The Stateless Rohingya Blog

KUALA LUMPUR—When Hussein Juhar, a Rohingya Muslim from Burma’s western Arakan (Rakhine) State, saw the crew of the boat that would smuggle him to Malaysia, he knew he was in trouble. The six men, all armed, were ethnic Arakanese—the very people he was fleeing from. The 30-year-old decided to leave in mid-October after security forces raided his home during sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslim Rohingyas that left around 100 dead and 100,000 displaced.

                                             Buthidaung ,Madarasa Gate According to conversation over telephone with reliable sources from Maungdaw Town, it is learnt that on 24 th  November, 2012  an inquiry committee comprising members of police, Nasaka, immigration and Rakhine leaders  invited Muslim(Rohingya) Mosques Imams by luring that the have to discuss on the subject of reopening Mosques. 

Maungdaw, Arakan State :  An inquiry committee comprising members of police, Nasaka, Immigration and some Rakhine leaders called Rohingya Imams (religious leaders) of mosques and villager administration officers from Myoma Khayoungdan village to discuss about mosques opening program where the authority yook signature of the member on November 26, according to a Maulana from the locality who denied to be named.

Sittwe, Myanmar (CNN) -- It's been three years since I reported on the plight of the Rohingya Muslim people of western Myanmar and neighboring Bangladesh. We called our documentary "A Forgotten People," and it looked at appalling incidents where boatloads of refugees fleeing poverty and persecution arrived in Thailand only to be towed back out to sea and abandoned by the Thai security forces. Hundreds died or went missing.

                                 This post come from Daniel Sullivan on behalf of United to End Genocide.  Despite ongoing grave abuses against ethnic groups, last week President Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Burma. While important reforms have begun in Burma, a presidential visit was a reward too far and sends the wrong message.  U.S. policy of lifting economic pressure and restoration of full diplomatic relations with the government of Burma following some economic and political reforms has failed to bring any relief to those lacking humanitarian aid in Kachin state or to prevent further violence and abuses against other ethnic groups, particularly recently against the Rohingya.