The Stateless Rohingya Blog

President Thein Sein (R) meets with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in Oslo on 26 February 2013. (Reuters) DVB News: March 01, 2013 The Norwegian government has been criticised for failing to pressure the Burmese government on the statelessness of the Rohingya minority during a landmark visit by President Thein Sein to the Scandinavian country this week. Activists say they are disappointed that the government failed to press Thein Sein on citizenship rights for the Muslim minority in western Burma, who are considered one the world’s most persecuted peoples by the UN. “Norway has performed a shocking u-turn from being one of the countries which did the most to support Burma’s democracy movement to one which now won’t even speak up for the most vulnerable and desperate people in Burma,” Mark Farmaner from Burma Campaign UK told DVB. It follows news that both the Norwegian prime minister and foreign minister have explicitly declared the issue of Roh

Mayu Press: March 01, 2013  By Mohamed Farooq The Burma Border security force (Nasaka) from checkpoint of Saheb Bazar (Tamanta) under Nasaka Sector  No: 02 caught up Noor Ahmed (42) son of Sultan Ahmed in Sathkinna Para (Thakhainya), northern Maungdaw on last 26 th  February night. He committed no illegal activities and actions which will make him to arrest. Nasaka hurt his body severely which cause physical pains and injured. He was accused involvement to a three-year past case of killing a Hlun Tin who raped an adolescent Rohingya girl till to death. They keep his two legs in the lockers and torturing still today. Nasaka charge him one million kyat to be free from the custody. He has no capability to manage that huge amount of money. His relatives try to sell his 1.5 acres land properties, not worthy to get one million kyat but no body is willing to buy any property at misery guts. They also arrested two other persons with same censure and released them with extort

Burmese President Thein Sein, left, meets with Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in Oslo on Feb. 26, 2013. (Photo: Reuters) The Irrawaddy February 28, 2013 Burmese President Thein Sein met with members of Norway’s Burmese community on Wednesday, urging them to return to their native country, while also expressing gratitude to his hosts for supporting his reform efforts. “The reason I chose Norway to be my first stop is because Norway has helped our people and country in terms of education, health care and support for environmental conservation,” he said during his five-minute speech. He also thanked the Norwegian government for clearing Burma of the 3 billion Norwegian krone (US $527 million) debt that it owes the oil-rich Scandinavian country. After decades of isolation, Burma can now begin to rebuild itself with low-interest loans from multilateral lenders such as the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank, thanks to Norway and other countrie

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Two Rohingyas were brutally killed by a group of Natala villager on February 26, said an elder from the village. Mohamed Sayed (43), son of Amir Hamza and Mohamed Rashid (32) son of Lalu Meah, hailed from Nurullah Para (village tract) of Maungdaw south, were killed by Natala villager – Rakhine – armed by authority for their security. The authority – Township administration officer, U Kyi San and District administration officer, U Aung Myint Soe – had ordered to security force to train up with arms and given arms to them for their security after June 8, conflict Rakhine and Rohingya. Six Rohingya from Nurullah village went to forest to collect fire woods and to catch fish in mountain stream on February 26, according to a closed relative of victim. A group of Natala –Rakhine – villagers went to the forest where Rohingya were fishing in the stream and fired on them which made two dead and four escape from the spot. But, some said the shootin