The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Khan warns continued prosecution could increase communal  hatred locally and internationally. PHOTO: AYESHA MIR/EXPRESS PESHAWAR: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Imran Khan has strongly condemned reported atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar.

New Delhi, July 26, IRNA -- Hundreds of people Thursday staged demonstration at the Embassy of Myanmar in New Delhi against the killings of Muslims in Myanmar. Under the banner of Indian civil society, hundreds of people registered their anguish against the genocide perpetrated against Rohingya Muslims of Arakan region of Myanmar.

New Delhi, July 26: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and numerous socio-political organization on Thursday held a protest sit-in outside Myanmar Embassy here.  “Rohingya Muslims massacre has no comparison in the recent history but the silence of world community is shocking,” said Shafi Madni, all India Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind while addressing a protest sit-in outside Myanmar Embassy.

UN human rights expert for Burma, Tomas Quintana, speaks at a press  conference in Rangoon in this file photograph. Photo: Mizzima The UN expert on human rights in Burma will visit the country for four days starting on Tuesday, at the invitation of the government. Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana will tour the country, said the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in a statement on Wedneday.

Rohingya refugee Rehana Begum holds her child as she hides in a house in Teknaf, Bangladesh, on June 17, 2012. She said her family fled mass burning of houses and violence in Burma, setting out in a wooden boat for neighbouring Bangladesh. They were pushed back three times by border guards, but finally made it on their fourth attempt and are now hiding with local villagers to avoid being arrested. (PHOTO: Reuters) WASHINGTON—The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has written to Burmese President Thein Sein, urging him to address the plight of the Rohingya minority community in accordance with the accepted practices of international human rights.

Asean has asked Burma for a “full explanation” on the sectarian unrest in Arakan State, Asean Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said on Wednesday. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is seeking an explanation from Asean-member Burma about recent ethnic violence targeting the minority Rohingya group, mostly Muslims, that erupted in June claiming up to 78 lives and destroying up to 3,000 homes and businesses. The ongoing violence has driven many Rohingyas from their homes in Burma’s northern and western states, and sent up to 50,000 into refugee camps and displaced tens of thousands  more , many of whom have tried to flee to Bangladesh and neighboring countries. 

Now, the US, the European Union (EU) and others close their eyes to the plight of Rohingyas with the excuse that any intervention may thwart the process of democratization   The latest spate of ethnic violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority perpetrated by Buddhist majority in the Rakhine state of Myanmar has largely been ignored by international  media and therefore, very few people around the world are aware of it.