The Stateless Rohingya Blog

In this June 27 2014 photo, Yusuf handovers the corpse of his niece to a community elder to place on the ground for burial at Dar Paing village cemetery in north of Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The child is one of the latest and smallest victims in an unfolding humanitarian crisis in camps with more than 140,000 Rohingya Muslims that live under apartheid-like conditions. GEMUNU AMARASINGHE — AP Photo By Esther Htusan  The Associated Press July 08, 2014 SITTWE — Hours after Shamshu Nahad gave birth to her second child, a beautiful baby girl, her husband was digging its grave. The tiny corpse, wrapped in white cloth, was placed on a straw mat and lowered into the moist earth, neighbors and relatives bowing their heads as they quietly recited Muslim prayers. Like the child’s life, the ceremony was brief, over in a matter of minutes. For tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims trapped in displacement camps in western Burma, it is a scene that is becoming all too

By M.S. Anwar  Rvisiontv.com July 08, 2014 Entrance to Taung Gote Township Myanmar Police arrested at least six Rakhines in two townships of Arakan State for Drugs Peddling in recent days, according to Narinjara News Agency. Taun Gote and Man Aung Townships have, as a result of decades-long systematic and institutionalized ethnic cleansing, become two Rohingya Muslims free zone. At the same time, these two regions are also notorious for being hotspots for drug-smuggling. “On June 1, Man Aung Police said that they had arrested four Rakhines red handed with ‘48 Cards of Yaba Tablet and Kyat 4.2 Million drug money. They are: 1)     Ko Thar Khaung Gyi @Ko Ko Aung, hails from Annauk-Su Quarter 2)     U Tuan Min Hlat 3)     U Pho Htuu 4)     One more person The former is the main drug peddler and the latter three were arrested because they were found together with the former. One of them was released later on the day as he was doubtful to be a drug