The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Myanmar polices walk along with census enumerators as they collect information at Thae Chaung village in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Tuesday, April 01, 2014. — AP photo By Muhammad Zamir Financial Express BGD April 14, 2014 As Myanmar continues its efforts to roll back half-a-century of totalitarianism and usher in a comprehensive democratic process, controversy has found a new niche within its public realm. The latest nationwide census undertaken throughout Myanmar was initiated on an upbeat note. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) came forward to help the Myanmar government complete the much needed task. Frederick Okwayo, a census adviser, explained to the media that there was need for completion of the coding list of the 135 ethnic groups who are supposed to constitute the population of Myanmar. As indicated by Okwayo, such a census of the population was imperative 'for any planning - be it planning for basic education, planning for health

By SR Sittwe Sittwe (Akyab) | Sunday April 13, 2014 rvisiontv.com 8-month-old Supana Parveen is acutely suffering from an unidenttified fever. There is no clinic to cure her illness. (Photo: SR Sittwe)   We  have recently  reported you about  a heart-wrenching plight of a malaria-infected 8-month-old Rohingya baby boy called Sayed Noor . Yet, here is one more similar plight of a vulnerable Rohingya baby girl that has been acutely suffering from an unidentified fever since 10 th  April 2014. She is Supana Parveen, daughter of U Yunose and Daw Noor Aishah, living in the IDP camps of Thakkay Pyin (Sakki Fara) in Sittwe (Akyab) township, Arakan state. There is no hospital or proper clinic there after the expulsion of International Aid Groups. And she can’t be admitted to Sittwe General Hospital either because of the fear that Rakhine doctors and nurses at the hospital will kill her instead of curing her illness. She is now in a volunteer clinic at the camps. Rohingyas in