The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Two Rohingya youths were stabbed and seriously wounded in their bodies by a group of Rakhines with the cooperation of military on September 19, said a villager. The victims have been identified as Hamidullah (26), son of Gulam Ahamed and Jasim Ullah (22), son of Sultan Ahamed, hailed from Khonza Bill under the Maungdaw townships.

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  A minor girl was hit by a motorbike of Rakhine on the road of Maungdaw-Aley Than Kyaw high way on September 19, which made her very serious wounded, said a businessman from Aley Thank Kyaw.  “Abdul Anam’s seven years old daughter – who are living Alay Than Kyaw, nearby road – was hit by a Rakhine’s motorbike while playing nearby road with her friends.”

Warning: Extremely Graphic Photos - CAUTION! Two Rohingya brothers brutally slaughtered by Rakhine terrorists and security forces and killed in Ah Nauk Pyin village. (SACRAMENTO, CA) - Just what is it that forces human beings to behave like the most savage beasts? Here are a couple of insights I am gleaning from my work. First, when committing war crimes, be sure to do a really thorough job of destroying the person or people you attack. Make their final appearance 'unacceptable' to the photo editors and then your murders of civilian innocents will never be seen by anyone! For example, I have photos from the Sri Lanka government Genocide against Tamils in 2009 where part of a fetus is sticking out of the slain mother's belly. It is just too grotesque to use, so the public never sees it because even hardened human rights and war reporters like myself are too squeamish to do so.

In an open letter to the US Senators and Congressmen Dr. Habib Siddiqui has urged the U.S. Congress not to lift its ban on any trade and commerce with Myanmar until a fundamental change takes place positively impacting the lives of those Rohingya and other minorities, guaranteeing their citizenship as equals and rights and privileges restored and secured. Given below the full text of the letter by Dr. Habib Siddiqui :

All available information leads us to believe there has been orchestrated campaign in Burma to change demography to make the country Buddhist state where there is no place for other ethnic minorities, to say the least. First, the military junta has changed historic name of Burma to that of Myanmar while historically, Rakhine state of present Myanmar , which was known as Arakan. Arakan in fact was an independent kingdom until 1784

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 37 Rohingyas along the Burma-Bangladesh border on 18 September and pushed back to Burma in same day, according to BGB officials. “We arrested the Rohingyas from different points of border – Teknaf and Ukhiya of 8 different points- the arrestees were kept from morning till afternoon.”