The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Monday, 25 July 2011 12:06 Teknaf, Bangladesh:  A registered Rohingya refugee was stabbed by local goons yesterday evening while he was entering Nayapara camp from the alternative way of a brick field, said a relative of the victim. Ozi Ullah, the victim of local goons, is waiting for treatment “Ozi Ullah, (20) block-E, shed 961/3 of Nayapara official camp, went to Teknaf to sell some ornaments, and returned to the camp at 6:30 p.m. He had 12,000 Taka and one mobile phone.” “Local goons attacked him when he entered the camp and took all his belongings after he was severally beaten.” The victim knows two robbers of the local goons, namely Dil Mohamed and Nazir Ahmed, who hail from Nayapara village. They are father and son, said a friend of the victim quoting the victim. The accident was discussed with his family members and the refugee. On hearing it, some refugees including his family members went to the spot and brought him inside the camp, said a family member. Later, he w

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Local villagers from Fawliyapara (Village) armed with wood and bamboo sticks, pickaxes, mattocks, swords, knives and bamboo spears attacked Rohingya refugees (registered and unregistered) in Kutupalong camp on July 16 at 10 a.m. Twenty refugees were seriously injured including four women, said a refugee elder from the camp. Refugee carrying Abdul Hamid, 53, elderly refugee to the clinic after local attacked “The local people first attacked the unregistered camp where the local destroyed some shacks. Some refugees were injured in the clash with the locals. They then moved and attacked the registered camp.” “We found twenty refugees were seriously injured, and others have minor injuries. The seriously injured refugees were admitted to the Kutupalong Camp Health Clinic.” The concerned authority of Camp and local administration officers has imposed curfew; no movement and no permission to gather three persons in the camp after 8:00pm night only since the clash