Monday, June 11, 2012

Daily Burma Related News June 11, 2012


(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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