The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Christine Delp Handprints on the walls of an abandoned school. The view from the inside out of a crumbling hut. The wrinkled hands of a woman holding a pair of glasses and her expired passport. All are haunting images of Nowhere People, displaying from 6 July to 19 July at The Atrium in the Department of Justice and Equality. The exhibit, sponsored by the UNHCR, is the product of award-winning American photographer Greg Constantine’s ongoing project since 2005 to document the world’s stateless persons.

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  The Maungdaw Township administration office called all the villages’ admin officers today and ordered to collect all religious students list from every village, according to a village administration officer from Maungdaw. “The office ordered to collect religious students list and may be the office will call again to give them students list or young Rohingya lists. After collecting the lists, may be the authorities start to arrest the students which are the main power of Rohingyas’ next generation.” The police officers –Thein Tin and Aye Htun Sein – are being harassed Rohingya businessmen who came to open their shops as per the ordered of Maungdaw Township Administration office. But, the Rohingya businessmen are not getting any protection from the authority; also they were picked up by police nearby clock tower junction when returning to their villages. The police officers kept the Rohingya businessmen at the electric power station compound to extor

A picture from the  book , “Exiled to Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya” (PHOTO: Greg Constantine) The London School of Economics (LSE) hosted a panel discussion on  Monday  evening to debate the crisis in western Arakan State and to express support for the Rohingya community. Many members of the Burmese community crowded into the packed theater alongside London-based activists and members of NGOs. On the panel were Chris Lewa, the director of the Arakan Project and a leading voice on behalf of the Rohingya, and US photographer Greg Constantine who recently released a book of black and white photography titled “ Exiled to Nowhere: Burma’s Rohingya .”