have again expressed their views through ballots and rejected all forms of the authoritarian rules, which was reflected in the recent parliamentary election.
"They voted for a change giving their massive mandate against corruption, abuse of power, and repressive and bad governance," he said.
Terming the media 'a bridge between the government and the people', Azad said what the media can do internally can be done at regional and international levels.
He said there is no alternative to sustainable democracy and free media for progress of the nations in this region.
"I also firmly believe that the media and only the media can change the mindset of our people as well as our leaders to develop our region and make it a peaceful and prosperous one," Azad said.
Referring to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's firm commitment to fighting terrorism and extremism, and her subsequent call for forming a regional task force, the Information Minister hoped that the leaders of South Asian nations would come forward to attain the objective.
He hoped that the region's media would play a vital role in making her proposal a reality.
Azad said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is committed to ensuring a free-media environment, and security and welfare of the journalist community. He also said the government would formulate a media policy in consultation with all stakeholders.
Prof Rehman Sobhan in his keynote paper said the governments of South Asia, even those with legitimate electoral mandates, appear more committed to serving the dictates of external patrons and impersonal forces of the global market than to responding to the demands of those very electorates, who have voted them to power.
The renowned economist said the nations in the region had long been bearing the legacy of the colonial rules that divided societies and caused festering conflicts of various forms.
"Terror is emerging as the instrument of choice for the disempowered, with insurgency and even civil war, as the outcome of these incomplete exercises in nation-building," he observed.
He said if the nations are genuinely committed to the goal of reducing poverty, promoting a more inclusive development process and ensuring sustainability of the democratic order, then they must, at least, begin to challenge the injustices, which reproduce exclusion in societies.
SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam of Pakistan said the 7th SAFMA conference is taking place at a time when a new wave of democracy in many countries of South Asia has forced the authoritarian forces to take leave with the ushering-in of popular democratic governments.

Sources from the Daily Independent news, BD

THE GMA NEWS

The last will of our Arakanese Dewangri Aung Kyaw Hree

2009-02-11T09:51:00.000-08:00

“a';0ef;}uD; OD; atmifausmf&$D.oDwrf;pm&wk”

Ñ aemifom;aemifvm aemufxyfyg&dk h
q&oHk;vuf a&ShuwufI
toufcE wcgw&H tzdk;wef. ?

Ñw&Hwcg qdkwHkygvnf;
oluomvsuf zdESdyfpufu
toufcE
Ñ "rRwmvrf;rrSef usifha}umif;}uHvsuf
wHpdk;udkpm; vdrfvSJ hxm;aomf
aemifom;wzef onf;rcHESifh ?

Ñ EdkifiHwum [l&&mY
ynmESifhnm%f oifhpGmzefI
wm0efrysuf opPm&Gufvsuf
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tjyD;juHhcdkif EdkifiHwdkif;jrdK htpdk hpdk hESifh
udk,fhjrdK hudk,fhajr udk hXmaeudk
&vDzl;c Tavmuonf
atmufusrcHcsifaoma}umifh? ?

&cdkifhawmfvSefa&; acgif;aqmif}uD; pmqdk
a';0ef;}uD;
(atmifausmf&$D )
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Ñ av;pm;pGm wdkufwGef;csuf? ? rdrd&dk htdrfwdkif;Yuyfxm;}uyg&ef /

The last will of our Arakanese Dewangri Aung Kyaw Rhee

2009-02-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

The last will of our Arakanese Mayor Aung Kyaw Zan

2009-02-11T08:50:00.000-08:00

“jrdK hol}uD;atmifausmfZH.
oDwrf;pm&wk”

ÑOD;'gef;r}uDjzpf&vDjcif;
wdkif;jynfudk}uH atmifausmfZHrm
pH&azGaESmuf wusdwfajcmuf&dk h
,Gif;azgufopPm ol&dk hrmum;
0rf;pmpm;cGuf wxyfwGufudk
woufpmxif cGD;tjrifa}umifh
wdkif;cGifompnf ig&dk hjynfvnf;
ol hjynfjzpf& 0rf;eJpGwnf;?

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a0g[mxHk;a[mif; vlAla'gif;udk
raygif;az:&m qdkwHkygvnf;
rdef humowd aygif;az:rdI
vuf[d'kuQ igjuHk&. ?

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topf*kyif }uHpnfcsifonf
ZmwGifrrdef h ESdkifaoma}umifh? ?

&cdkifhawmfvSefa&;pmqdk
acgif;aqmif}uD;
(jrdK hol}uD; OD; atmifausmfZH)
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Ñ av;pm;pGm wdkufwGef;csuf? ? rdrd&dk htdrfwdkif;Yuyfxm;}uyg&ef /

The last will of our Arakanese prince U Hrwe Ban

2009-02-11T08:46:00.000-08:00

“rif;om;}uD; OD;a&$bef;.
oDwrf;pm&wk”

Ñ rif;om;trSef igvSsif}uHq
EdkifiH&yfpnf wdkif;jynftwGuf
udk,fhtoufudk &uf&ufpGef hcGg
uvm;&GmY cE b0ajymif;vdrfh?

Ñ jzpfa}umif;oHom owW0g&dk h
rSefpGmrcGswf olrowfvJ
rvGwfwcg oDtHh&mwnf;?

Ñ urBmr}uD ol&dk honfvnf;
twnfrpdk; igajrxdk;aomf
t&dk;wcg wGefvdrfh&m.?

Ñ aemufom;aemifvl aemufxyful&dk h
t,lrajymif; ighvrf;a}umif;udk
aumif;aumif;vdkufem wdkif;"nmudk
wcgrkcs ig&dk h&tHh ?

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edAŠmefrcGswf vuf0g;cwfonf
pGJrSwfTpm oDwrf;wnf; ? ?

awmfvSefa&;pmqdk
(rif;om;}uD; OD; a&$bef;)
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Ñ av;pm;pGm wdkufwGef;csuf? ? rdrd&dk htdrfwdkif;Yuyfxm;}uyg&ef /

Statement of HRDPN - in English

2009-01-30T19:18:00.000-08:00

Human Rights Defender and Promoter Network – HRDPN (Arakan)
Statement No: 1/2009

1. Under the mentioned two personals were arrested by authority of Bangladesh for immigration cases from near by Teknaf, Bangladesh-Burma boarder town. They are being jailed in Cox’s Bazaar jail beyond limit of immigration case up to date since November 2001, till being 8 years long term. At first, 15 personals including them were arrested for that immigration case. On 2007, 13 persons of their compatriots were accepted by Burmese authority as citizenships of Burma and these two persons were left in the jail.
2. They are;
(1) Mr. Ah Ni Maung, age- 50yrs, Registered of Prisoner – RP No: 49, father name- U (Mr.) Way Zan Pru, Launk Pan Braa village, Paunktaw township, Arakan region, western side of Burma.
(2) Mr. Than Sein, age – 48yrs, RP No: 51, father name – U (Mr.) Thankyaukay, Sakay Chaung village, Paunktaw township, Arakan region, western side of Burma.

Above mentioned persons are being suffering in as stateless human being in Cox’s Bazaar jail as endless prisoners because of refused by Burmese authority to accept of citizenships of them.

3. So, two governments of Bangladesh and Burma have most responsibilities upon the above mentioned two personals’ suffering of endless imprisonment as a human rights abusing against international law.

Therefore, Bangladesh and Burma governments are strongly condemned by HRDPN (Arakan) about the violations of fundamental and human rights upon the mentioned two prisoners of above.

Saw Hla Kyaw
Secretary

Human Rights Defender and Promoter Network – HRDPN (Arakan)
hrdpn_arakan@yahoo.com
Contact mobile no: 0171 5725503

Date: 27th January 2009

NB: Translated by the GMA news in English from Burmese

Statement of HRDPN

2009-01-30T19:16:00.000-08:00

vl htcGifhta&;umuG,fjrSifhwifolrsm;uGef,uf (&cdkifjynf)
xkyfjyefa}ujimcsuf trSwf 1§2009

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cHae}u&olrsm;jzpfonf? 4if;wdk hudk b*Fvma'h(&Sf)EdkifiH wufuemjrdK ht eD;rS zrf;qD; tusOf;cs cHcJh}u&ol 15 OD;teuf 13 OD;vGwfajrmufjyD; 2 OD;usef&pf cJholrsm; yifjzpf}uygonf?
2/ 4if;wdk hrSm -
1/ teDarmif / touf 50/ RP No: 49 tz OD;a0ZHjzL vufyefjym;aus;&Gm aygufawmjrdK he,f&cdkifjynfe,f jrefrmEdkifiH? ,QK aumh(pf)bZm tusOf;axmif/ b*Fvma'h(&Sf)EdkifiH?
2/ oef;pdef / touf 48/ RP No: 51tz OD;oefausmufau/ pau;acsmif;aus; &Gm/aygufawm jrdK he,f/ &cdkifa'o/ jrefrmEdkifiH/ ,QK aumh(pf)bZm tusOf;axmif/ b*Fvma'h(&Sf)EdkifiH?

txufaz:jyyg jrefrmEdkifiHom; tusOf;om; 2 OD;rSm b*Fvma'h(&Sf)EdkifiH/ aumhbZm
tusOf;axmifwGif ESpf&Snf axmif'%fuscH&olrsm;jzpfjyD; jypf'g%fuscH&onfh &uf xufausmfvGefae}u&olrsm;jzpfumEdkifiHrJhtjzpfodk husa&mufae}u&olrsm;jzpfonf?

3/ ,if;jzpf&yfrSm jrefrmEdkifiHtpdk;&ESifh b*Fvma'h(&Sf)EdkifiH tpdk;& 2 &yfpvHk;wGifwm0ef
&Sd}uaoma}umifh vl htcGifhta&;csdK;azgufcHxm;&ol 2 OD;.epfemqHk;&SKH;rSkw&yfjzpf aoma}umifh HRDP (Arakan) taejzifhjypfwif&SKyfcsvdkufonf?

apmvSausmf
(twGif;a&;rSL;)
vl htcGifhta&;umuG,fjrSifhwifolrsm;uGef,uf (&cdkifjynf)
Human Rights Defender and Promoter Network – HRDPN (Arakan)
hrdpn_arakan@yahoo.com

Date: 27th January 2009

Obama becomes 1st black US President

2009-01-20T17:50:00.000-08:00

Obama becomes 1st black US President
FROM OUR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, Washington DC

Jan 20: Barack H Obama,the son of an African immigrant was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America and the country's first African-American leader Tuesday marking the beginning of a new era in American history.
It will not be the colour of his skin, not his race but his performance, how he fixes the ailing economy of his country and how he meets other challenges, global as well as domestic, that will determine the success of his presidency.
After being sworn in by the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, Obama made a strong speech referring to the issues that confront the nation and expressing his confidence that the American people together will be able to overcome and remake America. He called on the people " to pledge ourselves to the vision of unity."
The inauguration ceremony was traditional, ritualistic marked by extra-ordinary, almost breathtaking procedure as well over a million people sat outside under the open sky in front of Capitol building, even across Potomac river, to watch history being made.
Since early morning tens of thousands of people from across the country sat patiently in icy cold winter weather as it was a morning of hope for this vast multitude of people here and millions of others throughout the nation. They also saw how " the great American democracy" engages in peaceful transition of power once every four years when the power of presidency is bestowed to the elected leader on the capitol hill, the seat of US legislature.
Obama's running mate Joe Biden was sworn in as the vice president first in keeping with the inauguration tradition. After Obama was administered the oath of office by chief justice John Roberts, the presidency of GW Bush ended.

Reuters adds: Obama placed his hand on a Bible shortly after noon (EST), and promised to "preserve, protect and defend" the US constitution.
Hundreds of thousands of people, bundled up against the cold, packed Washington's Mall, which stretches 2 miles (3 km) from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial on the Potomac River and along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.
Television pictures showed a sea of people, many waving American flags, in the grassy plain of the Mall as Obama was sworn in taking over from Republican George W. Bush, riding a wave of public optimism he will need to tap to deal with the worst economic crisis in 70 years and two wars.
"It is amazing to be here. This is history in the making," said Judy Bailey, 42, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The inauguration of Obama, 47, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, will be full of ceremony, and full of symbolic meaning for African-Americans, who for generations suffered slavery and then racial segregation that made them second-class citizens.
Obama took his oath of office with his hand on a Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration in 1861, standing on the western steps of the capitol, a building that was partly built by black slaves.
His swearing-in was followed by the U.S. Marine Corps band playing "Hail to the Chief" and a 21-gun salute.
Some estimates put the number of people packing the Mall and inaugural parade route at more than 2 million. Crowds clogged the city's metro rail system and thronged the security check-points.
Polls show widespread support for Obama and optimism about the coming four years of his presidency, despite a deepening recession that has saddled the country with a $1 trillion deficit and 11 million people unemployed.
Bush, who is also leaving a legacy of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is departing office after two terms having plumbed record lows in his approval ratings.
Obama, a former Illinois senator who capped a hard-fought election campaign with a comfortable win against Republican John McCain in November, has stressed that the time to party and celebrate will be short-lived.
On Wednesday he will start shepherding an $825 billion economic stimulus plan through Congress.
He faces daunting challenges-global economic turmoil, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, global warming, conflict in Gaza and tensions between Pakistan and India.
But analysts say that at least for now, it will be his ability to revive the recession-hit economy that will be the benchmark by which his presidency is judged.
The Washington Post reported that in one of his first actions as president, Obama planned to name former Sen. George Mitchell as his Middle East envoy in one of his first actions as the new U.S. president.
Obama is expected to meet his military commanders on Wednesday to discuss the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, to fulfill a campaign pledge to withdraw all troops within 16 months.
The inauguration took place amid unprecedented security, although authorities say there was no credible threat of an attack. About 8,000 police were deployed and a total of 32,000 military personnel were on duty or on standby.
Obama and his wife, Michelle, along with his Vice President-elect Joe Biden and his wife attended a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church before going to the White House for coffee with the Bushes and Vice-President Dick Cheney and his wife.

Sources from Independent News, BD

THE GMA

Interview with an urban refugee

2009-01-18T04:34:00.000-08:00

The GMA: Name, please?
My name: Maung Hlaing Htway
Yes, I was recognized in 2001 as a Individual Certificate – IC holder or political refugee under the protection of UNHCR, Dhaka. My UNHCR Ref no: 393-07C00030

The GMA: Have you family?
MHH: Yes, my spouse name’s Sann Nu.
She was recognized by UNHCR in 17/8/2008 as dependent but not met Subsistence Allowance SA, yet. But for two children (one daughter -four and half years and one son only one year age), they were allowed SA only for November and December, 08, now stopped.

The GMA: You were provided lump sum by UNHCR?
MHH: Yes, I was provided lump sum for poke firm but meanly for in the result lack of vocational training, small invest among competition market system, didn’t get cooperation from local people and among the faith of Islam religion, my project proposal was exhausted within four months time.
On the other hand, my lump sum amount was provided by social counselor part by part, it was also mean reason, why my project was fail.

The GMA: How much about your rented house for per month?
MHH: My rented house per month cost is only 1000 Taka/- even this financial amount is so hard for us to pay but being human and can’t live rode side, we have to manage for no alternative way.

The GMA: How many persons do you have in your family now?
MHH: We live six persons including my mother-in-law and younger brother-in-law ( Than Wun age – 17 years), in a only small two rooms.
As you see, now my mother-in-law is suffering in small pox and measles those diseases are infection upon my two infants including my younger brother-in-law. So, my family members are needing medical treatment on condition of in emergency stage.

The GMA: Is this house is enough for your family to live?
MHH: Extremely not, exactly we need at least rented house about 2000 Tk/ as human being live, but we have to for no alternative way. And we have now about 25000 Tk/- credit money which was borrowed from well-known persons for family survival.

The GMA: Are your mother-in-law and younger-brother-in-law recognized by UNHCR?
MHH: No, but my mother-in-law has applied in 2008. Another hand, according to doctor, she is
suffering from old age within malaria, also.

The GMA: Have you father-in-law, also?
MHH: Yes, he is now in Bandaban detention jail, Chittagone hill district.
The GMA: What happened?
MHH: Nothing, only reason of misinformation given by local people.
Herewith, let me earnestly request UNHCR to safe my father-in-law in humanitarian
ground, if possible.

The GMA: Anything has due to say?
Maung Hlaing Htway: Yes, we urban refugees is so little in Bangladesh. According to me, lump sum policy of UNHCR, Dhaka is fail and has not much budget to provide enough lump sum for refugees as said staffs of UNHCR, Dhaka.
So, accordance to knowledge, thousands of Somali, Iraqi, Iranian and so-called Rohinjas were resettled under the providing of UNHCR, Dhaka while .01 percent of our urban refugees were resettled only in two of third countries (only one family in Australia and four individuals and one family in the Netherlands).
Therefore, I would like to earnestly request the Representative of UNHCR, Dhaka that please provide for us medical treatment, monthly SA while resettlement process is going on to any third countries.

The GMA: Thanks for patient.

Maung Hlaing Htway: Thank you very much for taking interview, also.

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18th January 2009

Hundreds may have perished in Andaman Sea

2009-01-17T21:06:00.000-08:00

Thailand to probe into the matter
AP, BANGKOK, Thailand

Jan 17: Thailand will investigate reports that the Thai navy abandoned migrants on a barge in the ocean where hundreds of them may have drowned, the government said Saturday.
The Thai Foreign Ministry also said it will reassess the overall situation of illegal immigration in light of the incident and would attempt to work with neighboring countries to better address the problem.
"Thai officials are currently investigating and verifying all the facts and surrounding circumstances," the ministry said in a statement, referring to the late December incident where more than 100 Myanmarese and Bangladeshi workers were rescued by Indian authorities from a barge adrift near the Andaman Islands.
"In accordance with our immigration laws, we are committed to maintaining our traditional adherence to humanitarian principles and the protection of human rights," the ministry said.
It is the first reported incident of the Thai navy forcing a boat out to sea rather than detaining the migrants as was policy in the past.
The United Nations refugee agency demanded an explanation from Thailand Friday for the incident, which has been denied by Thai navy and immigration officials for weeks.
The migrants - Myanmarese refugees in Bangladesh known as Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals - were attempting to land their boats in Thailand and proceed by land to neighboring Malaysia where they planned to get work.
Indian authorities say 300 workers are still missing and presumed dead based on interviews with survivors.
Washington-based Refugees International and Bangkok-based advocacy group Arakan Project say that several other boats containing as many as 1,000 migrants have been intercepted since December by the Thai navy and forced back out to sea.

Sources from the Independent News, BD

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2009-01-14T23:25:00.000-08:00

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Battle field between Bangladesh robberies and Burma Nasaka in Naf river

2009-01-12T22:52:00.000-08:00

13th January 2009, Cox’s Bazar:

According Desh- Bidesh local news, on 12 Jan 09, in Naf river, gun battle field was happen between Bangladesh robberies and Burma Nasaka while Bangladesh muggers were committing robbery from fisher men.

In the result of that 2 muggers were die for bullet wounded and other 3 muggers were arrested by Nasaka, sources said.

Accordance to Bangladesh side boarder sources, 4: 30 AM down time, about mentioned case was happen inside of Oo Chine Prun boundary, Wakyaung, UP of Taknaf township( Bangladesh side boarder town). And then source continually said that some of Bangladeshi fisher mans were surrounded by some personals of Burmese robberies while fisher mans were fishing in Naf river. And robberies were loot goods, cash money from fisher mans.

And then while muggers were run away from scene, they had met face to face with some personals of Nasaka, and at first robbers were fire at Nasaka, then broke out gun battle between each other, said sources. Nasaka has fired 12 to 14 bullets. Nearst Bangladesh Defense Rifle – BDR, also has had counter fire till 8 bullets, said sources.

One mugger was die and another was missing in the Naf river as many believe, In the reason of Nasaka gun fired.

Bangladesh side sources said, in previous usually, Burmese robbers were comet assailant upon the Bangladeshi fisher mans beyond demarcation line of Bangladesh, their sources said. Bangladeshi robbers are also existing available in Naf river, said sources.

“Translated by GMA from local news paper sources”

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The Cappagaung village was committed robbery

2009-01-11T23:46:00.000-08:00

January 12, 2009

Nila – (Bangladesh side sub-town ( boarder town of Bangladesh-Burma):

According to firm boarder sources, yesterday night (11 January night, 09), a robberies case was happen in the Cappagaung village ( Burma boarder side a Buddhist Rakhaing village ), Maung Daw township, Arakan region, Burma.

Accordance to sources, some personals of NASAKA ( boarder security forces of Burma) have arrived while Cappagaung villagers were committed robbery by three muggers and have been exchange fire ring each other. In the result of that one of them was got seriously bullet injured. Later, every robbery were arrested by NASAKA, and then brought for their camp, Gaung Done. Sources said that a mugger, who got bullet wounded, he can die for that bullet injured.

Later, had to know that those muggers are hail from Mina village, a Bangladesh boarder side village. In very often muggers are committing robbery in Buddhist Rakhaing villagers who are minority in Maung Daw township, Rakhaing (Arakan) region, Burma, sources said.

Khaing Tha Aye
Reporter of GMA news

View of PHRA upon the present condition of UNHCR

2009-01-11T23:44:00.001-08:00

Date: 3rd December 2008
With respect , first of all PHRA would like to warmly well-come about the coming policy of UNHCR, Dhaka branch office that UNHCR will dealing urban refugees’ case itself without third parties like RCSU, Assinian Mission – an NGO, recently BLAST.

Accordance to universal declaration of law, to carry out truly upon the violations, abused upon in and out of Burmese people, Protection of Human Rights Association – PHRA was established in only few months back, in Bangladesh.

PHRA, will work against race-racial discrimination upon the violations of human rights, national rights, ethnics rights and Burmese –Muslim rights of Burma.

PHRA, will work what happening realize upon the refugees; rights of individual refugee, rights of group refugees of Burma.

PHRA is working restlessly and sharply for awareness of human rights democracy rights.

Nowadays, in the result of out law manner of SPDC, Burma become like dark age and Burmese citizenships are spreading around the world and had to take asylum even as refugees.

Accordance to UNHCR policy, refugees’ living cost, educational, medical care, security and resettlement programs are good themes of UNHCR which have established third party group among Refugees and UNHCR, Dhaka, like RCSU and BLAST (in previous Asanian Mission, a NGO, instead of BLAST- NGO).

RCSU, Asanian Mission, BLAST, each of by name is so meaningful but when so-called Refugee Counseling Service Unit – RCSU & Bangladesh Legal Aid Service Trust - BLAST have created negative rule among the UNHCR & refugees. Meanly Burmese Buddhist political refugees who are suffering like in the hell since 1995, in Bangladesh.

Meanly those third parties were creating discrimination among Burmese Buddhist political refugees Burmese Muslim.
E.g. For Burmese Muslim-camp refugees- were/ are being provided like every facilities food, education, medical care, security. And in often even for resettlement like each time hundreds of Burmese – Muslim were/ are being/ resettled in third countries under the resettlement program but no one percent for Burmese Buddhist political refuges during the 15 years. It is violation of UNHCR theme and against 21 December 1965, Geneva convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination of racial.

Another hand, using discrimination even among Buddhist political refugees that some are providing living cost facilities, education but other for nothing.

According to firm sources, review of suffering of refugees, so far I know that for 2009, UNHCR will handle refugees cases instead of RCSU, BLASÉ, third parties.

So, regarding of new policy of UNHCR for 09, I would like to warmly wel-come in advance for welfare of refugees.

With the best regards,

Maung Tha Tun
Secretary of PHRA

NB: Mr. Maung Tha Tun’s left letter was translated by Khaing Roma
(Mr. Maung Tha Tun has established PHRA and involved as a secretary of it)

Jan 10, 2009

Chittagongnian Bangali Muslims Raped, Killed to Local Innocent Arakanese

2009-01-09T19:30:00.000-08:00

January 9, 2009According to Moung Taw source said Daw Aung Tha May alias Sa Ma Shay, 45, who was inhumanely raped and killed by 2 Chittagongnian Bengali Muslims ( local call Kalas) from Nyoung Choung village during she was looking for vegetables on November 24, 2008.

In this murder case, Burmese authorities who had captured some suspect Kalas earlier were released later because they did not find real murderers. At the moment,they could not arrest the real accuseds.

The source said there are a lot of high ranking offers in Maung Taw are being fired/ transferred recently. And this is one of the reasons why the law enforcing agencies were not capable or active enough in catching the Kala murderers.

One more Rakhaing has been murder by the Khawtaw-Kalas. On 24th December Aung Thway (65) was found dead in the hills of Roa-taya in Maungdaw township. The man as usual went to sleep in the hill guarding his cows and water-buffalos. He was found dead next morning with a mouthful of cloth and other wounds. It is presumed that he was suffocated to death. His cow and water-buffalos were missing. However one of his cows was later apprehended from a Kala house. The police arrested that Kala. The decease left behind his wife Daw Lung Sein and eight children.

http://burmatoday.net/news2005/2008/200811/081127_bty_bur_maungtaw.swf

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PM’s first day in office

2009-01-08T04:53:00.000-08:00

PM’s first day in office
STAFF REPORTER

Awami League President and the Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina who was sworn-in on Tuesday evening for the second time as Prime Minister after leading AL-led grand alliance to a historic landslide victory, started her first day in office yesterday.
The AL president went to Dhanmondi and placed wreaths at the portrait of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at 8:10am. Then she went to Savar and placed wreaths at the National Mausoleum paying homage to the martyrs of the 1971 liberation war.
At the monument, she stood in solemn silence for a few moments in respect of those unknown martyrs who made supreme sacrifice for the independence of Bangladesh. A smartly turned out contingent from the army, navy and air force presented a guard of honour.
Members of the new cabinet, MPs, chiefs of three services, senior Awami League leaders including Abdul Jalil, Tofail Ahmed, Amir Hossain Amu and Suranjit Sen Gupta, were present on the occasion. Later, the Prime Minister signed the visitor's book and planted a sapling at the green lawn of the Mausoleum.
From Savar, Sheikh Hasina drove straight to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at Tejgaon. She entered office at 10:24am. Secretary to PM's office Kazi M Aminul Islam and others greeted her with bouquets. The Prime Minister chaired the first meeting of the cabinet that started at 7 pm. The other members of the cabinet also passed their first day in their respective offices by exchanging pleasantries with their cabinet colleagues and officials.
As most of the cabinet members are new, many were busy in discharging their responsibilities through consultations with those who were experienced.
Secretaries of the respective ministries also were busy apprising their new bosses of the latest developments of their ministries.
There were well-wishers and party men in some ministries who came to greet the ministers.

Sources from the Independent News, BD

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Concerned brightest stars of Arakan and ANC

2009-01-08T04:23:00.000-08:00

* His ability would be a brightest star if Arakan is freedom country.
* His qualify would be the Representative of Arakan if Arakan is voluntarily involve as a
freedom states in so-called union of Burma.
* His capacity would be a speaker of parliament of true union if Pinlone treaty is not
being used by Barman chauvinist group for sham union of Burma.
* His capability would be the President of a union states if result of 1990 general
election was not refused to recognize by Barman chauvinist group.

In this way, like U San Tha Aung - the Director General of Rangoon Arts & Science University, U Oo Tha Htun – Pundit (wise men) of Rakhaing (Arakanese) Myanmar, brightest sons of father land Arakan were lost under the Burman colonial yoke.

In the present day, most responsibility of the future fate of fatherland Arakan is depend on an umbrella organization; Arakan National Council – ANC.

So, governing body of ANC should not silence and frozen and try to understand/practice for unity of diversity/ conflict theory.

With the best regards.

Khaing Roma

An urban refugee was arrested and tortured by SPDC

2009-01-07T06:33:00.000-08:00

An urban refugee was arrested and tortured by SPDC

6th January 2009, Teknef (Bangladesh side boarder town of Bangladesh – Burma boarder): According to firm sources, on 28th last month, Mr. Maung Tha Tun, recognized Burmese political refugee or urban refugee of UNHCR Dhaka branch, was arrested and tortured by SPDC at Maung Daw (Burma side boarder town of Burma – Bangladesh boarder).
According to firm sources, like 8 months back, Mr. Maung Tha Tun was recognized as a political refugee or urban refugee by UNHCR Dhaka branch office. He was provided Subsistence Allowance – SA by UNHCR for only three months, then ceased SA. In the result of SA stopped by UNHCR, Mr. Tha Tun was wandering around the Buddhist temples and well-known persons’ residents like four, five months. At last of un-resistance for living cost hardship and suffering from gastric disease, Mr. Tun was clandestinely go back for Burma. But he was arrested by SPDC, authority of Maung Daw, then severally tortured by personals of Military Intelligence – MI and jail polices of Maung Daw jail, according to firm sources.
In the same happened, other urban refugees also go back for Burma from Bangladesh, in the reason of un-resistance for living cost hardship. Among them some were missing and some were die for tortured, interrogated by personals of MI of SPDC, according to Burmese political refugees in Bangladesh.
Accordance to Burmese urban refugees in Bangladesh, among of them some were SA stopped by UNHCR since 1998, a decade back. Some of them are suffering from blood pressure, small pox, measles, etc but they have no medical care at the present time.
In this way, neither they go back homeland nor live in present asylum country, like that Buddhist political refugees are suffering in inhuman being while thousands of Somali and so-called Rohinga refugees are being resettle in third countries.

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224th Anniversary Down fall Day of Arakan Kingdom

2008-12-31T20:33:00.000-08:00

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“Before that dated”

2008-12-30T03:00:00.000-08:00

“Before that dated”
31st December 1784

*Before that dated my nation Arakan has been a freedom one!

*Before that dated our Arakaneses have been freedom people like other!

*Before that dated over the 250 Arakanese kings ruled beyond 5000 years with eras of
Dhinyawadi, Visali, Lay Mro, Mrauk U!

“Dear beloved Arakan”
I am accepted I myself that I am an Arakanese slave.
Because of on that dated my nation was occupied by Bama alien.
And I have never confused that dated.

I have identity clearly I myself according to universal declaration of Decolonization.

“Dear beloved Arakan”
I have firmly awareness for this unforgettable day.
Because of Arakanese people are suffering in slavery!

“Dear beloved Arakan”
I am not ashamed to unveil my reality.
But I am so ashamed to hide my reality!
And I am not ashamed to reveal my realize.
But I am so shame to forget my realize!

“Dear beloved Arakan”
I am not American, Australian, Canadian, Indian, Japanese, Bangladeshi and Swedish.
But Arakanese slaves!
Because of father land-Arakan lost his sovereignty on that dated, 31st December 1784.

Khaing Roma
An Arakanese slave

300 Bangladeshis feared drowned in Bay of Bengal

2008-12-29T22:52:00.000-08:00

300 Bangladeshis feared drowned in Bay of Bengal
BSS, CHITTAGONG

Dec 29: At least 300 Bangladeshis and some Myanmar nationals bound for Malaysia for job are feared drowned near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, foreign media reported today.
Navy or Chittagong Port Authority officials said they were yet to get details of the mishap but Britain's 'The Guardian' newspaper today reported that more than 300 people believed to be illegal migrants and mostly Bangladeshis were feared to have drowned.
The mishap took place off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal yesterday as the victims jumped into the sea and trying to swim ashore.
Reuters from Port Blair of Andaman Nicobor Islands reported that the Indian officials were still hoping to find survivors among about 300 men though the Indian navy said they had recovered two more bodies.
Two Indian navy ships have joined coastguard vessels searching for the missing men, many of whom are feared to have drowned, officials said.
"We are looking for them in all possible places near the south of Little Andaman as we think there could be more survivors," Andamans defence spokesman Mannu Virk told Reuters in Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands.
"We will continue our search and rescue operation in all the islands," he said.
Survivors said the men swam for shore after drifting for weeks in a small boat with little food or water and only a plastic sheet for a sail.
"The survivors said they saw a lighthouse late at night and thought they had reached the shore," Reuters said quoting Ashok Chand, a senior police officer in Port Blair.
"Nearly 300 jumped into the sea, one following the other, causing the deaths it seems," he said. Authorities in Port Blair said the men were mostly Bangladeshis and some Myanmar nationals, aged between 18 and 60.
Setting sail for Malaysia, where they were promised jobs, in six boats 45 days ago, the would-be migrants soon became lost and drifted through the Bay of Bengal.
The Indian news agency IANS quoted a defence official in the Andamans who said that after intercepting the boat people, the Thai authorities had put them on a pontoon tied to a ship to deport them. But they had quietly released the cable and the pontoon started drifting.
Mohammad Ismail Arafat, one of the survivors, told the Indian coastguard that he and others had paid a Bangladeshi agent for promised jobs in Malaysia.
The Times of India website said that after being detained for four weeks, the boat people were transferred to a non- mechanised vessel, with some bags of rice and were set adrift off the Thai coast 12 days ago. The men had little food or water and only a plastic sheet as a makeshift sail, Arafat told Indian officials.
Seven died while the group drifted between Thailand and the Andamans and their bodies were dumped at sea.
The coastguard found the vessel with 88 men still on board about 40 miles off Hut Bay.
Indian Coastguard officials said on Sunday 88 men from an original group of 412 had been rescued from a
boat found near Little Andaman island, about 90 km (55 miles) south of Port Blair.
On Monday, they put the number of survivors at 102 while two more bodies were found on Monday, taking to seven the number recovered since the boat was discovered on Thursday.
A remote cluster of more than 500 mostly uninhabited islands, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie about 1,200 km (750 miles) off India's east coast, close to Myanmar.

Sources from the Daily Independent News, BD

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It's a grand alliance landslide

2008-12-29T22:49:00.000-08:00

It's a grand alliance landslide
Nizami, Delwar, Saifur, Moudud among 4-party heavyweights down
STAFF REPORTER

Awami League-led four-party alliance is on the way to have an unprecedented and landslide victory in the general election held in the country yesterday.

Till 2 am today unofficial results from 148 constituencies out of 299 showed that Awami League and its allies bagged 126 seats and BNP led four party alliance bagged 18 seats. LDP got one seat and independent candidates got 3 seats. In the rest of the constituencies AL had a clear lead in most places.

Grand alliance's major political rival BNP led four-party alliance which won two thirds majority in the previous general election, is going to experience the biggest ever election debacle with the losing of the constituencies which were so far regarded as the BNP bastion including the constituencies in Manikganj, Kushtia, Munshiganj, and Natore.
Most of the major heavyweight candidates of the four-party alliance including Jamaat chief Maulana Motiur Rahman Nijami, BNP secretary general Khondker Delwar Hossain, BNP standing committee members; M Saifur Rahman, Dr Khondker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqi, former BNP ministers; Tariqul Islam, Brig (Rtd) Hannan Shah, Speaker Jamir Uddin Sirker, Dhaka City mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka, Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mijaheed were defeated.

Among other heavyweights, former president and Bikalpadhara chief Badruddoza Chowdhury were defeated in both the two seats he as contesting.

Both the two former prime ministers - Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia won in their respective constituencies. Each of them are contesting in three seats.

Candidates of the parties that had backed the caretaker government including Bikalpadhara, Gano Forum, PDP and Kallyan Party had failed to manage any seats. However LDP chief Oli Ahmed won in one constituency.
Awami League candidates are convincingly leading in all the six constituencies of Khulna district to unseat the BNP-Jamaat duo.

Those on a winning streak are Noni Gopal Mondol in Khulna-1, Mizanur Rahman in Khulna-2, Begum Mannujan Sufian in Khulna-3, Molla Jalaluddin in Khulna-4, Narayan Chandra in Khulna-5, and Advocate Ali Sana in Khulna-6.
Sources said they were already quietly celebrating their victory. Their close rivals from BNP and Jamaat have privately conceded defeat in a reversal of their fate.
In the 2001 election, Awami had got a lone seat in parliament while five others went to BNP.
The Awami League-led grand alliance is leading in all 6 constituencies in the district in the 9th parliamentary elections.
In Rajshahi-2, Fazle Hossain Badsha of Bangladesh Workers Party of the grand alliance got 45,789 votes in 33 centres while his nearest rival former city mayor and MP Mizanur Rahman Minu of BNP was trailing with 32,819.
In Rajshahi-1 constituency, Omar Faruq Chowdhury of AL polled 11,344 in 8 centres while Enamul Haq of BNP 9,081. In Rajshahi-3, Merajuddin Mollah of AL Bagged 20,557 votes in 15 centres while former state minister Kabir Hossain of BNP 11,667 votes.
In Rajshahi-4, Enamul Haque of AL got 4,078 votes. BNP candidate Prof. Abdul Gafur received 3,243 votes. In Rajshahi-5, Abdul Wadud Dara of AL got 23,641 votes while Prof. Nazrul Islam of BNP 17,110 votes.
In Rajshahi-6, Shahriar Alam of AL got 14,640 votes while BNP candidate Azizur Rahman 13,086 votes.
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina last night asked the workers of Awami League and its front organisations to refrain from taking out any victory procession until the final results of the national elections are announced.
Hasina's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said that the AL president and ex-PM asked her workers "not to bring out any victory rally until the final results are announced", as initial outcome of the crucial polls gave the AL-led grand alliance a big lead.
"She also asked the party followers to exercise restraint and stay calm," Azad said.
The polls to the 9th parliament held amid festivity and putting all misgivings and apprehensions to rest, were held in 299 constituencies of the 300-seat Jatiya Sangsad (JS). The election to the Noakhali-1 constituency has been postponed after its 14-party candidate Nurul Islam, president of Ganotontri Party, died in mysterious circumstances in the capital early this month.
Yesterday's general election was closely monitored by 3,55,000 local poll observers and 673 foreign observers who fanned out across the country prior to the poll. In Dhaka, the foreign observers were seen rushing from one centre to another watching the poll's progress with keen interest. Many of them in their impromptu replies to queries from journalists at different election centres termed the election peaceful and inspiring.
According to different sources, out of 8,10,58,698 voters a sizeable number exercised their franchise yesterday. At some centres the voter turnout crossed 80 per cent. A major portion of the voters comprised female and first-time young voters. According to many, the young voters will play a decisive role in the pattern of the final poll results.
Some irritating things such as problem finding one's name on the voter list and locating the right polling booth led to confusions at some polling centres in Dhaka.
After sunset, the polling centres in the city started wearing a different look, with supporters and local leaders of different contending parties thronging the surrounding areas eagerly awaiting the results of the election. The descent of the cold winter evening could not deter them from waiting patiently for the bits of information about the results trickling out from the centres. They were seen gossiping in a low, tense, voice, in small assemblies under the eerily yellow sodium streetlights. Some were found standing far from the crowd, mumbling in high tension. Many Awami League supporters were found to be already jubilating.
The streets of Dhaka were almost deserted throughout the day. The day was a public holiday. Only a handful of designated motorised vehicles, especially those carrying poll observers and law enforcers, and some public transports, plied the streets.
As night wore on, the city residents gathered around their TV sets to watch the updates on the election results.

The turnout in yesterday's election has been roughly estimated at around 70 per cent, said Election Commission (EC) Secretary Humayun Kabir while talking to newsmen last evening.
Till the evening, the EC got the information of postponement of election at only three centres -- two in Satkhira and one in Noakhali.
Voters in the city turned up before the voting began at 8 in the morning braving winter chill. Visiting some polling centres, this correspondent witnessed a jubilant mood among the voters while exercisin their franchise. Long queues were noticed at almost all the centres.
New voters were seen rushing to the polling centres with enthusiasm. Considerable numbers of women were seen at the centres casting their votes.
In some places complications arose due to setting up of more than one polling centre at same place. In Dhaka-2 constituency (Kamrangirchar), four polling centres were set up at Nooria Madrasa, but polling was being conducted through one queue, which slowed down the pace of the polling.
"This is the first time I am going to cast my vote . I feel very excited," Lipi told this correspondent while standing on the queue on the premises of Lalbagh Government Primary School under Dhaka-7 constituency.
Sizeable number of non-Bengali (Bihari) voters were seen spontaneously participating in the polls for the first time.
Security forces were seen patrolling different polling stations to maintain peace around the centres.
Most noticeable things included rival party camps sitting in a total calm outside polling centres allowing the atmosphere to don a leisurely look.
However, agents of the rival parties inside some polling booths were seen using mobile phones ignoring the presiding officers' order to keep them off.
Voters complained they were standing for a long time on the queues. The presiding officers said this was due to huge turnout at a time.
At Tejgoan Government Science College, voters were casting their votes in two centres. One is for Railway North and South residents and the other for east Tejturi Bazar voters.
At the first centre, numbers of male voters were 3,120 and females were 2,818. Some six long queues were seen outside the centre.
Presiding officer Anup Kanti Saha looked satisfied about the total arrangement. "I hope almost all voters will turn up at the centre. There is no problem here," he said.
Rafiq, a new voter in the camp, said he was standing for two hours but he was enjoying.
"I turned up here just at 8am but has yet to enter the centre," he said. "I'll vote for a gentleman considering his past profile," he added. Another centre of this college has 4,982 voters.
Bangladesh Institute of Glass and Ceramics was for 5,496 female voters. They were casting their votes almost in a festive mood. Momtaj, a new voter here, was seen standing in the line carrying her newborn baby. The baby was crying and she was trying to soothe her.
"I wish to vote because this is my first-time voting. I have no one in the house to sit my baby," she said.
At Kamlapur School and College, Mayakanon and Sabujbagh, this correspondent saw a party agent talking on mobile. When asked Shahinuzzaman, presiding officer of this 2,875 male-voter centre, said he told them several times to keep the mobile away, but the agents did not listen.
In front of this correspondent, he asked them to keep the mobile off.
At another centre of Kamalapur School and College, 2,030 female voters were casting their votes. Aged women were also seen in the centre.
Among the 2,808 female voters at East Khilgaon Government Primary School, 90 per cent turned up to elect their candidates.
Abdul Wahab, presiding officer at Khilgoan Govt Model School centre, observed that the election was one of the fairest he had ever experienced. Abdul Wahab conducted three elections as presiding officer.
One thousand, five hundred and fifty-five candidates of 39 political parties contested the polls for 299 constituencies.
A total of 50,000 army personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order during the polling period. Alongside, the authorities have employed law enforcement people including BDR, police, RAB, Ansar and others, all of whom reach a number of 6,50,000.
About 13 lakh people, including 5,66,537 polling officers, were engaged for polls duty, Election Commission (EC) officials said.

Sources from the Daily Independent News, BD

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