The Stateless Rohingya Blog

In each and every single City of Arakan (Burma), Nasaka(Border Guards), Riot Police and Rakhine Extremists are Continuously threatening Rohingya inhumanely. Extremists Rakhine and Authority. Photo 2012   Mohamed Farooq Mayupress: April 22, 2013   On April 17, 2013, police had detained more than forty Rohingya; teenagers, youths and adults from Kyeinn Chaung (Bollibazar) and Aung Sit Pyan, are the tracks of Maungdaw district, Arakan. During raining days and nights in Arakan, Buddhist Rakhine boys and old men as groupings and individually spread  everywhere towards searching frogs from the farm fields and Rohingya villages’ houses compounds having a light torch,   long steel sharpen rods and containers. The heavy rain and extreme blowing occurred on the night of 16 April 13. Traditionally, the Rakhine went out to hunting frogs to the areas of Rohingyas’ vegetable farms and houses’ fences. Some Rohingya men were watching their respective vegetables farms at night in

By  SHIBANI MAHTANI European Union foreign ministers were expected permanently to end sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, recognizing the country's transition from military dictatorship to a civilian rule that has released thousands of political prisoners, improved freedom of expression and made efforts to maintain peace with armed ethnic minority groups. Though the EU planned to leave an arms embargo in place for one more year, ending other sanctions would highlight strengthening international support for the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation, despite allegations from human-rights groups that authorities are failing to stem abuses against minorities, particularly Rohingya Muslims who have been driven from their homes by tens of thousands of extremists from the Buddhist majority. EU ministers were expected unanimously to endorse the removal of sanctions late Monday at a meeting in Luxembourg. The arms embargo would be reviewed after another year. Ambassadors from EU

quotBuddhist Bin Ladenquot Creating Division in Myanmar Policymic: April 22, 2013 Every religion has extremists. Buddhism isn’t an exception, as a 45-year-old Burmese Monk dubbed as the “Buddhist Bin Laden” is flaming social tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar by advocating for violence against Rohingyas. In doing so, Wirathu is invoking the call for a Burmese Buddhist national identity while gaining popularity in the country to help his own rise as a significant influence in Myanmar’s politics. Wirathu is a 45-year-old Buddhist monk who has used  social media channels  to convey his hate-filled messages. The West’s conventional image of Buddhist followers is one of a religion of peace, yet many are shocked that in a region that has often been called one of the most peaceful in the world, there is an emergence of such hate induced actions caused by his speech. Wirathu was born near Mandalay, and in 2001, created a national campaign to bo

A Rohingya family at the "unregistered" IDP site known as Ohn Taw Gyi,or the "coconut garden,” prepares locally gathered plants to eat. They are facing food shortages because the government does not permit humanitarian agencies to deliver aid to thousands of displaced who is not registered in official IDP sites. © 2012 Steven Sanford Al Jazeera: April 22, 2013 Rights group says Myanmar's minority Muslim group has been subjected to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed against Myanmar's ethnic Rohingya people, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based nongovernmental organisation. According to the report released on Monday, entitled All You Can Do is Pray, more than 125,000 ethnic Rohingya have been forcibly displaced since two waves of violence in May and October 2012. Satellite images show almost 5,000 structures

Ethnic Arakanese with weapons walking away from a village in flames while a soldier stands by. Arakan State, Burma, June 2012 Human Rights Watch April 22, 2013 Unpunished Crimes Against Humanity, Humanitarian Crisis in Arakan State Bangkok –  Burmese  authorities and members of Arakanese groups have committed crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State since June 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The 153-page report,  “‘All You Can Do is Pray’: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State,”  describes the role of the Burmese government and local authorities in the forcible displacement of more than 125,000 Rohingya and other Muslims and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Burmese officials, community leaders, and Buddhist monks organized and encouraged ethnic Arakanese backed by state security forces to conduct coordinated attacks on Musli