The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Still from video shows Rohingya being forced to work on the Bangladesh-Burma border fence in 2010 (The Arakan Project) On 8th Dec 2012, Nasakas from sentry camp of Kyar Gaung Taung village tract are renovating a road between Yekey Chaung Kwarsone and Kyar Gaung Taung using Rohingyas, force labours including 32 under 18 year old boys from Kyaw Gaung Taung.

Source  The Indian Express: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid’s maiden visit to Myanmar is proving to be a subtle balancing act that seeks to deliver a clear message to the ruling military regime that regardless of the glowing welcome pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi got in New Delhi last month, India will press ahead with engaging Naypyitaw’s government of the day.

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, December 14 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has set up an 18 member Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. Spokesman Rizwan Sheikh and chairperson Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin held a press conference in the UN on Friday to talk about its work, in advance. Inner City Press began by thanking them, on behalf of the Free UN Coalition for Access or FUNCA, then asked about the Rohingya in Myanmar, and the Commission's budget. Video here, from Minute 18:40.