Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources
Websites/Multiple Documents
Description:
About 6,420 results (September 2017)
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International via Google
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-03
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
About 2,520 results, February 2018
Source/publisher:
Burma Campaign UK
Date of entry/update:
2018-02-11
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Description:
About 113,000 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-14
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Language:
English
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Description:
About 2,070 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Euro-Burma Office (EBO)
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-11
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
About 132 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Fortify Rights
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-13
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
About 30 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Islamic Relief via Google
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-09
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English
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Description:
About 3,310 results (September 2017); 8,940 (December 2017)
Source/publisher:
Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Doctors Without Birers
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-03
Grouping:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
About 206 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Oxfam
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-14
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English
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Description:
About 112 results (SCF UK); About 949 results, (SCF International)
Source/publisher:
Save the Children International, Save the Children UK
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-03
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Language:
English
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Description:
About 28,300 results (September 2017)
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch via Google
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-03
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English
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Description:
About 1,530 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
International Rescue Committee
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-11
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
About 123,000 results (6 November 2017)
Source/publisher:
Norwegian Refugee Council via Google
Date of entry/update:
2017-11-06
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Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
About 221 results (September 2017)
Source/publisher:
Refugees International
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-05
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English
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About 3,760 results (8 September, 2018)..."TRANSCEND has as its mission: To bring about a more peaceful world by using action, education/training, dissemination and research to transform conflicts nonviolently, with empathy and creativity, for acceptable and sustainable outcomes..." Founded by Johan Galtung, Manager TRANSCEND University Press, Rector TRANSCEND Peace University...
Source/publisher:
Transcend
Date of publication:
2018-09-08
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-08
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Individual Documents
Description:
"The Institute
on Statelessness and Inclusion
(ISI)
is
deeply concerned
for the safety and security of the more than
519,000 Rohingya
refugees who have fled to Bangladesh
since
25 August
2017.
i
These refugees have endured atrocities
in Myanmar that
are described
as ?ethnic cleansing? by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
?serious human
rights violations?
by
UN human
rights experts,
and
likely
?crimes against humanity?
by NGOs.
At the time of writing,
more refugees continue to arrive in Bangladesh, while
over 100,000 are displaced
in Myanmar, with little access to
humanitarian aid.
The
scale of the displacement, the
desperate condition of the refugees (facing starvation and
trauma, many with gunshot wounds and landmine injuries); and their demographics (the majority being children,
women and the elderly) mean that Bangladesh is facing a humanitarian catastrophe. It is not
possible for one country
to cope with this challenge, without adequate support from the international community.
As this crisis unfolds,
and is discussed in the UN Security Council, the Institute is concerned that Bangladesh and Myanmar are currently negotiating the
repatriation
of
these
Rohingya refugees. Any such effort in the current context
would amount to an act of refoulement,
strictly prohibited under international law. The Institute is also deeply
concerned by Bangladesh?s position
?
despite clear evi
dence to the contrary
?
that Rohingya are ?forcibly displaced
nationals from Myanmar”.
This position denies both their
statelessness
and their
refugee status,
each of
which
entitle them to international protection..."
Source/publisher:
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI)
Date of publication:
2017-10-10
Date of entry/update:
2017-11-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources, Statelessness: specialist organisations and resources
Language:
English
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Description:
?Harn Yawnghwe, director of Euro-Burma Office (European Office for the Development of Democracy in Myanmar), Brussels, recently spoke to the Dhaka Tribune?s Syed Zainul Abedin on the Rohingya issue and Myanmar leader Suu Kyi. He shed light on the political instability in Myanmar against the backdrop of recent developments in Rakhine.?
Harn Yawnghwe interviewed by Syed Zainul Abedin
Source/publisher:
"Dhaka Tribune"
Date of publication:
2017-10-24
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-30
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Individual Documents
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English
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Description:
About 53,600 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Google
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-24
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Individual Documents
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English
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Description:
About 142,000 results (October 2017)
Source/publisher:
Up Front" via Google
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-23
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Description:
"On 25 August
2017
, violence dramatically escalated in
northern
Arakan/Rakhine State, after
insurgents staged a major coordinated attack against
security forces outposts.
The Arakan Rohingya
Salvation Army (ARSA) claimed responsibility for the offensive,
in order to
?liberate our people from
dehumanized oppression perpetrated by all successive Burmese regimes”.
The
ensuing military
clearance
operations
killed
hundreds
of
people
and
forced
over
507,000
civilians
from
all
communities
to
flee
their
homes.
Independent
reports
documented
that
"operations"
mostly
involved
the
Tatmadaw
indiscriminately
burning
Rohingya
villages
and
opening
fire
on
their
residents,
with
some
instances
of
villagers
joining
the
militants
to
fight
the
security
forces.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra?ad Al
Hussein declared
?[t]his turn of events is
deplorable. It was
predicted and could have been prevented”. He noted that
?decades of persistent and systematic human rights
violations, including the very violent security responses to
the attacks since October 2016 [see
Escalation of violence],
have almost certainly contributed to the nurturing of violent
extremism, with everyone ultimately losing”.
The latest wave of deadly violence in Arakan State did not
happen overnight. Independent
accounts, including a flash
report issued by the Office of the UN
High Commissioner
on Human Rights (OHCHR) on 3 February 2017, showed
that,
since 9 October 2016, the Tatmadaw has targeted
Rohingya
with
?unprecedented”
violence.
Burmese
authorities, including military
Commander-in-Chief Sr Gen Min Aung Hlaing and
State Counsellor Aung
San Suu Kyi, have repeatedly
denied
the
accusations of
human rights violations [see Government "terrorist ”
narrative].
The outbreak of violence took place just hours after the Advisory Commission
on Rakhine State ?
also
known as Annan Commission ?
released its final report, jeopardizing the
implementation of its
recommendations.
The Annan Commission -
inaugurated on 5 September 2016 at the behest of Aung San Suu Kyi and chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
?
was mandated
with
providing recommendations to secure peace and prosperity in Arakan State.
Its final report, which did
not name the Rohingya at Aung San Suu Kyi?s request, urged
Burma
to eliminate all restrictions on
the
people?s ability to gain citizenship, move free
ly and participate in politics..."
Source/publisher:
ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication:
2017-10-13
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-20
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources
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English
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"Since August 25, Burmese security forces have been carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State. Over half a million Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape killings, arson, and other mass atrocities. The Rohingya, effectively denied citizenship under Burmese law, have faced decades of repression and discrimination. About 120,000 remain internally displaced from waves of violence in 2012 and 2016, in dire humanitarian conditions. Human Rights Watch researchers are reporting from the field on the crisis and its global impact.....Children?s Rights ...Refugees and Migrants ...Refugee Rights... Asylum Seekers ...Internally Displaced People... United Nations... Women?s Rights... Sexual Violence and Rape ...
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2017-10-04
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-13
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Rohingya, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
English
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Description:
"The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Relief International
(RI)
carried out a multi
-
sector assessment
between September 29 and October 3, 2017 with the aim of better understanding the priority needs of the influx
of Undocumented Myanmar Nationals
(UMN)
?
Rohingya
?
in Bangladesh, as well as the locations
in which
assistance
is most needed
from the humanitarian community. To date, an estimated 515,000 UMN have fled
violence in Myanmar for Bangladesh.
1
With the influx of additional people seeking
asylum, the makeshift settlements
have expanded and the needs of
the displaced population
has
changed as the demographics shifted.
Th
is
needs assessment focused on
recently
arrived UMN
in the four most affected Upazilas in Cox?s Bazar: Ukhia,
Teknaf, Ramu, and Cox?s Bazar Sadar.
The assessment used the following methods: cluster sampling to survey families, key informant interviews with
medical and education professionals (notably, among the displaced population), observations in selected surve
y
sites, health facility assessments, and
a
rapid market assessment in Cox?s Bazar.
Of particular note, the findings include:
The three most commonly reported needs
were money
(73%
), household goods and non
-
food items
(61%) and food (52%).
Over 3/4 of t
he surveyed population relies on
food security
coping strategies, including opting for
less
preferred and less expensive foods (90%), reducing number of meals eaten in a day (69%), and
restricting consumption by adults in order for small children to eat (68%). In addition, food consumption
scores are extremely poor.
Nearly one
-
third of fami
lies surveyed reported open defecation, and key informants noted the cleanliness
of public latrines among major concerns in their areas of the sites surveyed.
Nearly half of all pregnant women have not received medical care for their pregnancies and 41% of
families
with pregnant women do not know where to go for medical care for pregnant women.
Observations during the assessment noted harmful practices
in supporting survivors of gender
-
based
violence
(GBV)
, including
men
working
in women?s safe spaces, iden
tifiable GBV sign posts without the
necessary discretion required, and men exposing survivors to the community.
1
International Organization on Migration. Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response. Situation Report. October 5, 2017
.
https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/IOM%20Bangladesh%20
-
%20Rohingya%20Influx%20Situation%20Report%20
-
%2005%20October%202017.pdf
Assessment Report:
Undocumented Myanmar Nationals
Influx to Cox?s Bazar, Bangladesh
October 7, 2017
BANGLADESH ASSESMENT REPORT
|
2
The following report outlines the methodology as well as key findings
and recommendations for
the sectors of
health, WASH, education, cash
assistance
, protection, food security, and shelter and NFIs..."
Source/publisher:
International Rescue Committee (IRC), Relief International
Date of publication:
2017-10-10
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-12
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Language:
English
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Description:
"Yesterday, 21 September 2017, at the United Nations General Assembly, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, stated, ?We are horrified to see that the Myanmar authorities are laying landmines along their stretch of the border to prevent the Rohingya from returning to Myanmar. These people must be able to return to their homeland in safety, security and dignity.” "
bmban
Source/publisher:
Mine Free Myanmar
Date of publication:
2017-09-23
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources
Language:
English
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Description:
"...Some of the current wave of refugees have stepped on landmines during their attempts to leave Myanmar. International news agencies and human rights organizations have stated that they have witness testimony of new use of landmines by Myanmar?s Armed Forces along the NRS-Bangladesh border, and this has reportedly led to the issue being raised with Myanmar by Bangladesh authorities.,,
UPDATE 19 SEPTEMBER 2017
"The ICBL/Landmine Monitor has verified that recent mine victims were from newly laid mines.
On 28 of August, humanitarian workers providing relief to refugees camped on the Zero line of the border witnessed an Army truck arrive on the Myanmar side and unload three boxes from which soldiers took mines and placed in the ground. This continued on that day from 10am until 3pm. The mines were laid commencing in Taung Pyo Let Yar village tract of Maungdaw Township, which is adjacent to border pillar No. 31 in Bangladesh. This area demarcates the beginning of the land border between Bangladesh and Myanmar, as south of this area the border follows the Naf River.New mine use was witnessed along about a 20km stretch of the shared border between Burma and Banladesh. This stretch lies between the two main land crossing routes between Burma (Maungdaw township) and Bangladesh (Bandarban District). Subsequent to the daytime landmine operation, the Burmese Army brought trucks at night to continue laying mines, which could be seen under the lights by which they worked. Mine laying continued during the next few days, and was witnessed progressing along the border to the northeast in Mee Taik, Nga Yant Chaung, Hlaing Thi, Bauk Shu Hpweit and In Tu Lar townships. Mine laying was last seen continuing to the east of In Tu Lar township.
All mines were laid on the eastern side of the border fence."
Source/publisher:
Mine Free Myanmar
Date of publication:
2017-09-12
Date of entry/update:
2017-10-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources
Language:
English
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Description:
"Aung Than is 26 years old, enthusiastic and positive young Arakanese man from the Chin State, whose determination of acquiring an education has kept him going through difficult and challenging times in his life. When Aung Than was only six years old, he and his family had to leave everything behind and flee to India, due to the brutal Burmese military oppression in his village. Although his biggest wish had always been to gain good education, it somehow always seemed to be out of reach, and moving away from him. Fleeing from Burma to India, and India to Bangladesh, Aung Than grabbed onto every study opportunity, attending school in Mizoram language in India, as well as being taught by Buddhist monks, Muslims, and an American teacher in Bangladesh. After years of hard work and fleeting study opportunities, Aung Than had a chance to complete his studies on the Thailand-Burma border, where he eventually co-founded AHREM (Arakan Human Rights and Environmental Movement), aiming to teach young Arakanese about environmental issues and human rights. Always keen to give back to his people, Aung Than now dreams of running an orphanage where he can help children whose dreams seem out of reach, just as his were one day."...See the Alternate link for part 2.
Source/publisher:
Burma Link
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Rakhine (Arakanese) - cultural, political, Education in Rakhine (Arakan) State, Discrimination against the Rakhine, Children and armed conflict, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources
Language:
English
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Description:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "The situation in Myanmar?s Rakhine State is driving a regional crisis. Systematic discrim-ination against Rohingya Muslims has contributed to the largest regional outflow of
asylum seekers by sea in decades. Humanitarian conditions in Rohingya villages and
internally displaced persons (IDP) camps are dire, and Rohingya suffer frequent abuses
at the hands of Myanmar authorities.
In May 2015, the region was forced to grapple with the results of these conditions, as
thousands of Rohingya asylum seekers were stranded on boats in the Andaman Sea,
making international headlines. ASEAN leaders met at the time in the hopes of resolving
the crisis, but failed to craft a regional response to the drivers of the outflow, which are
rooted in Rakhine State.
In the months since, these underlying drivers have been compounded by an increasing
sense of desperation among Rohingya, driven principally by political exclusion. The
disenfranchisement of an estimated one million Rohingya voters, as well as the rejection
of dozens of Rohingya parliamentary candidates in advance of the 8 November general
election, has led many Rohingya to believe that there is little hope for their future in
Myanmar. With no opportunity to take part in perhaps the most consequential election
in Myanmar?s history and no hope of any political representation, Rohingya feel they are
being forced out of the country.
Furthering this perception is the proliferation of anti-Muslim hate speech and sentiment
across Myanmar and the government?s failure to address this growing threat. If left
unchecked, Buddhist extremists will continue to vilify Rohingya for political purposes,
and further episodes of inter-communal violence could erupt in Rakhine State and other
areas, driving still more Rohingya to flee their homes.
During 2015, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) undertook two
fact-finding missions to Myanmar to assess the situation and further investigate the
root causes of the Rohingya exodus. APHR?s team of parliamentarians and researchers
met with government officials, religious leaders, civil society representatives, and UN
agencies, as well as Rohingya and Rakhine community members and IDPs.
The findings were clear: ASEAN risks another full-blown crisis as a result of unresolved
conditions in Myanmar. Unless serious steps are taken to address the situation of depri-vation and despair in Rakhine State, many Rohingya will have no other option but to flee
in search of asylum elsewhere.
The next wave of refugees is coming. Tens of thousands of Rohingya have already fled by
sea, but nearly a million more are still undergoing heavy persecution throughout Rakhine
State. When the remaining Rohingya begin to leave, they will be extremely vulnerable to
human trafficking to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia..."
Source/publisher:
ASEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS via ALSEAN-BURMA
Date of publication:
2015-10-00
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-06
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. - NGO sources, The 2015 General Elections in Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English
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