The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The authority of  Maungdaw Township  didn’t allow to land the Rohingya load boats – escape from killing by Rakhine in Kyaukpru – at  Kyauk Pandu under Burma border security    (Nasaka) area  8 of Maungdaw south since yesterday, according to a village admin office member.   “The 4 Rohingyas load boats arrived at Kyauk Pandu village yesterday night, but the Nasaka personnel didn’t give permission to land in the areas and the Rohingyas are still on the  boats.”

Akyab, Arakan State:  More than 360 people have been killed and more than 3500 homes destroyed in the renewed clashed – Rohingyas and Rakhines- in Arakan State on October 21, according to a lawyer from Akyab. “We are receiving information day by day increasing death numbers and burning homes from the ground, but, the Arakan State government saying only 56 people dead and only

25/10/2012 | 10:38 PM ,WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (KUNA) -- The United States on Thursday expressed deep concern over recent ethnic and sectarian violence in Burma's Rakhine state, calling for immediate action by Burma's government to quell the unrest. The State Department urges all parties to exercise restraint and halt attacks against Buddhists and Muslims, while joining the

YANGON: Hundreds of homes burned and gunfire rang out as sectarian violence raged for a fifth day between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar on Thursday, testing the country's nascent democracy. Security forces struggled to stem Myanmar's worst communal unrest since clashes in June killed more than 80 people and displaced at least 75,000. The latest violence has spread over