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500 Rohingya from Myanmar land in Indonesia

May 17, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason and Robin McDowell Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)  — Boats carrying more than 500 members of Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community washed ashore in western Indonesia on Sunday, with some people in need of medical attention, officials and a nonprofit organization said. They warned that thousands more are believed to be stranded […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Ali Kotarumalos, Arakan Project, Associated Press, Chris Lewa, Indonesia, JAKARTA, Malacca Straits, Malaysia, Muhammad Juned, Myanmar, North Korea, Rashid Ahmed, Risky Hidayat, Steve Hamilton, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam War, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, attention

Thai police dig up 26 bodies at suspected trafficking camp

May 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sumeth Parnpetch Associated Press PADANG BESAR, Thailand (AP) — Thai police trekked into the mountains and dug up 26 bodies from dozens of shallow graves at an abandoned jungle camp that’s been linked to human trafficking networks, which activists say are “out of control” in the Southeast Asian country. A lone survivor, now hospitalized […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, AP, Arakan Project, Associated Press, Brad Adams, Chris Lewa, Human Rights Watch, Jarumporn Suramanee, Laos, Last June, Myanmar, Padang Besar, Police Gen, Rohingya Muslims, Sansern Kaewkamnerd, Thailand, United States, Vol 34 No 20 | May 9 - May 15, Weerasant Tharnpiem

Myanmar-Rohingya Trafficking — Myanmar profits off Rohingya exodus

November 16, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Esther Htusan Associated Press MYIN HLUT, Myanmar (AP) — The small wooden boats leave the shores of western Myanmar nearly every day, overloaded with desperate Rohingya Muslims who are part of one the largest boat exoduses in Asia since the Vietnam War.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Arakan Project, Asia, Associated Press, Bangladesh, Chris Lewa, Fortify Rights, Malaysia, Matthew Smith, Myanmar, Myin Hlut, President Barack Obama, President Thein Sein, Thailand, Vietnam War, Vol 33 No 47 | November 15 - November 21, Win Myaing

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