The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw, Arakan State:   A high ranking military officer from Military Operation Commands (MOCs) number 15 , called a public meeting with all Rohingyas from every villages tracts today at about 10:00am in Maungdaw, according to an elder from Maungdaw. “The officer with other Maungdaw concerned authority and officials in Maungdaw district  administration office hall where all the officers discuss how to control Maungdaw and to keep the two communities and the group met with Rakhine community at 9:00am.” “The officers and Rakhines discussion was unknown to Rohingya community.” The official met with Rohingyas at 10:00am where the military officers said you created the conflict between Rakhine and you on June 8 in Maungdaw. We imposed curfew in the areas where we had seen that you are living peacefully, so we removed one hour from  start  and one hour from end. If you are living peacefully in the future, we will remove the curfew from the town, according to a Rohingya who attend th

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Army killed one Rohingya and more injured in Lambagona village while army open fired the village tonight at about 10; 00pm, said a villager from Lambagona village. “The army stationed at Tharaekonbon village tract and Rakhines from Tharaekonbon (New settler) attacked Lambagona village to loot and harass the villagers at about 10:00pm where the villagers scream out for help and nearby villagers rushed to the spot to save the villagers of Lambagone.” “When the sound of villagers rounding the village, the army open fired to the village where one villager –Abdul Salam son of Amir Husson – was shot dead on the spot and more villagers wounded for fired.” The army officer of army station at Tharaekonbon stopped the Natala (New settler) villagers who wanted to attack the Lambagona village again and other army personnel round up the village of Lambagona, said a villager. “The Rohingyas are staying inside the village as the army didn

Teknaf, Bangladesh:   A  Rohingya dead body was found in Naf River of Bangladesh side on  August 15, according to Anwer  from Teknaf. Bangladesh rescuer carried the dead body Rohingya from Naf River “The dead body was flooding in the Naf River which  fishing  men had seen and inform to the concerned authority. The police from Teknaf came to the spot with rescuer and took the dead body from the Naf River.” “The dead body was seen that he died before three days.” “The police confirmed that the body was a Rohingya and it may be drown within heavy rain and windy before three days.” Bangladesh rescuer carried the dead body Rohingya from Naf River But, the local from Teknaf said, he was murdered and threw to the river by Mogh of Khinepyin village as the dead body flow from the Purma River.  There are clashed between Rohingya Muslim and  Mogh since June 8. The authority is also supporting the Mogh while Mogh attacked the Rohingya. So, it may be from a village near the Purma villag

Exclusive: As members of Burma’s Muslim Rohingya minority are forced into camps after violent clashes, the government bans international observers – but Channel 4 News gains access. There is a part of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Burma, that people still refer to as Narzi. But if you travel there, as Channel 4 News did recently, you will not find much to look at. In fact this substantial section of town, until recently the bustling home of 10,000, no longer exists. Instead, you will find a post-apocalyptic world of rubble and burnt-out tree trunks. Personal effects are left scattered on the ground. It seems an incongruous scene in a country that claims to be remaking itself as modern, democratic state. Spend five minutes in Narzi, however, and you start to wonder whether Burma has really changed at all. Until a month ago, Sittwe was home, in almost even proportions, to two different ethnic groups – the Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. There have long been te

Zillur Rahman BSS, Dhaka President Zillur Rahman has urged the OIC member states to persuade the Myanmar government with political and economic support for ensuring dignified and prosperous living of their Muslim minorities (Rohingyas). "We must take a pro-active role towards a lasting solution to this long-standing (Rohingya) problem both bilaterally and multilaterally," he said while addressing at the closing ceremony of 4th Extra-ordinary Session of Islamic Summit Conference in Makkah Al Mukarramah last night, according to a message received here from Saudi  Arabia  on Thursday. In the wake of recent  violence  in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, president said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern over oppression of Muslim minorities there. The condition of Muslim minorities in different parts of the world is of grave concern, he said adding it is not just an issue of safeguarding Muslims and their faith; but a matter of universal hu

On behalf of the concerned community of Malaysian Buddhists, we would like to highlight the cause of the minority Rohingya people in Burma's Arakan province. We have been following with deep concern and sadness on the Amnesty International (July 19, 2012) report on the ongoing oppression and massacre of the Rohingyas by both the Rakhine and security forces. The human rights violations that include physical abuse, rape, destruction of property, and unlawful killings, are urgent calls for attention for Buddhists in Malaysia as the minority  Rohingya people suffer loss of lives and the extensive damage of property. On July 11, Burma's National Human Rights Commission reported that at least 78 people have been killed since the  violence  began, but unofficial estimates exceed 100; with Amnesty International reporting up to 90,000 people have been displaced.   This open letter is by both the Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) and the Malaysian Network of Engaged Buddhists

The Islamic summit meeting has decided to take the issue of Muslim Rohingyas in Burma to the United Nations, it said in a statement. Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrives in Sittway, Rakhine State, on Friday, August 10, 2012. The delegation was on a fact-finding mission for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Photo:  Mizzima The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned “the continued recourse to  violence  by the Myanmar authorities against the members of this minority and their refusal to recognize their right to citizenship.” “The summit has decided to bring this matter before the General Assembly of the United Nations,” it said in a final statement on Wednesday in Mecca. The OIC announced on Saturday before the summit that it had received permission from Burma to provide aid to displaced Rohingyas. An estimated 60,000 Rohingyas are in refugee camps in western Burma after two months of community violence including the deaths of up to 90 pe

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  The Burmese government is changing their promised to delivery  aids  and ground investigation in Arakan state to Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), UN and internationals INGOs which the Burmese president said to Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, according to an elder from Maungdaw who base on an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Htun in Naypyidaw on August 14. “But now the Burmese authority didn’t want to do this as it is an internal problem between two groups not religious and ethnic problem.” The government is giving assistance to the victims and has asked an “independent” Burmese Human Rights Commission to investigate the unrest, which erupted in June, where the Rohingya and Buddhist communities are living together. There is “no need” for a foreign commission to investigate the  violence  as an international issue, said President Thein Sein in an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service. The Maungdaw distr

Date: 23 rd August 2012 Time: 14:00 to 15:30 Location: European Union House, 18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 Rohingya Community Ireland would like to invite you for the upcoming event taking place in front of European Union House in Dublin to raise the voice together against the killings of Rohingya in Burma. Rohingya are a Muslim minority from western part of Burma or Myanmar where they have been living for hundreds of thousands of years with profound history. Rohingya have been subjected to various persecution and discrimination from the state and the state-backed Buddhist ethnic group of Arakan state since 1942. Rohingya have lost their rights of being citizens of Burma when a new citizenship law was passed in 1982 by the former dictator Ne Win making them stateless. The United Nations have described Rohingya as one of the most oppressed or persecuted people in the world. The ongoing killings or cleansings of Rohingya from their home land started on 8 th of June whe