The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Burma's President Thein Sein speaks at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh. (Photo: Myo Thant/Mizzima) Burma’s President Thein Sein told reporters on Wednesday that the government will pursue a four-point plan aimed at resolving the bitter divisions between Muslim and Buddhist communities in Rakhine State. He said the plan will involve changing people’s prejudices, promoting education, creating jobs—and introducing a program of birth control.

A Muslim woman holds a baby at a refugee camp for people displaced by violence earlier this year outside Sittwe, western Myanmar, Oct. 30, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun BANGKOK (AlertNet) - The United Nations has asked for  $41 million  to respond urgently to the needs of more than 115,000 people displaced by communal violence in western Myanmar. The plan , revised from an earlier appeal launched in July, requests a total of $68 million to provide humanitarian aid up to June next year. So far, donors have contributed $27 million.

Buddhist monks hold a banner as they protest against the opening of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) offices in Myanmar, in front of the city hall in Yangon. -Reuters Photo Reforms in Burma have revealed a sectarian divide between Buddhists and ethnic Muslims whose villages are being destroyed in brutal clashes with echoes of similar clashes in the Balkans, parts of Africa and Northern Ireland.   The Muslim Rohingya minority are being targeted by Burmese Buddhists and driven from their villages in their thousands. Their plight was highlighted during his recent visit by the US

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh:  Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested Rohingya people continuously and pushing back Rohingyas to Burma who are trying to take shelter along Burma-Bangladesh border areas illegally, said a reliable source from Teknaf.  “BGB arrests them in different areas of border after being conducted operation.”