Archive for December, 2017

Officials ban scheduled Christmas prayer in central Myanmar

Officials ban scheduled Christmas prayer in central Myanmar

Myanmar News, News December 14, 2017 at 4:19 pm 0 comments

Share14th, December 2017 M-Media Christians in central Myanmar were barred to celebrate pre-Christmas prayer following the Buddhist villagers complained about the plan, the latest incident that shows rise of religious intolerance among country’s Buddhist majority. In December 9th notice letter sent to U Kyaw Myint from administrator of Kan Thar villageRead More

Myanmar starts a plan to remove citizenship status of officially recognised ethnic Muslim group

Myanmar starts a plan to remove citizenship status of officially recognised ethnic Muslim group

Myanmar News, News December 7, 2017 at 3:20 am 0 comments

Share7th, December 2017 M-Media – Ethnic Kaman Muslims in Rakhine state, an officially recognised ethnic group of Myanmar, are suffering economic blockade by local authorities for refusing immigration department’s new plan which is expected to be an initial step to gradually rendering them stateless. Kaman Muslims from Kyauknimaw Village, Ramree Township,Read More