The Stateless Rohingya Blog

The UAE condemns the violation of the rights of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and the recent acts of violence against them which included killings, threats and displacing innocent people and burning down their houses and villages, according to Ambassador Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations.

Burma Task Force USA has thanked and congratulated the Turkish Foreign Minister and Turkish Prime Minister’s wife and daughter for travelling to visit the refugee camps of Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar (Burma) and bringing their plight to the world’s attention.

Suu Kyi's silence on the Rohingya does not necessarily reflect a cold heart, but shows that she has become a politician. Much has been said about Suu Kyi's stance on the Rohingya, who are denied citizenship by Myanmar [EPA] Washington's ambassador to Myanmar hinted last week that the US may have a new foe in the reforming dictatorship. Derek Mitchell, whose appointment this year marked a significant warming of relations between the two countries, spoke of the vile fallout from sectarian unrest in June that has overshadowed Myanmar’s reform efforts.

By John Roberts and Peter Symonds  Reports from the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International, and from Al Jazeera, have shed further light on the oppressive conditions facing the Rohingya Muslim population in Burma’s Rakhine state (also known as Arakan), as well as the communal violence that broke out in June.