The Stateless Rohingya Blog

by   samsulsaid Posted on   January 31, 2013   Rohingya Muslim children, who live in Malaysia, are seen sleeping before waiting the evening class at a School of Rohingya in Kuala Lumpur January 31, 2013. According to Amnesty International, the Rohingya people have continued to suffer from human rights violations under the Burmese junta since 1978, and many have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. DPI/Samsul Said

The Nation: February 1, 2013  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Friday urged all involved countries to provide assistance to Rohingya refugees leaving Myanmar. UNHCR's senior regional public information officer, Vivian Tan, said the Rohingya people's journey out of their homeland was often full of risk and hundreds had died along the way. 

Human Rights Watch  February 1, 2013 (Bangkok) – Burma’s human rights situation remained poor in 2012, despite some noteworthy actions by the government to adopt rights-respecting reforms, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2013 released today. In its 665-page report, Human Rights Watch assessed progress on human rights during the past year in more than 90 countries, including an analysis of the aftermath of the Arab Spring.