April 2013 – KALADAN PRESS NETWORK

April 30, 2013

Police arrest college student at Sittwe (Akyab)

Sittwe (Akyab): On April 29, at around 4:00pm, police from Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State arrested another student who is studying in Sittwe Degree Collage, regarding the April 26 clashes at Thet Kay Pyin village, said a close relative of the victim who denied to be named.
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April 29, 2013

36 Burmese Nationals arrested by BGB

Teknaf,Bangladesh: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held 35 Burmese citizens locally known Rohingyas from Bangladesh-Burma border during the last two days, said BGB official of Balukhali.
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April 28, 2013

ARNO Press release: Stop Rohingya Ethnocide

ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANISATION
ARAKAN, BURMA

Press Release
(28 April 2013)

STOP ROHINGYA ETHNOCIDE

We condemn the police shooting, on 26 April 2013, of a group of Rohingya children for their peaceful protest chanting “Rohingya, Rohingya” when hostile operational team consisting of immigration, military, NaSaKa, police and village administrators came to Thet Kay Byin village near Ba Du Pha Rohingya displacement camp in Arakan’s capital Sittwe (Akyab), to perform the current operation forcing the Rohingya to register as “Bengali” for the census. A 15 year old boy namely Mohammad Ali S/o Kabir Ahmed of Thet Kay Bin was injured in the shooting and is now taking treatment in a private clinic.
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April 26, 2013

Roingya youth met with car accident in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: A Rohingya youth was seriously wounded with Dina car accident on April 21, while he was going to Bawli Bazar from his home of Maungdaw Township, said a relative on condition of anonymity.
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