The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By Kyaw Win TSR News August 21, 2014 Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh : The registered Rohingya refugee urged for their durable solutions to the delegates headed to the refugee camps lead by the ASEAN director of UNHCR, Mr James. On 21st August 2014, the delegates visited Kutupalong and Nayapara Rohingya Refugee camps. During their visit to Kutupalong Registered Refugee camp, the refugees welcomed them holding variety of posters and play cards showing them respect said a camp leader. The delegates observed at activity programmes and facilities provide to the refugees by UNHCR. Then they had gone through the whole camp to see the camp life of refugees and held a brief discussion with the Camp Management Committee (CMC) and Block Management Committee (BMC) at CMC office. The committee warmly welcomed them and discussed about various issues regarding current problems of  Rohingya. And the Rohingya committee earnestly appealed to Bangladesh, UN, EU, OIC, SAARC, IC, donor cou

Myanmar's government pressurises foreign officials and aid agencies not to speak 'Rohingya' name, activists say. Rohingya were excluded from a UN-supported national census in April [EPA] By  AL Jazeera August 20, 2014 Myanmar's government has been pressuring aid workers and foreign officials not to speak "Rohingya" name, activists and UN officials say. 'How will the rights of the Rohingya be protected by people who won't even use the word 'Rohingya'?'' Tun Khin, president of the activist group Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, told the Associated Press news agency. Khin said by not using it, governments are cooperating with a policy of repression. Myanmar's oppressed Rohingya Muslims have been denied citizenship, targeted in deadly sectarian violence and corralled into dirty camps without aid. Myanmar authorities view the Rohingya as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, not one of the 135 officia