The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Rohingya Muslims at a camp in Myanmar (file photo) By PressTV Junuary 19, 2014 Sectarian violence, which has gripped Myanmar since the summer of 2012, is back in full swing, leaving an untold number of Rohingya Muslims, including at least 30 children, dead in this latest flare up near Maungdaw. Once again, they are being targeted by Rakhine Buddhist extremists, who are operating with local Buddhist political leaders. Earlier this week, Rakhine mobs and security forces known in Myanmar as Lun Htein, entered the settlement of Kiladaung Village East. According to reports, Rohingya people in Kiladaung initially believed they were being besieged by robbers. As it turned out, the men entering the village were police who didn’t wear uniforms. People of the village at first sought to protect their property, but were forced to flee. Around 12:30 a.m. on 15 January 2014, a sizable force entered Kilagaung again and opened fire on the Rohingya villagers. Witnesses say many

Popular norm to be presented in Parliament gains support and signatures. It places constraints on unions between Buddhist women and men of other religions, which must have approval. Added to this the intention to deny the Muslim minority the right to vote and to form a political party. By Francis Khoo Thwe AsiaNews January 18, 2014 Yangon - A petition in support of a law that places strong constraints on mixed marriages, especially between Buddhist women and men of other faiths is gaining support. Launched by a group of Buddhist monks it is due to be presented to Parliament. A conference was recently held in Mandalay attended by thousands of monks who have - at the same time - re-proposed a law to restrict the rights of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority, who live mainly in Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The draft would greatly reduce their freedom to form a political party and increased restrictions on their right to vote. The meeting was held at the A Tu Tu Shi

Burma Times 19 January 2014 - On 16 th January 2014, at around 10:00 am, a delegation of European Rohingya Council met with high profile personalities— Mr. Maelbeck and Mr., Arts Loi of European Commission Europe Aid Development and Co-operation Directorate-General. As chief guest, Mr. Abul Kalam  ( Development and Welfare  secretary ERC) highlighted that since many decades, how  the Rohingya exodus have been  experiencing unprecedented distress created by Burmese quasi-civilian regime led by president Thein Sein shedding tears in foot-paths, in markets, in Mosques, in temples, in churches, in jungles, in boat — human trafficking, local thugs harass and government officials including security forces sexually assault the women and kidnap wherever they reached to find a place to live without life risk across the world, no country sympathize them as human beings adequately, Rohingya are imprisoned wherever they seek asylum despite every country has information about the persecuted v

By KPN News Junuary 18, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Police personnel from Maungdaw police station extorted one million kyat from a Rohingya family for not finding son-in-law in Gawdusara villager which is near Ducheeradan (Kila Dong) village –recently security forces and Rakhine destroyed- today morning, said Hla Min, a teacher  from Maungdaw. The police personnel who are stationed in Du Cheeradan village as security searched the house of Annis the son-in-law of former Military intelligence collaborator Shawbir, but they didn’t found Annis in his house of Gawdusara village, then the police went to the house of Shawbir  in Block #1 where the police again searched Annis , but the fail. After that police arrested Shawbir and his daughter –the wife of Annis- yesterday morning at about 6:00am, said Hla Min. The police didn’t give any information, why the police want the Annis , said Kalam , a relative of Annis. The police released Shawbir and his daughter today morn