The Stateless Rohingya Blog

  Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Army personnel and Natala (New Settler) villagers destroyed Black (Hala) Mosques of Tha Yae Kone Tan village under Zawmat Tak villager tract, Maungdaw south Yesterday night (22 August 2012) and religious school ( Madarasa ) of Lambagonna village is destroying today at about 9:00pm , according to a villager from Tha Yae Kone Tan village.

Aung San Suu Kyi has remained silent on the Rohingya issue. (Reuters) London-based Burma Campaign UK has slammed pro-democracy activists in Myanmar for failing the Rohingya, "the world's most persecuted minority" according to the UN, by not speaking out on their behalf.

PHOTO: A man in Rakhine state holds homemade weapons as he stands in front of a burning house in north-west Burma on June 10, 2012. (Reuters: Staff) ndonesia has appointed former vice president Jusuf Kalla as a special envoy to help address sectarian violence in Burma's Rakhine state. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the move was a form of "solidarity with our Rohingya brothers".

By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Bangkok, 22 August, (Asiantribune.com): Myanmar (formerly Burma) is going through a deep crisis in dealing with ethnic conflicts, especially in its western Rakhine (formerly Arakan) state. To find probable solutions to the existing problems, Arakan Rohingya Organization - Japan (JARO) and Rohingya National Organization in Thailand (RNOT) jointly sponsored an International Rohingya Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.