The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Dr. Habib Siddiqui January 20, 2014 At the Milwaukee International Conference last year it was noted with great concern that what was going on in the Arakan State was nothing short of genocide. The current events in Myanmar again confirm our fear. In a recently published article, journalist Dr. Ismail Salami of Press TV demonstrated how the 8-stages of genocide, first coined by Dr. Greg Stanton, are in play when it comes to the Rohingya people. He writes [extra phrases or sentences within the parentheses are mine]: 1) Classification: People are classified into “us” and “other”, the first stage towards sociocide and colonization. In Myanmar, Muslims are seen as the ‘other’ and therefore inferior. 2) Symbolizations: People are given names or symbols in order that others may tell them apart. This stage is not, per se, dangerous unless it turns into dehumanization. [The Rohingya people are called ‘Kala’ people, or Chittagonians or Bengalis - to symbolize that they are

By KPN News Junuary 21, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State : The government is trying to wipe out evidence of killing of Rohingya people and looting their properties from Kila Dong village of Maungdaw Township, Dawlai ( not real name) from the locality.  Since 14 January, Rohingya villagers including men, women and children have been killing by security forces (police, Hluntin and army) and Rakhine extremists. The dead bodies are being moved to the eastern side of the village nearby Rakhine village to conceal the dead bodies, according to a villager Abu (not real name).  However, the exact figure of dead bodies is not known to public because of villagers or UN concerned body was not allowed to oversee the situation. But many villagers of Kilai Dong village and the neighboring villagers estimated that nearly (400) people---mostly women, children--- have been killed and missing by shooting of security forces and by killing of local Rakhines.  Some of the Rakine villagers of Ti

January 21, 2014, I just received a call from Maungdaw: The present situation in Kilaidaung, Arakan, Myanmar is very serious that the township head called the Buddhist villagers and forces this morning and told them to do more violences against muslims. "We do not care about UN, US and OIC because this is our country we can do whatever we want", said the Township Officer. So,Monks and security polices with guns and weapons are still seized the village, so nobody is allowed to enter the villages nor come out except Buddhists to loot the properties and rape female of muslims. Some alive people of that village are estimated that at least 200 hundreds muslims people of that village have murdered by Buddhists and polices. According to previous record the Kilaidaung village was very rich, but presently the whole village is totally destroyed by Myanmar government forces and Buddhists. This types of mass massacre are daily happening in Myanmar where Muslims live because the governme

Many Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar are still displaced after ethnic clashes drove them from their homes. Al Jazeera Andrew Stanbridge January  20,  2014  Sittwe, Myanmar -  A year and a half ago, an outbreak of violence between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims here in Sittwe, Myanmar, started a struggle that drove nearly 150,000 Rohingya from their homes and into hastily put-together camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Violent attacks continue to occur across Rakhine state, forcing more and more Rohingya into areas of refuge. Conditions inside the dusty camps are sparse. Those lucky enough to have been allocated official aid buildings live with 10 families in each long house. Those that are still waiting to be assigned space from the government are left to create makeshift shelters out of whatever they can salvage, whether it be empty food bags or dried rice stalks. Temperatures can vary drastically, from searing daytime heat to cold nights and monsoon rai