"Burmese refugees in Bangladesh suffer a shortage of food, care; Rights group says aid is being denied" by James F. Smith, Globe Staff | March 9, 2010
Nearly 1 in 5 Burmese Muslim children living in unofficial refugee camps in Bangladesh are suffering from acute malnutrition because they are being denied food aid and health care, according to a report from a Cambridge-based human rights group being released today.
Why only a one-day wonder then, Glob?
Researchers for the organization, Physicians for Human Rights, conducted lengthy interviews and a survey last month of 100 families in one squalid camp that is home to members of the Rohingya minority, who have fled to Bangladesh in recent years from across the border in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
The researchers found that more than 18 percent of the children under 5 showed symptoms of acute malnutrition and 55 percent had suffered diarrhea in the past 30 days because of squalid conditions in the camps.
When one actually steps back and looks at the world, there are refugee camps all over the place. All because of western meddling and wars for the most part.
The human rights group called on the government of Bangladesh and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to take urgent steps to improve conditions in the Rohingya settlements in southeastern Bangladesh, near the Myanmar border.
The Rohingya people are Burmese Muslims who have faced persecution for decades from the military government.
Really? First I've seen of it in the Zionist newspaper -- and the last.
And meet the Jews of the 21st century, 'eh?
Roughly 300,000 have fled across the border into Bangladesh, especially since the early 1990s, but just 28,000 live in official UN refugee camps. The rest have settled in Bangladeshi towns or in the unofficial settlements on the edges of the official camps.
Ever notice how the U.N drags its feet on Muslims (and everyone else) unless it is being used as a vehicle for Israel or the globalist agenda?
Officials at the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington could not be reached for comment. The government of Bangladesh has said in the past that the Rohingya are economic migrants in the country without permission and should go home.
That's what we tell Haitian who set to see, America.
Bangladesh says it lacks the capacity to care for the Rohingya refugees, and it wants Myanmar to take back those who are registered with the UN refugee agency.
Other rights groups have complained that in recent months Bangladeshi authorities have stepped up their harassment of the Rohingya and are blocking some of the meager international aid that does get to the group. Doctors Without Borders said a Bangladesh government crackdown appeared to have started in October.
The Physicians for Human Rights report said refugees told the researchers that Bangladeshi police have forcibly sent more than 2,200 Rohingya back to Myanmar and have rounded up thousands of others who are now isolated in makeshift camps amid miserable sanitary conditions.
Take a look at one:
About 30,000 unregistered Burmese refugees are effectively quarantined at the makeshift Kutupalong camp. (Physicians for Human Rights)
The report researchers were led by Richard Sollom, director of research and investigations, and Dr. Parveen Parmar, an emergency physician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. They surveyed residents of the Kutupalong makeshift settlement. They also interviewed others from three nearby informal camps.
So when are they headed to Gaza?
Their report, titled “Starving and Stateless,’’ declares: “Burmese refugees at the unofficial camps in Bangladesh are critically food insecure and are beginning to die from starvation.’’
But they are only Muslims, so.... no follow-ups.
“The great majority of children examined by the PHR team were both visibly stunted and underweight, both signs of chronic malnutrition,’’ the report added. The bad conditions also raise the risk of waterborne diseases: “Walking through the Kutupalong camp, PHR investigators saw stagnant raw sewage next to refugees’ makeshift dwellings.’’
Yeah, the agenda-pushing MSM is only concerned about their CIA asset.
"Myanmar dissident’s bid for freedom denied" by Associated Press | February 27, 2010
YANGON, Myanmar - The highest court in military-ruled Myanmar dismissed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s latest bid for freedom yesterday, turning down an appeal to end 14 years of house arrest, her lawyer said.
You know, Suu Kyi is Burmese for CIA, right?
That's why she makes the paper so much.
The Supreme Court’s decision had been expected since legal rulings in Myanmar rarely favor opposition activists, and the junta appears determined to keep Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, detained through elections planned later this year....
Oh, another Nobel winner working for the CIA, 'eh?
“Although the decision comes as no surprise, it is deeply disappointing,’’ said British Ambassador Andrew Heyn, who attended the court session along with diplomats from Australia, France and the United States. “We continue to believe that [Suu Kyi] should be released immediately along with the other 2,000 and more other prisoners of conscience.’’
Tell it to the U.S. over Gitmo first, 'kay?
French Ambassador Jean Pierre Lafosse said Suu Kyi was “the victim of a sham trial.’’
Yeah, there is a big flap over here on where to hold ours.
Suu Kyi’s lawyers appealed to the court last November after a lower court a month earlier upheld a decision to sentence her to 18 months of house arrest. She was convicted last August of violating the terms of her previous detention by briefly sheltering an American who swam uninvited to her lakeside home.
See: Get Your Yettaws Out
Yeah, he was informing Suu Kyi of the policy change.
The 64-year-old pro-democracy icon was initially sentenced to three years in prison with hard labor in a trial that drew global condemnation, but that sentence was commuted to 18 months of house arrest by junta chief Senior General Than Shwe....
Like I give a s*** about some CIA puke.
And put yourself in the Burmese generals position for a minute: would you want CIA running wild all over your nation?
CIA papers obviously care about their CIA assets:
"Law bars Suu Kyi from Myanmar elections" by Associated Press | March 11, 2010
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s military regime took yet another step to expunge Aung San Suu Kyi from the political scene yesterday by effectively barring her from the first elections in 20 years and pressuring her opposition party to expel her from its ranks.
Hey, it is THEIR COUNTRY and their politics.
A new election law announced yesterday prohibits anyone convicted of a crime — as Suu Kyi, 64, was in August — from being a member of a political party. That makes the detained democracy leader ineligible to become a candidate in elections slated later this year.
Who cares?
The United States and Britain expressed disappointment and regret at the junta’s latest move.
Standing behind their ma, 'er, woman.
So MI6 is lending a helping hand, too, huh?
Yeah, colonialists ALWAYS LEAVE BEHIND REMNANTS of intelligence services, and Myanmar was part of the British Empire.
Analysts called it a slap to the international community, which has repeatedly said the elections would not be legitimate if the detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate is barred from running.
This as they legitimize major fraud and theft in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
The new law, the Political Parties Registration Law, could also force Suu Kyi out of her opposition party.
I'm crushed.
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How about those starving refugees, Glob?
How is the aid effort coming along?
