The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Burmese security forces did not pay any respect to the UN representative Mr. Quintana who visited northern Arakan on July 31 and August 1. The security forces arrested and looted Rohingya people continuously though the UN representatives are still now staying  in Burma, said a youths from Maungdaw.

Firemen extinguish a fire engulfing houses in Sittwe, capital of the western state of Rakhine on June 15. Myanmar security forces opened fire on Rohingya Muslims, committed rape and stood by as rival mobs attacked each other during a recent wave of sectarian violence, a rights watchdog said Wednesday. Myanmar security forces opened fire on Rohingya Muslims, committed rape and stood by as rival mobs attacked each other during a recent wave of sectarian violence, a rights watchdog said Wednesday.

In Myanmar, government forces stood by while Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists were slain in devastating rounds of violence and retribution, then joined in by killing, raping and rounding up the Rohingya, Human Rights Watch said in a new report on the devastating sectarian attacks.

Chittagong, Aug 1 (bdnews24.com) – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Tuesday night arrested 25 Rohingyas from Shahparir Dwip of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district.  Lieutenant Colonel Zahid Hassan, local commanding officer of the BGB, told bdnews24.com that they detained the Rohingyas after they had crossed the River Naf and entered into Bangladesh territory through Shahparir Dwip points and its adjacent river in Teknaf. 

The delegation consisted of Lord Nazir Ahmed, Yasmin Qureshi, MP, Ansar Burney, Suasi Leghari of Islamic Human Rights organisation and a leading member of the Rohingya Muslim community. They met the ambassador for half an hour and informed him about the concerns of Muslims worldwide over reports of massacre of Rohingya Muslims. They asked the ambassador to pass on their concern to the government back home and demanded an immediate end to the horrific crimes being committed against the Muslims.

The writer is an independent social scientist and author of Military Inc.  These days, the social media is abuzz with discussion on Myanmar. Interestingly, it is not even a constructive discussion but one which is meant for point scoring. The nature of the discourse has complicated the issue even more and thus calls for at least a couple of articles: one on the issue and another one meant to be an analysis of the situation of Burmese Muslims. It is important at this stage to disentangle the two dimensions to make sense of what is actually happening.

Bangladesh has ordered three international charities to stop providing aid to Rohingya refugees who cross the border to flee persecution and violence in Myanmar, an official said. France's Doctors without Borders (MSF) and Action Against Hunger (ACF) as well as Britain's Muslim Aid UK have been told to suspend their services in the Cox's Bazaar district bordering Myanmar, local administrator Joynul Bari said.