The Stateless Rohingya Blog

KPN News: June 18, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State: There is no security in Rohingya’s properties whether it is moveable or unmovable, in Arakan state. Three cows were picked up by Natala villagers and handed over to their boss Nasaka of Maungdaw south, said a local trader on condition of anonymity. “The cows were picked up by the Natala villagers of Sommona village from the field on June 15, while grazing nearby forest.” Natala villagers frequently picked up the cows of Rohingyas with the help of local Nasaka and extort money. The Natala villagers are being used as pawns by local Nasaka to harass the local Rohingya people in many ways, said a local elder preferring not to be named. Regarding the crimes committed by Natala villagers, the local Rohingya people complained to the concerned local Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) authority, but the Nasaka did not take any action against the Natala villagers. Let them free hand to commit crimes against the Roh

A Rohingya family has a meager meal at an unofficial camp sin Sittwe Township. (Photo: Jpaing / The Irrawaddy) Image 15 of 15 Report from UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar Reliefweb (Yangon, 17 June 2013) One year on from inter-communal clashes in Rakhine State, 140,000 people remain displaced, with little hope of their lives returning to normal. Outbreaks of inter-communal violence in Rakhine State in June and October 2012 caused the death of 167 people, destroyed over 10,000 buildings and led to a loss of livelihoods and infrastructure across the state. The onset of violence triggered a multi-sector humanitarian response, with food, health, sanitation, shelter and other lifesaving relief to people in need. Humanitarian assistance has improved the temporary situation of the communities displaced. Food is distributed on a monthly basis to those in need, with nearly 2,200 metric tonnes provided in May alone. Some 3,000 latrines are now funct

Increased patrolling in the border areas of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar to avert influx of Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar. Photo- Banglanews24.com KPN News: June 18, 2013 Teknaf, Bangladesh: Two bodies were recovered from river bank under Sabrong union of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar, 0n June 16, according to BGB officials. The 42 Battalion, Commanding officer of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) from Teknaf, Lt Col Jahid Hossain said a small wooden boat with 28 Malaysia-bound job-seekers - Rohingyas and Bengalis- was drowned in the Bay of Bengal near Katabonia beach of Teknaf upazila at about 2:00am, on June 16. Twenty-six persons could reach the coast by swimming, and the bodies of the rest two females were recovered in the afternoon. A woman body was recovered from the Bay of Bengal nearby Mondar Dill under Saprang union, said Lt Mamon, Teknaf coast guard.  Local people saw two dead bodies on the Katabonia and Moheskhalia Para beach on June

Internally displaced Rohingya boys shiver in rain in a makeshift camp for Rohingya people in Sittwe, Burma, May 14, 2013. VOA News June 18, 2013 The United Nations is urging Burma to address the citizenship status and other long-term needs of minority Rohingya Muslims, tens of thousands of whom remain in refugee camps following communal violence. The U.N. humanitarian relief agency said Tuesday 140,000 people remain displaced in Burma's western Rakhine state, a year after the Buddhist-Muslim clashes killed about 200 people and left much of the region racially and religiously segregated. The report said increased humanitarian aid has addressed the immediate needs of the displaced communities. It said food is now distributed regularly to those in need, about 3,000 latrines are functioning, and temporary shelter for over 71,000 people has been built. But the agency cautioned that such measures are only temporary, warning that root causes of the tensions must

Sky News   June 16, 2013 Burma's transition to democracy has been threatened by serious ethnic violence between Buddhists and Muslims. Hundreds of Muslim families have taken shelter in a heavily guarded Buddhist monastery after two days of violence in the northern Burma city of Lashio. About 1,200 Muslims were taken to Mansu Monastery after Buddhist mobs attacked and burned Muslim homes. The unrest in Lashio, a city about 700 km (430 miles) from Burma's commercial capital of Rangoon, shows how far anti-Muslim violence has spread in the Buddhist-dominated country as it emerges from decades of hardline military rule. One man was killed and five people wounded in Wednesday's clashes, authorities said.