(1) Emergency Declared in Rakhine : Source : RFA
2012-06-10
Sectarian violence between
Buddhists and Muslims in Burma's
western state has seen at least 17 people killed this month.
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(2) Arakan State Braces for More Violence : Source :Irrawaddy
10-Jun-12
Buddhist women hold sharpened bamboo
sticks as they guard their homes on June 9 after around 1,000 Muslims swept
through 22 predominantly Buddhist villages, attacking residents and burning
houses and other buildings on June 8. The violence claimed the lives of at
least seven villagers.
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(3)
Four Dead in Religious Clash : Source : Mizzima
Saturday, 09 June 2012 12:20 RFA
Four people were killed on Friday
following sectarian clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in
western Burmese police opened fire and ordered a curfew to quell growing
tensions, according to residents.
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(4) State of Emergency Declared for Western Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jun-12
RANGOON
— Burma’s
pesident on Sunday night declared a state of emergency in a western state where
sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslim Bengalis have unleashed deadly
violence.
(5) Attack in Sittwe Raises Tensions in Arakan State : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jun-12
Tensions in Arakan State
continue to climb after a fresh outbreak of violence on Sunday left five people
injured, despite a growing security presence in the state following attacks on
Buddhist villages by Muslim mobs on Friday.
(6) Villagers accuse Burma Army and government officials of extortion : Source : Karen
10-Jun-12
Villagers living along the Dawei to
Kanchanaburi road, in Southern Burma accused
the Burma Army of illegally extorting money from them and for driving their
motorbikes.
(7) Border-based Groups Adapt to Burma’s Changing Political Landscape : Source : Irrawaddy
9-Jun-12
MAE SOT, Thailand — As part of its
reforms, Burma’s government has begun giving a green light to international aid
donors keen to support projects inside the country, raising concerns among
groups operating beyond its borders that their own funding could soon dry up.
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(8) Kachin groups demand an immediate stop to the fighting and ongoing crimes against civilians : Source : Karen
9-Jun-12
The Kachin Women Association Thailand
released a report – Ongoing Impunity – that documents the continued abuse of
civilians by the Burma Army. The report, released yesterday at the Foreign
Correspondents Club of Thailand, details the killings, rape, forced labor and
displacement that has occurred in the last twelve months of fighting between
the Kachin Independent Army and government troops.
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(9) Tense Calm Returns after Latest Outbreak of Violence in Arakan State : Source : Irrawaddy
9-Jun-12
The situation in northern Arakan State
is stable but tense in the wake of a wave of mob violence that claimed at least
seven lives and saw the complete or partial destruction of nearly two dozen
villages in two townships on Friday, according to official and local sources.
(10) Burma Army force civilians to use their cars and trucks as soldier transport : Source : Karen
9-Jun-12
The Burma Army camp based east of Tenasserim
division in Southern Burma has increased its
demands on villagers to use their vehicles to transport military supplies.
(11) Kachin
demonstrate in New Delhi
: Source : Kachin
9-Jun-12
The Kachin community and fellow
countrymen staged a demonstration in New Delhi, India demanding the Burmese government to end
their military offensives in Kachin
State.
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