The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Source QUE:  February 07, 2013 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today that tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim minority are victims of a humanitarian emergency in Burma (Myanmar) for lack of healthcare in Rakhine state. Photo:  A group of Indonesian Muslim protesters raise their arms and shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with the Rohingya Muslim minority against the front door of the Burmese Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. EFE / Archive Four months after recent sectarian clashes between Rohingya and Buddhist in the east of the country, MSF called on the authorities to end isolation in the camps and threats against workers of the NGO. "Thousands have lost their homes and are living in precarious camps without  health  care, running water or basic needs. According to official estimates, the vast majority of the displaced are from the Muslim minority, known as Rohingyas," said MSF in a statement. The rape and murder of a  female  Buddh

Source Reuters: February 07, 2013 (Reuters) - Nearly 6,000 Rohingya Muslims have arrived in Thailand since October, when sectarian violence flared in Myanmar's western Rakhine state and displaced tens of thousands of people, a top Thai security agency said on Thursday Entire communities of Rohingyas are languishing in makeshift camps inMyanmar, without access to healthcare or clean water, according to the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) aid group, while Thailand has promised humane treatment for the 5,899 who have arrived on its shores. "Those detained will continue to be treated as illegal and given only basic care in line with humanitarian practices," said Dittaporn Sasamit, a spokesman for Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC). "The Foreign Ministry is negotiating with other countries to take them on and is seeking (Myanmar) citizenship papers for them so they can move on," he said. Myanmar's reformist g