The Stateless Rohingya Blog

A man walks past a destroyed mosque in Pauktaw, Myanmar, that was burned in violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, in October 2012. Rights groups fear that an upcoming census could spark further violence.   (ATAR/AFP/Getty Images) By  Patrick Winn  Global Post    March 5, 2014 BANGKOK — Decades of dictatorship in Myanmar produced a deep catalogue of casualties: slain dissidents, land mine victims and economic ruin, to name a few. A lesser-known casualty of Myanmar’s totalitarian rule? Facts. For instance: Maybe Myanmar has the population of  South Korea . Maybe its population rivals that of France. Both estimates of Myanmar’s population — ranging from 48 to 65 million — are commonly cited. The truth? No one knows for sure. The troubled Southeast Asian nation formerly titled Burma hasn’t held a census since Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean” on vinyl. In late March, Myanmar will launch its first census in more than three decades. The proj

Immigration and Population Minister U Khin Yi gestures during a news conference about the census, in Yangon on December 14. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima By Mizzima News March 05, 2014 Immigration and Population Minister U Khin Yi has been asked by four Rakhine Nationalities Development Party MPs to ensure that ‘Rohingya’ cannot be used as a category in the census due to begin late this month. The MPs said that if Rohingya were allowed to use the term to identify themselves during the census it could lead to conflict in Rakhine State because Rakhine Buddhists would oppose any such move. The four, U KhinMaung (AmyothaHluttaw) and PyithuHluttaw MPs U Htun Aung Kyaw, U Phay Than and Daw Khin Saw Wai made the request at a meeting with U Khin Yi in Nay Pyi Taw on the evening of March 4. “If they are allowed to be listed in the census as ‘Rohingya’, problems may arise,” said U Phay Than (Myebon Township). “If they list those Bengali people as ‘Rohingya’ in the census,

Myanmar police on patrol in one of the Rohingyan camps. Animosity towards the police is very high./Andrew Stanbridge/Al Jazeera By Aung Aung The Stateless Every religion should be a living force in order to play a vital role in moral uplift, social and cultural unification of mankind. Myanmar regime has been using Buddhism as a cruel strategy for their political gain since 1988, that caused 100s violence nationwide. Myanmar regime has been deceiving the world as if they are reforming. In reality, they formed 969 Buddhist terrorist gangs law which is called nazism law. The government has been empowering the Buddhist gangs in the name of national security and caring Buddhism besides destroying other nations. Major, Moe Kyaw Thu, has been using force-labor in Min Pya, Arakan, Myanmar where he orders the villagers for 10 Rohingyas as force-labor without wages and without food from the each village of Min Pya. When those Rohingya requested food at noon, Major’s assistance told