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Posts Tagged ‘White Card’ (3 found)
The Rohingya, the Citizenship Law, Temporary Registration, and Implementation of the Rakhine State Action Plan
In February 2015 around a million people, ethnic Rohingya lost their right to vote in Burma’s upcoming election. The British government said nothing about the massive blow both to the rights of the Rohingya and the credibility of the election. The British government is still talking about the election as a critical moment in Burma’s transition to democracy […]
• • •Rohingya Denied Right to Vote – New briefing on ‘White Card’ Withdrawal
Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK today publishes a new briefing paper the escalation of repression of the Rohingya by President Thein Sein by withdrawing their right to vote […]
• • •Myanmar “Needs Urgently to Get Back on Track”
GENEVA (25 February 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today warned that Myanmar “seems headed in the wrong direction and needs urgently to get back on track” in a crucial year for the country’s democratic transition and long-term reconciliation […]
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