The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By Nurul Islam  Salem-News.com December 23, 2013 In 2012, two eruptions of violence between Rohingyas and majority Buddhists in Rakhine State in western Myanmar killed at least 192 people and made 140,000 homeless. Rakhine Buddhists intent on eliminating Muslims are actually wearing the swastika in public (DHAKA, Bangladesh) - The Rohingya Muslim population is mostly concentrated in the three northern townships: Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung. The Rohingyas speak a Bengali dialect. They suffer from several forms of restrictions and human rights violations. The vast majority of them have effectively been denied Myanmar citizenship. The word ‘Rohingya’, it is claimed, was first suggested by Abdul Gaffar, an MP from Buthidaung, in his article ‘The Sudeten Muslims". Buddhist displays message of hate In 1978 the Burmese junta created a situation for the Arakanese Muslims that forced them leave their country for safety elsewhere. According to

By  KPN Teknaf, Bangladesh:  Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 48-Rohingya and pushed back to Burma on December 18, said, Hakim, local from Teknaf border town. “They were arrested from the entry points of Teknaf border town on that day, at about 7:00 pm by BGB while they were entering Bangladesh by illegal way.” A BGB  group of Nilla out-post camp conducted a drive in border area and arrested 48- Rohingya on Wednesday night along with 8 children, 27 males and 18 females who came to Bangladesh crossing the border by a row boat, according to BGB sources. The BGB sources also said that they all belonged to Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, Burma. However, they were sent back to Burma on that night by BGB later, said our correspondent. When asked one of the arrestees, he said, “They are trying to cross Burma-Bangladesh border to take refuge in Bangladesh as they are facing—many difficulties, such as---arbitrary arrest and extortion, restriction of movement, and have no