Rakhine (Arakanese) - cultural, political
Websites/Multiple Documents
| Title: | | All Arakan Students' & Youths' Congress (AASYC) |
| Description/subject: | | The seven political objectives of AASYC:
1) To promote physical fitness, intelligence, virtue, socio-economical status and friendship of Arakanese students and youths
2) To preserve the ecosystem and cultural heritage of Arakan
3) To build national solidarity
4) To eliminate any forms of Colonialism, Chauvinism and Dictatorship
5) To liberate the whole oppressed ethnic nationalities
6) To gain democracy and human rights
7) To achieve self-determination and self-identification of Arakan |
| Language: | | English, Burmese |
| Source/publisher: | | Burmaonline.net |
| Format/size: | | html, pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 February 2009 |
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| Title: | | Arakan Information Homepage - Rakhapura.com |
| Description/subject: | | Several sections including: About Arakan; Scholars' Column (academic articles - generally undated - mixed in with political pieces); Organizations (profiles of a dozen or so Arakanese groups, though not the Rohingyas); Refugees;
Music; Poems; About us; Photo Gallery... "Rakhapura is the former name of Arakan, meaning the state owned and inhabited by Rakhaingthars (Arakanese) since the time immemorial. Rakhapura is now internationally known as Arakan but it is still called Rakhaingpray by its own peoples, Rakhaingthars. It can not be denied by anyone that Rakhapura had gone through its glorious past in various dynasties such as; Danyawady, Vesali, Laemro and Mrauk-U. All about magnificence of these Arakanese dynasties can be fully sought and found out in this website. The golden days of Mrauk-U, those of 16th and 17th centuries, were contemporary to the days of Tudor kings and the Moguls from India, the Ayudya kings of Thailand and Inwa, Taungoo and Hanthawaddy kings of Myanmar. Along with Arakanese, the 11 ethnic groups of Arakan add up to a population of more than 7 millions. With over 5000-years old language and rich culture, Arakan has no less great fame and good record as a genuine Buddhist Nation than the neighbouring Burma and India in its throughout history..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Rakhapura.com |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Arakannet |
| Description/subject: | | Online discussion group. "Arakan Net is founded by the All Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress (AASYC) on December 14, 2000. AASYC was formed in Bangkok (Thailand) on 6th October, 1995. The main objectives of AASYC: (1) To struggle for Democracy and Human Rights(2) To eliminate any form of Colonialism and Dictatorship.(3) To liberate the whole oppressed ethnic nationalities(4) To construct the national unity of Arakan.(5) To achieve the lost sovereignty of Arakan. All Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress (AASYC): 'LIBERATE ARAKAN, LIBERATE BURMA'" |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Arakannet |
| Subscribe: | | arakannet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Narinjara News |
| Description/subject: | | This news service covers Bangladesh-Burma relations, the Bangladesh-Burma border, events in Arakan and human rights violations against both the Buddhist and Muslim population of Arakan. Email delivery of the reports may be requested from narinjara@yahoo.com |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Narinjara News |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | UNREST IN BURMA’S ARAKAN STATE: A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS (UPDATED) |
| Date of publication: | | 26 June 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | • The rape and murder of a 27-year-old Buddhist Rakhine woman and the murder of 10
Muslim pilgrims trigger deadly sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in
Arakan State starting on 8 June.
• According to the regime, as of 21 June, 62 people had died and over 2,000 buildings,
including seven mosques and nine Buddhist monasteries, had been destroyed as a
result of the unrest. However, various organizations say that the death toll might be
much higher as a result of escalating attacks and reprisals affecting Muslim Rohingya
and Buddhist Rakhine.
• Regime imposes a curfew and a ban on public gatherings of more than five people in
six of 17 townships in Arakan State. President Thein Sein declares an indefinite state
of emergency which allows the military to take over administrative control of Arakan
State.
• World Food Program estimates that 90,000 people have been displaced due to the
unrest. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warns of a risk of a
severe humanitarian crisis due to ongoing violence and poor conditions in IDP camps.
• Bangladeshi authorities push back more than 2,000 Rohingya fleeing violence in
Arakan State. Bangladeshi FM Dipu Moni says Bangladesh is already “overburdened”
with Rohingya refugees and cannot take any more “under any circumstances.”
• Regime warns journalists that they could be charged under existing laws, including
the Emergency Provisions Act, if they publish inflammatory reports on the ongoing
violence in Arakan State.
• Daw Aung San Suu Kyi expresses concern over the handling of the situation by local
Rakhine authorities, in particular their failure to dampen anti-Muslim sentiment. Daw
Suu also calls on Buddhists to “have sympathy for minorities.”
• International reactions: UN warns that discrimination against ethnic and religious
minorities poses a threat to Burma’s democratic transition; US, UK are “deeply
concerned” over the ongoing violence; EU welcomes the regime’s “measured
response” to the crisis; OIC “condemns systematic acts of violence and intimidation
against the peaceful Rohingya population.”
• The authorities’ decades-long discriminatory policies and practices targeting
Rohingya have reinforced the racial and religious animosity between the two
communities in Arakan State. Rohingya have suffered restrictions on marriage,
freedom of movement, and religious practice. In addition, the regime has routinely
subjected Rohingya to forced labor, extortion, land confiscation, and other human
rights abuses. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | ALTSEAN-Burma |
| Format/size: | | pdf (103K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Thematic%20Briefers/Unrest%20in%20Burmas%20Arakan%20State%... (13 June) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 June 2012 |
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| Title: | | An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of Myanmar (Burma) and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| Date of publication: | | 14 June 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "...the AHRC strongly urges you to communicate with one another so as to open the border immediately to allow for the movement of people seeking shelter from the violence, and to make appropriate arrangements for the temporary settlement of persons fleeing the parts of Myanmar affected by violence. Furthermore, in order to enable the provision of adequate food and health services to the affected populations, both of your governments are requested to cooperate with one another so as to provide complete, unimpeded, secure access to international agencies at the earliest possible opportunity, in order that these agencies can assess the situation and make arrangements for the necessary provision of emergency relief supplies..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (80K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 June 2012 |
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| Title: | | Myanmar Conflict Alert: Preventing communal bloodshed and building better relations |
| Date of publication: | | 12 June 2012 |
| Description/subject: | | "The communal bloodshed in Myanmar’s Rakhine State represents both a consequence of, and threat to, Myanmar’s current political transition. While communal tensions and discrimination against Myanmar’s Muslim minority long predate the country’s recent opening up, the loosening of authoritarian constraints may well have enabled this current crisis to take on a virulent intensity. Equally, failure to both halt the crisis and address its underlying causes risks halting or even eroding Myanmar’s current reform initiatives.
Unless the government takes steps not just to end the violence but also lay the groundwork for protection of minority communities there is a risk of the violence spreading. How the government handles this case will be a major test of the police and courts in a country that has just begun to emerge from an authoritarian past. It will also test the government’s will and capacity to reverse a longstanding policy of discrimination toward the Muslim Rohingya..." |
| Source/publisher: | | International Crisis Group (ICG) |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 14 June 2012 |
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