The Stateless Rohingya Blog

The Rohingya plight is overshadowing Aung San Suu Kyi's historic tour of Europe. Supporters of the military and the democracy movement have one thing in common: hate for the ethnic minority. Even as Aung San Suu Kyi is on her tour through Europe, receiving praise for her role in the fight against oppression and violence, a popular Myanmar actress has called out on Facebook to not relent in hatred for Rohingyas.

One of the world's most well-known and beloved political protesters, Aung Sang Suu Kyi, addressed Britain's parliament on Thursday, after collecting the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded more than 20 years ago. But while Myanmar's international reputation is clearly changing, the violence and persecution of stateless people within its borders only seems to escalate.

Rohingya refugees from Burma sit on a boat as they try to get into Bangladesh. (Photo: Reuters) The official death toll for this month’s communal clashes in western Burma rose to 62 on Thursday as Bangladesh’s security forces detained more Rohingya Muslims fleeing the violence and prepared to send them back.

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is working to provide basic shelter materials to all communities affected by the violence in Burma’s Rakhine State, U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters in New York this week.

Hundreds gather outside Myanmar embassy in  Thai  capital to call for end to sectarian violence. Hundreds of ethnic Rohingya Muslims have gathered outside Myanmar's embassy in Bangkok to call for an end to recent sectarian violence that has allegedly killed an estimated 50 people.

Rohingya Muslim refugees from Burma who managed to sneak into neighboring Bangladesh speak of their ordeal at sea. Saiful Huq Omi/Polaris. One of the Rohingyas who was pushed back to sea by Bangladesh authorities, June 18, 2012. Helicopters opened fire on boats carrying Rohingya Muslims heading to Bangladesh and fleeing sectarian violence in west Burma, according to refugees who survived the sea ordeal.  

A young Rohingya refugee who tried to flee Burma following bloody sectarian clashes in Rakhine State says an unidentified helicopter fired on boats carrying Rohingya refugees who were attempting to flee to Bangladesh. The account was described by a 10-year-old girl in an article by  Radio Free Asia (RFA)  on its website on Thursday.

By Zaidul Haque, TwoCircles.net, Kolkata: Students Islamic Organisation of India on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration outside Myanmar’s Consulate office against the killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in last few weeks. SIO officials wanted to meet the Consul General Mr. U. Kyaw Swe Tint, but Myanmar officials refused, but later through Police Official the Myanmar Consulate accepted a memorandum of SIO.