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Myanmar moderates unite against hatred
Published on 04/05/2013
» YANGON — They have seen how trouble starts from the smallest things. They have seen the police powerless before mobs fired with religious zeal and armed with bricks and swords.
Myanmar citizens increase security
Associated Press, Published on 02/05/2013
» YANGON - They have seen how the troubles start from the smallest things. They have seen the police powerless before mobs fired with religious zeal and armed with bricks and swords. They have seen on TV and in newspapers the burning homes of people just like them light up the night.
One dead after new anti-Muslim riots in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 01/05/2013
» Religious violence that saw mobs attack mosques and torch homes left at least one dead in central Myanmar, officials said Wednesday, as anti-Muslim unrest crept closer to the commercial hub Rangoon.
Myanmar violence kills 1, injures 9
Associated Press, Published on 01/05/2013
» Buddhist mobs hurling bricks overran a pair of mosques and torched more than 100 homes in central Myanmar, killing one person and injuring at least nine more in the latest anti-Muslim violence to shake the country.
Myanmar accused of 'ethnic cleansing' by rights watchdog
AFP, Published on 22/04/2013
» Myanmar has waged "a campaign of ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims, a top rights watchdog said Monday, citing evidence of mass graves and forced displacement affecting tens of thousands.
Myanmar 'supported ethnic cleansing'
Online Reporters, Published on 22/04/2013
» The Myanmar government has been accused of supporting a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims in the country’s Rakhine state.
Stirring up hatred through social media
Spectrum, Published on 21/04/2013
» In the often murky world of Myanmar's social media, propaganda is ubiquitous. Be it pro-military or anti-anything from Muslims to the media, to Aung San Suu Kyi, the nation's Facebook pages and blogs are full of it.
Myanmar's Muslims fear toxic fallout of reform
AFP, Published on 15/04/2013
» After generations as part of one of Asia's most ethnically diverse societies, Myanmar's Muslims fear they are becoming "scapegoats" of its reform process following a wave of religious violence.
Myanmar jails trio over Meiktila unrest
AFP, Published on 12/04/2013
» YANGON - Three people including a gold shop owner have been jailed for 14 years in connection with religious riots in Myanmar last month, state media and police said Friday.
Meiktila violence sends warning to foreign investors
News, Published on 29/03/2013
» In Myanmar's capital Yangon, on March 20-21, a business investment summit presented Myanmar as a stable, growing democracy eager to establish agriculture, infrastructure, financial and manufacturing partnerships with leading international companies.