National United Party of Arakan
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National United Party of Arakan | |
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| Abbreviation | NUPA |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Preceded by | Communist Party of Arakan[1] |
| Headquarters | Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Ideology | Rakhine nationalism, Political freedom, Secularism[2] |
| Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw | 0 / 224
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| Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw | 0 / 440
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| Seats in the Rakhine State Hluttaw | 0 / 47
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The National United Party of Arakan (abbreviated NUPA) is a Rakhine political party in Rakhine State, Myanmar.[2] It was formed in 1994 after a merger between four organisations, which included a faction of the Communist Party of Arakan.[1]
The NUPA has openly worked with the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) in the past, and has condemned ethnic and religiously motivated attacks by Rakhine Buddhists against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, such as during the 2012 Rakhine State riots.
History
On 7 February 2001, the NUPA released a statement concerning the recent increase of violence towards Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State:[2]
We are deeply concerned over the racial clashes that took place as a sequel to an untoward incident in a teashop in Sittwe on the 4th of February 2001... As a result to the incident, there was losses of lives, destruction of property and a deep sense of animosity prevailed upon the two brotherly peoples, the Buddhists and the Muslims... We want to make it known that, the average Arakanese people are peace-loving but the SPDC junta which is overtly Burman-dominated has like its predecessors, the SLORC and BSPP, got down to stir up communal agitation so that the two brotherly communities could be divided... To the international community at large, our appeal is to give moral and material support to the national liberation movement of Arakan so that the long-cherished independence of Arakan could be realized and rule of law could be established.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Leftist Parties of Myanmar". Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d "National United Party of Arakan: on the Racial Clashes in Sittwe, Arakan".
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