The Stateless Rohingya Blog

The Rohingya want only citizenship in their own land, and the dignity, human rights and opportunities that come with it Akbar Ahmed  and  Harrison Akins guardian.co.uk ,  Thursday 1 December 2011 15.48 GMT Article history Rohingya refugees in an encampment at a military base in Indonesia in 2009. Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP Every breath the young orphan girl took brought pain to her body and tears to her eyes. She had been abused by the family she worked for as a servant – probably sexually molested, according to her doctor, and then, so dishonoured, pushed into a fire to make her death seem accidental. They knew she had no official papers and therefore could not complain to the authorities. She was unceremoniously dumped at the gate of the Lada refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, where doctors in the camp cared for her. Horrible as her case was, the doctors knew she was but one of many similarly burnt young women they would see that month and were realistic about her slim chanc

Shan Herald  According to Shan sources in Rangoon, the schedule for visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to meet the Shans at their community temple tomorrow has been changed to a joint meeting at Aung San Suu Kyi’s home. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks from airplane upon arrival in Naypyitaw (Photo: Saul Loeb/AP) The meeting will be at 08:30 and joined by U Win Tin, the National League for Democracy’s elder, and 4 other representatives from the Committee Representing People’s Parliament (CRPP). The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) will be represented by Sai Saw Aung, an executive member of its secretariat. The venue will then move to Beithano (Vishnu) Art Gallery. Asked what message the SNLD has for Mrs Clinton, Sai Lake, Spokesperson for the party, said Sai Saw Aung is expected to deliver a 3 point memo: Despite cosmetic changes, most of the political prisoners are yet to be released including the SNLD leader Hkun Tun Oo The people in the countrys

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country also known as Burma. It’s the first visit by a State Department head in fifty years and it comes after signs of change in the country. In recent months, Myanmar’s leaders have released some political prisoners, defied China -- a longtime backer and supporter -