The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Photo  Nayapara check point KPN News September 03, 2013 Teknaf , Bangladesh : An official Rohingya refugee boy of Nayapara camp was hit and killed by a speedy truck at Naitong Para (village) under the Teknaf police station on September 1, at about 3:00 pm, said Jubair from the camp who went to Teknaf with the victim. The dead body was identified as Sayed Hussain (11), son of Jamal Hussain of Nayapara official refugee camp which is being supervised by UNHCR and Bangladesh authorities since 1991-92. The victim Sayed Hussain accompanied by his friend Jubair were going to Teknaf for their purposes by an auto-rickshaw (CNG). But, on the way to Teknaf, it was suddenly hit by a truck from its back side and it turned turtle, Unexpectedly, Jubair was not injured, said Monir, a relative of the victim. He also said that the driver of auto-rickshaw got seriously injured but Hussain was dead on the spot. After the incident, Jubair immediately informed to victim’s family

To keep expenses at a minimum, a Rohingya man lives in a small room measuring about six tatami mats. Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun By Daisuke Tomita,  The Yomiuri Shimbun Myanmar Times September 03, 2013   Since the beginning of Myanmar's democratization in 2011, the nation has attracted investment from all over the world and has been dubbed "the last Asian frontier." In April, Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the nation's largest opposition party, visited Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned the favor the following month to promote deepening bilateral ties. It was the first visit to Myanmar by a Japanese prime minister in 36 years. Under oppressive military rule, more than 3,000 people are estimated to have fled Myanmar to seek refuge in Japan. While some were able to temporarily return home, about 200 have been deprived of their nationality and forced to live a rootless life. These people are known as the Rohingya. The Rohingya are a minorit

Dr. Maung Zarni Kyoto Review  September 02, 2013 Maung Zarni, a research fellow at the London School of Economics, argues that the best way to look at the current changes in Myanmar is through his “Three Insecurity Paradigms”, namely, national security, global security and human security. Zarni denounces the Thein Sein reforms as crude responses to the regime’s own needs and to the expectation of the world, with little account for the security of ordinary Myanmar people. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia . Issue 14 (September 2013). Myanmar A “Three Insecurities Perspective” for the Changing Myanmar. Changes in Myanmar over the past three years have indeed been dizzying. A cursory look at the turn of events since 201 in will persuade any doubters of the genuineness of the country’s transition. The question, however, is where it is transitioning to and how best to understand the transition? After their visits to Myanmar, Thomas Carothers and Larry Diamond, two of the world’s