The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Bangladesh border guards have detained 16 more Rohingyas who had intruded into Bangladesh territory in Teknaf at different times between Wednesday night and yesterday morning. The detainees include two Rohingya women and four children. They have been kept in BGB custody and provided with food.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s will wrap up her tour of Britain tomorrow with a celebratory gathering of Britain’s Burmese community featuring traditional music and dancing. At first glance it is a fitting tribute for a woman who is often regarded as the one figure who can unite her country’s disparate opposition groups.

Rohingya refugees of the people, persecuted in Burma, marched to the National Assembly. (Quebec) About fifty people Rohingya refugees marched through the streets of Quebec's capital on Tuesday to denounce the inaction of the international community, passive in front of abuses suffered by their compatriots who remained in camps in western Burma.

Burmese government troops patrol in conflict-ridden Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State. (Photo: The Irrawaddy) Unrest in Arakan State, northwestern Burma, has left thousands of both Buddhist Arakanese and Rohingya Muslims civilians homeless, according to community leaders. Burma’s state-run media reports that 1,662 houses have been burnt to the ground in sectarian clashes leading to around 10,000 Arakanese taking refuge at Buddhist monasteries and government schools. Precise numbers of Rohingya refugees remain unknown. 

Maungdaw, Arakan State :  The authorities—police, Army , Nasaka and Sarapa– are searching Rohingya with lists and most of the villagers are going into panic. The villagers run away from their villages to somewhere to escape for fear of arrest.  The authority mostly target young men, educated persons, villager leaders, smart and well to do family members and politicians. The authority arrest villagers arbitrarily and with not specific allegation. It is a deliberate   action against the Rohingya villagers.