The Stateless Rohingya Blog

                                          Anti-Rohingya rally kutupalong,Ukhiya photo 2010 Teknaf, Bangladesh: A group of locals including Member Mohamed Ali of Upazila Phorishat (UP) – village admin member- are protesting against the INGOs who are working in the Nayapara camp, said a schoolteacher from the Nayapara camp. “ They protested against the INGOs because some local staffs were expelled from their jobs from INGOs on January 8. But, INGOs are trying to recruit some refugees to replace against the local posts.”

Former Asean Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan on Phuket last yearPhoto by phuketwan.com/file By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian Thursday, January 10, 2013   PHUKET: Indonesia is interceding in Burma as the Asean partners desperately try to stem international damage from years of Asean subterfuge and inaction on the Rohingya issue. Dr Surin Pitsuwan, who has just retired after five years as Secretary General of the 10-nation group, told   Phuketwan  today that human rights in Burma was an issue that had to be addressed.

Children being treated today inside the people smugglers' campPhoto by Metee Mooktaree By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison Thursday, January 10, 2013 PHUKET: Thai authorities raided a secret transit camp for Rohingya on the border with Malaysia today, apprehending 366 men, women and children and seven alleged people traffickers.  Sixty-two of those being held were aged under 15 with three babies less than a year old, and 11 women, local police said.