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Jolie, Suu Kyi visit Myanmar female factory workers

August 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Angelina Jolie has joined Myanmar’s opposition leader and democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, in sitting down with female workers to learn more about their dire conditions. Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, is on a four-day visit to the Southeast […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Angelina Jolie, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Rakhine State, Rohingya Muslims, Southeast Asian, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, YANGON, attention

Malaysia finds graves of trafficking victims

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng and Todd Pitman Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities said Sunday that they have discovered a series of graves in at least 17 abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand where Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar have been held. The finding follows a similar discovery earlier […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Bangladesh, Four Malaysian, Indonesia, Last June, Malay-language Utusan Malaysia, Malaysian Home Minister Zahid Hamidi, Myanmar, Padang Besar, Rohingya Muslims, Syawalludin Zain, Thailand, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

UN chief says save migrants, deal with cause of flight

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Robin McDowell and Tran Van Minh Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to deal with the causes behind a growing humanitarian crisis that has forced thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladeshi migrants to flee by sea, leaving many still stranded in boats. Ban […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Abdul Aziz Jaafar, Associated Press, Bangladesh, Four Malaysian, Indonesia, Jocelyn Gecker, Melissa Sweeney, Myanmar, President Thein Sein, Rohingya Muslims, Southeast Asian, Thailand, United Nations, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, Zaw Htay, letter

Rohingya hope to seek better life in Malaysia

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eileen Ng Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has been a sort of promised land for Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The tens of thousands who endured perilous journeys to get here find more work opportunities than in Indonesia and a more Muslim-friendly environment than in Thailand. But in the 25 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Bangladesh, Hamid Hussein Abul Khair, Indonesia, Malacca Strait, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nurjan Nur Mohamad, OK, Refugee Convention, Richard Towle, Rohingya Muslims, Somalia, Thailand, UNHCR, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, poverty

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

Obama says ‘Rohingya,’ displeasing Myanmar hosts

November 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Julie Pace Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims are among the most persecuted people on earth, and advocates of their cause were hoping President Barack Obama would not only press the issue during his visit this week — they were hoping he would simply say their name.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Burma, Myanmar, President Barack Obama, President Thein Sein, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, YANGON, attention, social media

2-child limit for Muslims in part of Myanmar

June 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya’s Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said May 25.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Muslim Rohingya, Predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, President Thein Sein, Rakhine Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 32 No 23 | June 1 - June 7, Win Myaing, YANGON

Myanmar ethnic tensions block aide

November 10, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Grant Peck The Associated Press BANGKOK, THAILAND (AP) — The European aid group Doctors Without Borders said Monday, Oct. 28 it has been prevented from providing essential medical services because of tensions between Buddhists and Muslims in western Myanmar.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, BANGKOK, Doctors Without Borders, HIV, Joe Belliveau, MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Myanmar, Netherlands, Rakhine Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 31 No 46 | November 10 - November 16

Police collect dead bodies in strife-torn Myanmar town

June 16, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Associate Press Staff SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — With fearful residents cowering indoors, security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar collected bodies Monday from the debris of homes burned down over the weekend in some of the country’s deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nobel Peace, President Thein Sein, Rakhine Buddhists, Rakhine State, Rohingya Muslims, SITTWE, Vol 31 No 25 | June 16 - June 22

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