The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By Rohingya Eye Rvision TV  August 13, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan : The Myanmar Border Police (BGP) in southern Maungdaw arbitrarily arrest and torture innocent Rohingyas for ransom, causing severe difficulties among the local Rohingyas, according to the sources. Similarly, the Police arrested three innocent Rohingyas on August 5 in Thawan Chaung village and released them only after extorting huge amounts of money from them. “Border  Guard  Police  (BGP)  of  Inn  Dinn  (Aan  Daang)  station  arbitrarily  arrested  three  Rohingya  passers-by  at  Thawan  Chaung (also called Bossara Village)  village  in  southern  Maungdaw  around  10PM  on  August  5.  Having  extorted  humongous  amounts  of  money  from  each  of  them,  the  police  released  them  on  the  next  day  (i.e.  August  6).  They  are:  1)  Khayas  (son  of)  Fazal  Hoque  (of  age  25)  hails  from  Thawan  Chaung,  Kyat  250,000  extorted 2)  Salimullah  (son  of)  Hashim  (of  age  18)  hails  fro

Tekanf, Bangladesh : Twenty two Rohingyas were pushed back to Burma by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on August 12, Jafar Alam from Teknaf borderTown said. “They BGB arrested 8 Rohingyas from Jaliapara (village) entry point under the Teknaf Police Station at about 3:00 pm while entering Bangladesh.” The operation was led by BGB officer Awtadin of Nilla out-post. Later, they were sent back to Burma the same way in the evening, according to BGB officials. Besides, BGB members of Whykong check-post arrested another 14 Rohingyas from different vehicles  while going to Cox’s Bazar from Teknaf on August 8. They were also pushed back to Burma. However, the concerned authorities of Bangladesh have been giving tight security along the Burma-Bangladesh border because of restriction of Rohingyas from entering the Bangladesh from Burma, according to sources. The members of Whykong BGB check-post investigated the whole bodies of passengers and gave harassment to the Rohingyas in th

By Kyaw  Win TSR News  August 14, 2014 A reliable source said by Osman, Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar: A 17 years old Rohingya girl was gang raped and kept her in abduction place for three days at Thaingkhali of Bangladesh border. Rape victim Zubida Begum is a heart patient and a resident of Dhayboina village of Myanmar (Burma) was taking her to Bangladesh by her father Mohammed Eilyas for treatment of heart disease on 10th of August 2014. When they came to Thaingkhali of Bangladesh, a gang of Bangladeshi hooligan robbed all 4500 Bangladeshi taka that was brought for the expenditure of treatment and travel. The hooligan demanded extra 20,000 taka in order to release. In that circumstance, Mohammed Eilyas could not effort and unable to fill the hooligan demand.  The notorious hooligan separated daughter from father and said that we will release your daughter when you bring the 20,000 taka.  The father victim could not stop crying and beseeched for release of his daughter but the