Blacklisted Rohingya broods in north Arakan

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 15:08

Chittagong, Bangladesh: More than 40,000 Rohingya children in northern Arakan are blacklisted and have been deprived of rights to travel, go to school because of their parents had an unauthorized marriage, according to Arakan Project report on Issues to be raised concerning the situation of Stateless Rohingya children in Myanmar (Burma) on January 2012, submitted to the UN Committee on the rights of the child.

Rohingya children are playing in ground without going to school

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Agent collects toll from pebble breaker

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 15:05

Maungdaw, Arakan State: An agent who has license for logging from Mayu range,  is collecting money from people who breaking stone into pebble from mountain range in Maungdaw, said  Kala Meah, pebble breaker from Maungdaw.

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Fake notes run in Maungdaw market

Monday, 23 January 2012 15:49

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Fake Burmese notes are running in Maungdaw business market since 2012 New Year started, said a business man from Maungdaw who denied mentioning his named.

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Around 200 Malaysia voyagers missing in Bay of Bengal

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 09:03 Monday, 23 January 2012 15:46

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Around 200 were missing and about 60 boatpeople were rescued while a Malaysia voyage’s boat capsized in the Bay of Bengal on January 19, said a boatpeople who swam in the sea and arrived at Saint-Martian.

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