The Stateless Rohingya Blog

 The News International   June 12, 2013 JAMAAT-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan has strongly condemned the criminal silence of the United Nations, other world bodies and international media on the genocide of Myanmar Muslim minority and said these institutions were only watching the interests of non-Muslims and aggressive powers. In a statement on Tuesday, he called upon the Muslim world and the UN to convene an urgent meeting of Security Council to save Myanmar Muslims from extinction. He also called for an emergency meeting of OIC to take up the issue and warn Myanmar rulers of strong reaction if it did not give up its unholy designs against its Muslim minority. Munawar Hasan appealed to the nation to express solidarity with oppressed Myanmar Muslims by joining JI protest on Friday, June 14. JI Ameer said tens of thousands of Myanmar Muslims had been murdered inside their homes and mosques during the last several months but the champions of human rights have shut t

Parts of Lashio, such as this market, were destroyed in the unrest BBC News June 12, 2013 A Burmese Muslim man has been sentenced to 26 years in jail for an attack on a Buddhist woman that led to at least two days of violence in Shan State in May. Nay Win, 48, was convicted for setting the woman alight at a petrol station. After the attack, Buddhist youths armed with sticks roamed the streets in the town of Lashio in search of Muslims. In recent months there have been several clashes between the two communities throughout Burma, but so far only Muslims have been jailed. In March, at least 43 people - mostly Muslims - died in violence that erupted after an argument at a Muslim-owned shop in the central town of Meiktila. The owner of the shop and nine other people, also Muslims, were imprisoned last month for that violence. Ethnic violence in Rakhine state last year left nearly 200 people dead and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes.

A Rohingya family have a meager meal in a camp for displaced Muslim families. (Photo: Jpaing / The Irrawaddy) By PAUL VRIEZE  Irrawaddy News: June  12, 2013 RANGOON — The UN human rights rapporteur for Burma Tomás Ojea Quintana has condemned a shooting incident that killed three Rohingya women in Arakan State last week, calling it a “shocking example” of how government securityforces continue to mistreat the Muslim minority “with complete impunity.” On June 4, local authorities ordered a group of Rohingyas living in makeshift homes in Parein Village, Mrauk-U Township, to leave their village and relocate to another site. When they protested against the order police opened fire on the villagers, killing three women, and injuring five villagers “The fatal shooting last week of three Rohingya women participating in a peaceful protest in [Arakan] State is the latest shocking example of how law enforcement officials operate with complete impunity there,” Quintana said

The Daily Star July 11, 2013 Repatriation of Rohingya refugees, among other matters, will dominate the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) scheduled for June 14 in Naypyidaw, capital of Myanmar. Security, trade and investment, cooperation between the countries’ border guards, connectivity and import of gas and electricity will also be discussed. Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque, who leaves for Myanmar tonight, will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the 7th FOC, foreign secretary level annual meeting, between Bangladesh and Myanmar. Foreign ministry sources said discussions will cover the entire range of bilateral issues between the two neighbours, which include resolving all pending issues, pending visit of the Myanmar president to Bangladesh, direct road link and direct air services and coastal shipping line, cooperation in energy sector and curbing of border smuggling. Among pending issues, early activation of joint commission and joint trade commission, c