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Activists call for swift action on Myanmar violence

Published: 14 Jun 2012 at 13.33
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The United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations must quickly intervene in the spiraling sectarian conflict in Myanmar's northwestern state of Rakhine and send an independent fact-finding team to ascertain and monitor the situation, activists in exile said during a seminar in Bangkok.

They described the situation as "genocide-like".

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Discussion 3 : 14 Jun 2012 at 23.043
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If Burma and Bangladesh do not want to accept these Muslims. Their main reason could be financial restrain, we do understand. Those NGOs and UN people are talking a lot over this matter but is always finding impossible solutions. Have they seriously consider deporting these people to places like Indonesia, Malaysia or the middle east Muslim countries to take up citizenships. This is so much better than reluctantly keeping them in refugee camps. UN people. Please do it and talk lesser.
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Most reporters are yellow reporters and they don't go deep enough to find the real identity. The killing is not about religion but about race. It is important to give the fact instead of the sensational names "Muslim" or "Buddhist." It is an unfortunate conflict between Arakans and Rohingya, that's all. Muslims there are not trouble makers nor are the Buddhists.
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In the South, Thai Muslims kill civilians. In Myanmar, the government soldiers are accused of killing Muslims. In both case, Muslins are involved. Hope we all learn from these events.
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