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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29 October 2012
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, a 57-nation group, has condemned new attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Burma amid reports that a whole Rohingya enclave in Kyaukpyu was burned to the ground, destroying 811 homes or related structures. OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu released a statement calling the violence “deplorable and a blatant violation of human […]
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27 October 2012
Thousands of Muslims in Burma could be in danger, according to one human rights group. Satellite photos show that a coastal community that was once alive with buildings, houses and activity is now reduced to ashes. According to Human Rights Watch, satellite photos taken in March 2012 and of the same area in October 2012 […]
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25 October 2012
At least 56 people were killed in riots in four townships in the western Myanmar state of Arakan. The number includes 31 women who were killed. At least 64 others were injured in the sectarian riots which took place in October 2012, according to official governmental sources. More than 1,900 homes and eight religious buildings […]
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19 June 2012
Two Muslim men have been sentenced to death for raping and then murdering a woman. The case led to sectarian clashes that resulted in the deaths of at least 50 people. The sentence was handed down by the Arakan state’s Kyaukpyu District Court. A third man who was also involved and charged hanged himself while […]
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21 March 2012
During exploratory drilling in the Shwe gas field near Ramree Island the private company MPRL E&P Pte Ltd. (Myanmar Petroleum Resources Limited) says it has found gas in Block A-6. MPRL is a private Burmese company and is the only independent exploration and production (E&P) company operating in both onshore and offshore in Burma. MPRL […]
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18 December 2011
Rare footage taken on January 21st 1945 of the capture of Ramree Island by the British 26th Indian Division. The film follows the Allied Forces combined efforts against the Japanese fortifications on the island. US Air Force B-24 Liberator’s drop fragmentation bombs whilst ships from the Royal Navy bombard the tropical island. British forces conduct […]
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10 December 2011
An earthquake has caused a rise in underground water temperatures, setting off mud volcano’s and small amounts of lava along a fault line in the Kyaukpyu area on Ramree Island. According to Soe Thein, a retired geologist, there might be more eruptions, however there is a little danger and no need for evacuations. Kyaukpyu is […]
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