The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By Burma Times September 27, 2013    BurmaTimes   (edited by Ibrahim Shah ) Dr. Maung Zarni,an exile, commentator, critic and expert on the political affairs of Myanmar. His research interests include the political economy of violence, international development and conflict, as well as democratic transitions in Asia. He is Visiting Fellow (2011-2013) at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.   Zarni spoke with PRAXIS on February 28, 2012 while he was attending a  World Peace Foundation   seminar on advocacy and human rights. PRAXIS : What do you think are the greatest prospects and greatest challenges facing Myanmar – both socially and economically – as it emerges from the last six decades of direct military rule and global isolationism? Zarni : On the future of Burma: No one is in a position to figure it out exactly. It’s n

KPN News September 27, 2013   Maungdaw, Arakan State: Nwahyon Taung village admin officer –Thein Maung and Ye Maung Thein- a Land survey officer of Maungdaw had been extorting money from villagers since last August with fake promise to register their land, said a member of village admin office.  The village admin officer –Thein Maung –was recently appointed by authority policy to control Rohingya village with Rkhine community in administration section, the member said. The village admin officer with land survey officer warned the villagers to change their name from old owner – father who died – or it will seize by authority as the owner wad died, said a villager who gave money to change the name from his late father to his name. The village admin officer and land survey officer asked to pay kyats 20,000 per acre where they had received 660,000 kyats for 33 acres. But, still, the villagers didn’t received any document which was transfer from the name of his late father

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) addresses a ministerial meeting of his Group of Friends on Myanmar. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe By UN News Centre 26 September 2013 – Commending Myanmar for its remarkable progress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that the South-east Asian country must continue its democratic transition and overcome the inter-communal violence that is threatening it. “Myanmar continues a journey towards a more open and broad-based democracy. Its robust civil society will play an increasingly crucial role as a bridge between government and citizens, in the process strengthening accountability, transparency and participation,” Mr. Ban told a ministerial meeting of his Group of Friends on Myanmar, which met on the margins of the 68th General Assembly in New York. Mr. Ban praised President Thein Sein’s commitment to bring the country towards peace, democracy and an open market, as well as the recent release of various political prisoners. How

New WASH concerns as the dry season approaches (Photo: David Swanson/IRIN) By IRIN News September 26, 2013 YANGON - Aid workers are calling for stronger interventions to expand access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in western Rakhine State, where sectarian violence more than a year ago has left close to 200,000 people in need. “WASH activities need to be scaled up and dramatically improved by all aid agencies and government partners working in Rakhine,” Vickie Hawkins, deputy country director for the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Myanmar, told IRIN, describing current standards and coverage as “very uneven”. “WASH is a critical issue for Rakhine because of the health implications it can have for the whole community,” said Bertrand Bainvel, country representative for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the cluster lead for WASH. “We’ve made progress, but sustaining and expanding it requires a lot of work.” According to the UN Office for the Coord

Boat carrying about 200 Rohingya Muslims has capsizes off western Burma BurmaTimes September 26, 2013 BurmaTimes (Ibrahim Shah) According to the history, it is evident that the Rohingya ethnic minority of Arakan, western Burma inhabit there since even before the first invasion of Burmese intruder in 1044 AD. The Burmese imperialists have been perpetuating crimes against Humanity or Rohingya imposing discriminatory territorial Acts perpetually since 1978. The Burmese Hitlerite generals massacred Rohingya in reiteration by “hidden genocide”–discrimination, incrimination, land confiscation, change demographics resettling eastern untamed Buddhists whose profession is only robbery and theft. The most horrible Military operations against Rohingya are in — 1977-78, 1990-92. Due to miscarriage of various previous Hidden genocide methods, the Burmese notorious successive generals imposed horrible fresh territorial Acts .The long massacre by marriage restriction since 1