The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence reached Bangladesh after days at sea, only to be turned away by border guards. Thousands of Muslims have been escaping from Myanmar after dozens were killed in religious violence.

Akyab (Sittwe): There are five Rohingya villages that were not burned down yet. Rohingya people from other villages those homes were burned down into ashes or destroyed have been taking shelter in the said villages. So far, a group of Rakhine racist mobs have been surrounding the villages with lethal weapons such as— knives, sticks, swords— though the armies were deployed in Akyab. Few Rohingyas were sneaking out in fear of death and the rest are staying to face whatever happens to them at night, according to an elder from Akyab.

by NDPHR(exile),      In Paletwa township, Chin State According to Mr Rofiq, chairman of Ethnic Rohingya Community-ERC based in Malaysia, a group of Rakhines with arms mostly who are not from Paletwa were entered into the muslim village and attacked against the villagers in the evening of about 21 June. Fortunately, the government authority arrived there in good time and seized all arms from Rakhines and drove them away. The authority promised to look after the villagers. However, up to today 25 June, they are confined within the village and

A fire damaged a large building housing displaced Muslims in Rakhine state, as gunfire rang out in the downtown area. At least 50 people have been killed since the sectarian violence broke out last month. The Associated Press Homes burn, gunfire heard in western Myanmar

Constantine’s book combines words and stark images to provide a portrait of the Rohingya, a stateless people who straddle the Burma-Bangladesh border. The recent conflict in Arakan State has returned the predicament of the stateless Rohingya to the international spotlight just as a new photo-book explores their fraught history. Multi-award winning American photographer Greg Constantine has produced a compelling and revealing collection of photographs combined with personal stories and interviews of individuals describing their blighted lives.

CALL FOR ACTION: UN urged to establish panel of observers to monitor volatile areas in Myanmar A Rohingya woman, whose husband was allegedly killed in Myanmar, weeps as she waits to be sent back to Myanmar from a camp in Taknaf, Bangladesh, on Friday. AP pic KUALA LUMPUR: THE Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF) has called on neighbouring countries to help stop the continued persecution of the Rohingya community in  Rakhine state of western Myanmar.