29 November 2012
The residents of a once-active and thriving fishing village now burned out are among 100,000 Muslims displaced in the Arakan state and too afraid or unable to return home. The entire Muslim neighbourhood of Kyaukpyu, a coastal town on Ramree Island, burned. Little is left of the village. A month after the neighbourhood burned to […]
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08 November 2012
Human Rights Watch released satellite photos in late 2012 that offer evidence of possible ethnic cleaning in the area near Kyaukpyu. While foreigners are usually denied access to the area, those who do go there by surreptitious means can see for themselves the damage, according to aid workers. In “before” satellite images of the Kyaukpyu […]
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02 November 2012
Local media in Burma continues to buzz with details of an airport to be built on Ramree Island, located in the western part of the Arakan State. The new facility and amenities that will accompany it are part of the Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Project. The project is being handled by Nippon Koei, a […]
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