The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Policemen stand guard in front of the Islamic school after a fire broke out at the school in downtown Yangon early April 2, 1013. —  Photo  by AFP Mayu Press: April 2, 2013 On 2th April 2013, around 2.45 AM, Swardikiyah Islamic religious school was set on fire, and 13 school children were burnt alive in 48th Street of Botataung Township, Yangon. There was more than one hundred students across the country of different regions study and memorize the Holy Qur’an. For unavoidable circumstances, the school was temporarily closed regular study but there were remained staying about 70 students only, and when the fire broke out, 55 of them could escape from fire.  Unfortunately, 13 students who were under thirteen years old burnt alive in fire. This was reported that the fire was claimed to be arson. Fire comes out from the shoe-cabinet first. When the students ran out on knowing the fire had broken out, they slipped on the staircase as it was wet with the petr

This image and all images included in this article are by Zoriah. (Zoriah.net) Palestine Chronicle: April 1, 2013 By Zoriah – Zoriah.net Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are sad place to be in. People are stuck in impossible situations, having fled their homes and their lives only to end up in one of the worlds most impoverished and over populated countries.  They live in camps where they are not allowed to work and have few options, few resources and little hope. Getting access to photograph the Rohingya refugee camps in is nearly impossible. The government is not interested in the Rohingya’s stories being told and does not give access to journalists. As a photojournalist I have seen a lot of things others would never even want to imagine.  Oddly enough what really gets to me, what gives me nightmares more than anything else, are situations in which people are trapped and have no options.  I had nightmares for years after my first trip to Ga

Daily NewsEgypt: April 02, 2013 Foreign Ministry calls on Myanmar government to enforce rule of law Egypt has condemned ongoing violence against Muslims in the Southeast Asian state of Myanmar. The ministry released a statement on Monday expressing “concern over these events, which encompass several new regions”. The statement warned that the violence is “turning into systematic targeting on sectarian and ethnic lines”. “Egypt invites them [the Myanmar government] to take strict and immediate measures against the instigators of the strife,” the statement said, calling on the government of Myanmar to enforce the rule of law to end the violence against “the lives and property of Muslim minorities in Myanmar”. Egypt called upon the Myanmar government to respond to a request for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s contact group to visit the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar “to develop an urgent plan to provide aid to the affected people”. The statement also describe