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The bride's hands are covered with decorative patterns inked in henna, the groom is perfumed and the guests feast and dance the night away in a colourful tent. In most ways, the happiest day of Shofika Begum and Saddam Hussein's lives mirrors that of couples getting married the world over. Read full story  

Rohingya being killed despite Myanmar-Bangladesh Bilateral Refugee Repatriation Deal : By The Stateless Rohingya On December 17, two bodies of religious students were handed over by officers from Maungdaw Police Station. Mohammed Noman, 14, son of Mohammed Rashid and a son of Molvi S…

Burma: Methodical Massacre at Rohingya Village : By Human Rights Watch Hundreds Killed, Raped in Tula Toli (Rangoon) – The Burmese army carried out systematic killings and rape of several hundred Rohingya Muslims in Tula Toli village in Rakhine S…

Armed Rakhine Mob leaves Rohingya Fisherman in Critical Condition : By The Stateless Rohingya A Rakhine mob armed with machetes and spears attacked a Rohingya youngster in Buthidaung on December 24. Kabir Ahmed, son of Abdu Rahim, is a fisherman by profession who h…

Oxfam calls on UN to resolve Rohingya crisis before situation worsens in 2018 : More than 620,000 Rohingya people have poured into Bangladesh since August. THE PLIGHT OF the Rohingya people is going to further deteriorate in 2018, with more forced to flee to Bangladesh and set…

By The Stateless Rohingya Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) killed a Rohingya inside a detention centre in Buthidaung. The victim is identified as Mohammed Siddique, 65, from Tin Set hamlet of Sein Hnyin Pyar village track. He was arrested along with four other Rohingya on false-allegations by BGP from Yaung Chaung Station on June 21, 2017. Following the prolong torture and harassment in the detention over the six-month period of arbitrary arrest, he was admitted to Buthidaung General Hospital on December 20, with life threatening condition – internal and external injuries. He was pronounced dead at 2AM (GMT +6:30) on December 24. Instead of handing over the body to his family members and his own villagers, the police transferred the body to Imam Uddin Para villagers at 4:45AM. >>> Read More  Rohingya killed in Myanmar Detention :

By The Stateless Rohingya MAUNGDAW: Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) is harassing the remaining Rohingya civilians with extortion and arbitrary arrest under the pretext of photo census across Maungdaw and Buthidaung township since last week. A team of BGP officers arrived in U Shey Kya (locally known as Bura Shidda Para) of Maungdaw on December 19. The team arrested Movli  Zafar Alam (43, son of Molvi Bodiur Rahman) while he was attending the photo shootout for the census at 10AM (GMT +6:30). Similarly, another Rohingya, Rozi Alam (28, son of Kuilla Miah) from the same village was also detained on December 13 by the same officers. The BGP team reportedly roams the remaining Rohingya villages in Maungdaw to constantly extort money and harass the villagers. >>> Read More  Photo Census – another tactic employed to harass remaining Rohingya in Myanmar : 

By  Poppy McPherson /  The Guardian December 27, 2017 Myanmar state counsellor refused to engage in substantive talks about alleged violence against the Muslim minority, says envoy Aung San Suu Kyi  avoided discussing reports of Rohingya women and girls being raped by Myanmar troops and police when she met a senior UN official, according to an internal memo seen by the Guardian. Pramila Patten, the special envoy on sexual violence in conflict, travelled to the country for a four-day visit in mid-December to raise the crisis with government officials.