The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Pauktaw, Arakan State: Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) accompanied by local Rakhines are collecting data of Rohingya villagers of Pauktaw Township today in the morning, according to a businessman from Pauktaw. “They are collecting data of three villages—Don village, Zawzi village and Kara Gyi village of Pauktaw Township who have been taking shelter in Nachan village after the clashes between Rakhine and Rohingya. These three villages were totally burned down by Rakhine mobs during the violence. The host village Nachan was also burnt down by Rakhine mobs, but left some houses from burning. “

Muslim women at a refugee camp in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, last month, where deadly ethnic violence has flared between members of the Rohingya, who are mostly Muslim, and Buddhists. BANGKOK — Feminists, like business people, are sensing opportunity amid the recent political liberalization in Myanmar. Independent women’s groups are already ‘‘very active’’ there, said John Hendra, an assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, speaking in a telephone interview shortly after he visited the country in October.

VIENTIANE—In a meeting with President Thein Sein on Tuesday at the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Summit in Laos, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague urged “all political parties in Burma to do what they can to end the violence and address the issue of Rohingya citizenship.”   Hague and Thein Sein are attending the ninth ASEM summit in the Laotian capital, along with leaders of European and Asian countries. Thein Sein would not comment on the summit when asked by The Irrawaddy while leaving a lunchtime meeting on Tuesday.

Indonesia's foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa (pictured in July). (AFP/Pool/File - Na Son Nguyen) Deadly sectarian violence rocking western Myanmar is "an issue of concern" for the whole of Southeast Asia, Indonesia's foreign minister said on Monday. Dozens of people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced by clashes between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims since June, casting a shadow over a string of widely praised political reforms.