The Stateless Rohingya Blog

A dead body of Rohingya found in Naf River Bank KPN News: August 19, 2013 Teknaf, Bangladesh: Rohingya dead bodies were found by the police of Teknaf , near Dumdum Meah on August 18, said an officer from Teknaf police. 30 Rohingyas who crossed the Naf River with small row boat which capsized and sank in the River on August 16 and dead bodies were found after capsized the boat till now, the officer said. “Three dead bodies have been rescued by the Teknaf police since capsizing the rowboat on August 16.” They dead bodies were sent to Cox’s Bazar government hospital for autopsy, said an aide of police. According to sources, many victims of Rohingya have been missing in Naff river after boat sank. The boat capsized because of over loaded and it was also got heavy rain during crossing the Naff River. They were illegally crossing the river to Burma from Bangladesh at night through the entry point of Zadimora under the Teknaf police station, said Mohamed Hasso

  Tomas Ojea Quintana (C), United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation, walks with Rohingya Muslims as he visits Aung Mingalar in Sittwe, Burma, August 13, 2013. By   The Myanmar Times August 18, 2013 Tomas Quintana, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, makes headlines whenever he visits Myanmar. This is not surprising. He is outspoken – too outspoken for many, as he often draws attention to uncomfortable truths. But many who have met Mr Quintana, including staff at The Myanmar Times when he visited our office in February, have found him to be sincere in his desire to report on and improve the human rights situation in Myanmar. He has campaigned on many important issues, including political prisoners and the culture of impunity in the military. Anyone who disagrees with his observations should have the right to express their views, through a peaceful protest, Facebook post or opinion article. Reasoned and ration

A checkpoint leads into the Aung Mingalar sector of Sittwe. Photograph: Tom Farrell Buddhist extremists are stirring up hatred of Rohingya and other Muslims in a display of racism that is part of a political agenda By   Tom Farrell The Irish Times August 19, 2013 Just beyond the administrative buildings in Sittwe, capital of the state of Rakhine (Arakan) in northwestern Burma, a checkpoint halts all unauthorised travel into the town’s last Muslim quarter. The police sit around looking listless in the tropical heat. A few hundred metres beyond is Aung Mingalar, into which about 7,000 mostly Rohingya Muslims were confined following last year’s violence. In June and October last year, vicious clashes between Muslims and Buddhists convulsed Rakhine. Buddhists, who form the majority, targeted the Rohingya, a much despised minority. They were divested of their citizenship in 1982 and have so far seen few benefits during the rapid liberalisation after March 2011 when