By Nurul Islam - KPN 11 April 2015 The word “Rohingya” is blacklisted in Burma. The hostile Buddhist Rakhines of Arakan pretend to feel it as a piercing knifelike pain. Their antipathy to this ‘ethnic identity’ of the Muslim Arakanese is for ...

By Dr. Habib Siddiqui - KPN 11 April 2015 In early February this year, the Myanmar parliament approved a proposal by President Thein Sein to allow people with temporary identification “white cards,” most of whom were Rohingya, to vote on a referendum ...

By Dr. Habib Siddiqui - KPN 11 April 2015 In a country that has been infested with the blight of unfathomable racism and bigotry for decades, rumors are enough to trigger communal riots. And if the press, priests, public servants and people’s ...

By Johannes Kaltenbach - D+C Development and Cooperation April 4, 2015 The Rohingya are the most persecuted minority of the world. Their home country Myanmar does not recognise them as citizens. Rohingya are discriminated in many ways. They are attacked by their neighbours ...

By Nirmal Ghosh - The Straits Times 2015-03-31 Eight years and three months in a Myanmar jail did nothing to soften, let alone change, U Wirathu, the notorious monk who has become the face of right-wing Buddhist nationalism in the country. While he has ...

By Saudi Gazette Editorial - March 30, 2015 Some recent announcements by the Myanmar government should reassure all those who want to see democracy restored in this Southeast Asian country. Parliamentary elections planned for November this year promise to be much more ...

By Dr. Habib Siddiqui - Sun, 2015-03-29 Asian Tribune In a country that has been infested with the blight of unfathomable racism and bigotry for decades, rumors are enough to trigger communal riots. And if the press, priests, public servants and people’s representatives ...

Win Khant Maung Myanmar Eleven March 23, 2015 1:00 am When it comes to the Asian art scene in the West, Myanmar seems to play second fiddle to its neighbouring countries. Exhibitions on traditional Myanmar art are few and far between in ...

The Washington Post - March 22 at 7:02 PM The March 15 editorial “A failing engagement with Burma” was right to point to serious challenges in Burma’s democratic reforms. But to suggest that Burma’s transition is so flawed that other totalitarian states ...