The Stateless Rohingya Blog

A Bangladeshi Border Police officer speaks with Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence after they were  intercepted crossing the Naf River by the border authorities in Taknaf, Bangladesh. AP Photo/Anurup Titu Teknaf, Bangladesh: A boat loading with nearly 17 boat-people was sung in the Bay of Bengal today at around 4:00 am while ferrying these people to a big cargo boat, which was anchoring in the Bay of Bengal, according to a fisherman from Shapuri Dip. “After loading 17 people, the ferry boat was starting and going to the anchoring cargo boat to send the people, but half an hour, the boat was suddenly sinking in the Bay of Bengal. One man was killed and the rest 16 people were rescued by other fishing boats.”

BANGKOK - A leading international rights group today accused Myanmar security forces of supporting some of the brutal anti-Muslim violence last month that forced 35,000 people from torched homes. The allegations come one day before President Barack Obama visits after a year of unprecedented democratic reforms in the South-east Asian country. Human Rights Watch said soldiers in some parts of western Rakhine state also tried to stop Buddhist attacks and protect Muslim civilians, known as Rohingya. But the group said the

Buthidaung, Arakan State:  A group of Rakhine had poured poison in ponds, lakes, canals and tube walls at Oo Hla Pay, Saidaung and surrounded villages in Buthidaung on November 17 at night, according to village admin officials.“A group of Rakhine had come to our village at night around 8:00pm for searching frog and toad when the village admin official asked them. But, the village admin official suspected their behavior and the official were alert on the night.”

Nay Pyi Taw, 20 Nov,President U Thein Sein of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar met Indonesian President Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at Call Room on the 4th floor of Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this morning. In his speech, the Indonesian President said that he acknowledged Myanmar’s success of democratic reforms. And Indonesia would continue to support it. Indonesia would send Indonesian economic delegation comprised of state- and private-owned entre-preneurs to

By Ali Zohar (Shamim)  Kutupalong Rohingya  Refugee Camp in  Bangladesh. We the Rohingya people whose citizenship are stripped by Burmese authorities in 1982 and imposed the various restrictions on us. We the Rohingya people who have no right to nationality and access to education.  We the Rohingya people who have no Right to perform religion and celebrate the culture. We the Rohingya people who have no right to political opinion; to marriage and freedom of movement.

GENEVA (20 November 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, welcomed today the latest commitments from the Government of Myanmar on human rights as significant steps forward in the ongoing reform process, and encouraged the authorities to focus now on their prompt implementation. These pledges announced by the Government on 18 November include the resumption of prison visits for the International Committee of the Red

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 21, 2012) : The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is in the midst of arranging a visit to Myanmar for discussion on ways to resolve the crisis faced by minority Rohingya Muslims. According to OIC, the visit will be led by Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and a number of foreign ministers from the member states. The ministers will assess the humanitarian needs of those affected by the violence in the Rakhine state, and also coordinate with the Myanmar authorities to develop a plan for it, it said in a statement.