The Stateless Rohingya Blog

UN calls for independent investigation to ongoing ethnic conflict in Rakhine state Rohingyas are transported in an army truck from a village to a refugee camp in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in June Violence between ethnic Rakhines and stateless Rohingya Muslims flared again yesterday in western Myanmar, the day after a top UN official called for an inquiry into allegations of excessive use of force by the army during the crackdown on sectarian violence between the two communities.

France called Monday for Myanmar authorities to protect civilians of all ethnic groups "without discrimination'' after reports of renewed deadly violence between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya. "France attaches great importance to a peaceful and concerted resolution to ethnic questions in Myanmar, in order to achieve national reconciliation,'' foreign ministry deputy spokesman Vincent Floreani said in a statement.

Jakarta, 6 Aug. (AKI/Jakarta Post) - Persecuted Christians in Indonesia say the government should resolve their problems here at home before intervening in the conflict involving the minority Muslim Rohingyas community in Myanmar. The spokesman of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Yasmin in Bogor, West Java, Bona Sigalingging, said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono needed to solve problems plaguing local religious minorities before he could win support for international initiatives for the Rohingya.

Mohammad Rafique, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar (center), pleads with a Bangladeshi Coast Guard official at Shahporir Dwip in Taknaf not to send his family back to Myanmar. (File photo) Iranian Ambassador to Seoul Ahmad Ma’soumifar has called on the South Korean Buddhist and Christian leaders to condemn the recent massacre of the ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and help ease the plight of the minority in the Southeast Asian state.

Although Myanmar rejects allegations of abuse by security forces in the wake of communal unrest between Muslims and Buddhists in the country’s west, a top UN envoy calls for an urgent independent investigation into recent bloody sectarian violence. He will present his findings to the upcoming UN General Assembly

Thousands of Malaysian Muslims and Rohingya refugees marched to the Burmese embassy in Malaysia on Friday to protest the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Burma that left at least 78 dead. Emotional protesters chanted slogans before handing a protest note to an embassy security guard.  The protesters said the embassy had refused to meet them, according to wire reports on Monday. There were an estimated 30,000 Rohingya refugees living in Malaysia. Meanwhile, Egypt’s foreign ministry on Saturday denounced attacks against Burma’s Muslim minority, saying its envoy in the Buddhist-majority Burma had seen extensive damage caused by sectarian clashes during a tour of Rakhine State last week.

Myanmar still confronts grave challenges Yangon:  A United Nations human rights expert on Sunday called for an urgent independent investigation into recent bloody sectarian violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which he said was one of many human rights challenges facing the country. Tomas Ojea Quintana ended a weeklong visit to Myanmar saying that the country's much-touted democratic reforms will not take hold unless the government places human rights at the center of its agenda for change. During a two-day tour of Rakhine state, Quintana said he witnessed "widespread suffering" from the June violence between Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya that left at least 78 dead and tens of thousands homeless.

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu                  Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette   RIYADH  – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is planning to send a fact-finding mission to Myanmar to probe the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, according to OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.  He said after the conclusion of the Executive Committee meeting of permanent representatives on the Rohingya issue held at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah Sunday that the OIC will communicate with the government of Myanmar. 

Today BROUK President Tun Khin was interviewed by Aljazeera Studio in London regarding Rohingya crisis in Burma. Tun Khin raised about current situation including fresh attack in Kyauktaw .He also highlighted Bangladesh government should find out a solution on Rohingya issue and instead of pushing out Rohingyas. Asean Countries should play a key role as as ASEAN have influence on Burmese Government and Muslim countries should raised Rohingya issue to UN general Assembly to find out a solution and to establish UN commission of Inquiry.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (file photo) The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has proposed to send an OIC mission to probe into the massacres of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told an executive committee meeting of the world's largest Islamic body, which is based in the Saudi city of Jeddah, on Sunday that the OIC would try to convince Yangon to allow an OIC fact-finding mission, AFP reported.