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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 13088894" data-attributes="member: 218596"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61719000/jpg/_61719501_camp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />      After the violence, some Rohingya took shelter in school compounds such as this one, in MaungdawMuslims in Burma's  western Rakhine state have been subjected to attacks and arbitrary  arrests in the weeks since communal violence erupted, Amnesty  International says.          A state of emergency was declared in Rakhine in June after deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims.         Since then, hundreds of people have been detained in the areas where Muslim Rohingya people live, a spokesman said.         The government has dismissed the allegations as "groundless and biased".         Win Myaing, a government spokesman for Rakhine state, told  the Associated Press news agency that the claims are "totally opposite  of what is happening on the ground", adding that the region was calm.          But although communal violence has eased since the unrest in  June, violations by the security forces  appear to have increased,  rights groups say.    'Rohingyas beaten'           Amnesty accuses Burmese security forces as well as ethnic  Rakhine Buddhist residents of assaults, unlawful killings of Muslims and  the destruction of property.         "Most cases have meant targeted attacks on the minority  Rohingya population and they were bearing the brunt of most of that  communal violence in June and they continue to bear the lion's share of  the violations perpetrated by the state security forces," Amnesty  researcher Benjamin Zawacki told the BBC's Viv Marsh.          Chris Lewa, director of The Arakan Project, which focuses on  Rohingyas in the region, also told our correspondent that hundreds of  Rohingya Muslims had been arrested, with allegations that some had been  beaten and even tortured.         "Shortly after the main violence... then we start seeing a  new phase of, I would say, state-sanctioned abuses, where especially in  Maung Daw... we heard on a daily basis about mass arrests of Rohingya,"  Ms Lewa told the BBC. Reports from the group's network of sources in  the area, mostly Rohingya, also said that authorities allowed Rakhine  youth to assault Rohingyas in custody. The group also alleges that  Burmese authorities took part in looting of shops and homes belonging to  Rohingya.          The Burmese authorities denied similar allegations made by Amnesty International.          Some of the Rohingya Muslims arrested were held in connection  with violence that erupted in Rakhine on 8 June, the day on which,  observers say, violence was largely carried out by Rohingyas. The Arakan  Project also says that some Rakhine, particularly those found with  weapons, were arrested.           It is difficult to verify any of the information provided by such sources, as journalists cannot access the area.    Long-standing tension           Violence between Buddhists and Muslims flared after the rape  and murder of a Buddhist woman in May, followed by an attack on a bus  carrying Muslims.           Communal unrest continued in parts of Maung Daw as Muslims  attacked Buddhist homes. Reprisal attacks then targeted Muslim homes and  communities. The attacks left many dead and forced thousands of people  on both sides to flee their homes.           There have been long-standing tensions between Rakhine  people, who are Buddhist and make up the majority of the state's  population, and Muslims, many of whom are Rohingya.          Many Rakhine Buddhists have said that much of the violence in  June was carried out against them by Rohingya groups. Rohingyas say  they have been forced to flee because of the violence.          Earlier this month, Burma's President Thein Sein said the "solution" for the Rohingya was deportation or refugee camps. What kind of ruthless president who is trying to expel 8% of its own population?<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18921960" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18921960</a></blockquote>

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