The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Maungdaw, Arakan State:   Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) personnel tried to attempt rape a Rohingya family on January 8, at Maungdaw north, a close relative of the victims who denied to be named for the cause of security reason. “On that day, at around 1:30 pm, a group of Nasaka, numbering in six with the collaboration of Village Administration officer and the head of 10 houses (Bseim Gaung in Burmese) entered the house of Abdu Salam (40), son of Ali Meah, hailed from Pawet Chaung village under the Nasaka area No.5 of Maungdaw Township.  Breaking the door, the Nasaka personnel and the collaborators entered the home, and tortured the whole family members including wife, sons and daughters discriminately without any provoking them.”

BANGKOK/LAIZA, Myanmar: Thailand arrested and pledged to deport more than 150 Myanmar Rohingya migrants discovered in a hidden camp near the country's southern border with Malaysia, police said yesterday. The 71 men and 85  women  and children were found on a rubber plantation in Songkhla Province, local police colonel Krisakorn Pleetanyawong said, four days after some 400 Rohingya were discovered in another raid in the province.

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested more than 100 Rohingyas from Bangladesh-Burma border since the first week of January 2013, said a local trader from Teknaf. “ BGB arrested more than 100-Rohingya from different areas of along the border after being conducted operation.”

                                                            Rathedaung Jetty  Rathedaung, Arakan State :  The Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) has been again collecting family lists and taking photographs of Rohingya people with digital computerized system in Rathedaung Township since January 10, said a school teacher from Rathedaung on condition of anonymity. “The concerned authorities did not write anything in the column of race in the form. They normally take the villagers’ data as before, so the villagers cooperate with the Nasaka.”

                         ERC Relief distribution in Kutupalong unregistered refugee camps. European Rohingya Council (ERC) is a Europe-Wide Rohingya Organization formed on 8th October 2012 in order to strive for the cause of Rohingya minority that is on the verge of extermination. Immediately two or three months after its formation, ERC made a history by sending its delegation on 24th December 2012 led by its Media and Information Secretary, Mohammed Ibrahim, to Bangladesh to acquire firsthand information on Rohingya Crises. Among the Rohingya organizations in exile (other than Bangladesh), ERC’s delegation was the first to pay a visit to the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh and distributed some relief goods to the most vulnerable Rohingyas languishing along in Bangladesh side of the border.

Last year, thousands of people risked boat journeys on the Bay of Bengal, including people fleeing violence in Myanmar, like these people. The photo is taken from UNHCR website. Star Online Report The UN refugee agency has expressed concern as Rohingyas are fleeing both Myanmar and Bangladesh in large numbers risking their lives on smugglers' boats in the Bay of Bengal following the recent violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Mounting frustration over lack of imminent solutions to the plight of Rohingyas is another reason for the exodus towards Southeast Asian countries, said a report of the UNHCR published on its website on January 11.

  A family that belongs to the ethnic Rohingya community from Myanmar gathered at a makeshift camp in New Delhi on May 14, 2012. Adnan Abidi/Reuters KOLKATA : Middle-aged  Azizur  Rehman had never heard of Jammu before. But his plight forced him to travel there for the survival of his offspring. Putting life at risk, Azizur headed for an unknown place, more than 3000 kilometres from his ancestral home in  Arakan . He could not reach his destination finally. Midway, Azizur was arrested and now behind the bars  for sneaking into India without valid documents. And he is not alone. In a fresh wave, hundreds of  Rohingyas have started marching towards India for survival.