The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw Arakan State:  A young Rohingya girl has been raped   by Nasaka personnel at Pan Daw Pyin bridge Nasaka out-post of Maungdaw- Aley Than Kyawa road under the Maungdaw Township on August 31, said a local villager on condition of anonymity.

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Three Rohingya dead bodies have been floating under the Maungdaw Jetty of Maungdaw Town since August 30, according to fishing men who work inside the stream.

Maungdaw, Arakan State:   More than 40 army personnel went to the Fokira Bazar ( Thaman Tha) from Medike army camp of Maungdaw Township  and surrounded the whole market and arbitrary beaten up the people where the army met in the market and looted cash and goods from the marker etc.,on September 1, at about 2:00 pm, said a one of the shopkeepers of Fokira Bazar

Maungdaw, Arakan State:   More than 40 army personnel went to the Fokira Bazar ( Thaman Tha) from Medike army camp of Maungdaw Township  and surrounded the whole  market  and arbitrary beaten up the people where the army met in the market and looted cash and goods from the marker etc.,on September 1, at about 2:00 pm, said a one of the shopkeepers of Fokira Bazar The army also destroyed some shops in the market. Many people were wounded but not received any information of dead.

Hundreds take to the streets in solidarity with President Thein Sein's plan to send the Rohingya to another country. The protest is the latest indication of deep rooted sentiment against the Rohingya population in Myanmar [AFP] Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Myanmar have staged a rally in support of President Thein Sein's proposal to send the members of the Rohingya minority group to another country.

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Some of the Rohingya border pass travelers were beaten up by Rakhine youths in front of the old cinema hall – Hluntin out post where mostly Rakhine youths stay with them – Maungdaw Town and looted their goods while they were going to their homes after returning from Bangladesh with one day border pass on August 1, according to a man who crossed Burma- Bangladesh border with border pass.

What happened on 11th August at Azad Maidan in Mumbai must be condemned by all in the strongest words. Such incidents can’t be tolerated in any circumstances. The way Muslim youths vented their anger on media and police personnel can’t be justified at all. More than 45 police men were injured and most of the OB vans of TV channels present there were damaged or set on fire by angry youths. They were angry with the blackout of media coverage of the killings of Muslims in Myanmar and Assam. 

Ethnic or religious minorities are being discriminated and persecuted all over the world. Methods of persecution are different in developed anddeveloping countries. Developed countries ban wearing of Hijabs or construction of minarets while in developing countries minorities face hostility and discrimination and acts of violence are committed against them by the majority population. If we specifically talk about South Asian region that is home to 1/5th of world’s population, the issue of minorities has remained neglected and has not been given such importance as it deserves. Close at home persecution of minorities is growing and the victims include not only Hindus and Christians but religious sects also.

By Dr. Habib Siddiqui As a conscientious global citizen of our planet, I have been writing for the past 32 years since my days as a university student on a plethora of issues, which include history, culture and civilization of the peoples of the South Asia and the Middle East. I have also studied and written on international politics, human rights and terrorism. In my decades of studies I have not found a people that are more persecuted than the Rohingyas of Myanmar, or what used to be called Burma.