The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By Ibrahim Shah / Mohamed Ibrahim Burma Times October 18, 2014 New Delhi: Today, on Saturday, 18thOctober, a peaceful demonstration regarding ‘the ongoing forced Bengalization over Rohingya through Rakhine Action Plan, arbitrarily detention, disappearance of Rohingya detainees from police custody and controversial Burma Census 2014’ was carried out by about four  hundreds exiled Rohingyas including female under authority of Rohingya Youth Union-India at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. In the demonstration, the participants disclosed that the exclusion of Rohingya national from controversial Burma census 2014 is one of the concealed plots of quasi-military regime led by President Thein Sein to persistently deprive of citizenship rights of Rohingya. Moreover,the demonstrators demanded that UN should be able to immediately prevent  Rakhine Action  Plan which is being conducted under 1982 Burma Citizenship Act drafted by Dictator Ne Win as the Burmese ...

By Ibrahim Shah  Burma Times  October 17, 2014 UN, the world’s leading institution for peace establishment, must be able to make Burma withdrawal from implementation of ‘Rakhine Action plan’ that is being conducted in western Burma under 1982 controversial Burma Citizenship Act which is aimed at deportation of many Rohingya and forcing registration to them as Bengali. If UN becomes miscarriage over Rohingya issue, Democracy movement will be struck by Communism in south East Asia (SEA). The mixed descendents of the Indo-Aryan people, the ethnic Rohingya people (the first settlers of Arakan), densely inhabit generations by generations in western Myanmar (formerly Burma) known as Rakhine state (formerly Arakan) since before the advent of Myanmarese (formerly Tibeto-Burman). The ethnic Rohingya community, internationally declared as one of the most persecuted minorities, has been experiencing long state-sponsored discrimination and persecution since 1962. ...

By Ibrahim Shah Burma Times Today( 8th October), it is reported from inside western Burma that on the night of 7th October a team of Border Guard Police of Burma (BGP) raided one Rohingya Islamic school situated at Maung Nama hamlet from Maungdaw district and arrested 8 Islamic scholars. The arrested scholars are detained in the head quarter of disbanded Nasaka department situated at Kyee Ken Pyin( Hawarbeel in Rohingylish), Maungdaw Township. Updated news for those Rohingya detainees who were detained on 26th and 27th September When their families went to BGP camp, they (BGP) responded that they (the detainees) were sent to Maungdaw police station. And, when they went there, Maungdaw police team said that they don’t know in fact where the detainees are kept.  Finally, 5 dead bodies of Rohingya people who were respectively detained by BGP on 26th and 27th September are found in river. According to internal source, it is learnt that these kinds of sudden ra...

By Ibrahim Shah Burma Times June 07, 2014 Maungdaw, western Burma - It is reported by a police from Police station of Maungdaw District that 8 Rohingya defendants were imprisoned. Respectively, they were imprisoned for 7 years with hard labor by the Maungdaw District court. The main reason behind such long term jail against them was because they were alleged that they involved in Ducheeratan massacre. According to the statement of a responsible person from Maungdaw District court, the 8 defendants–Shomshu Alam, Zahid Alam, Shomshu Alam, Romali, Mohamed Rafiq, Mustafa Kamal , Kamla Uddin and Robiullah— were interrogated 14 times. Afterwards, they were charged  as above. Moreover, the police station of Maungdaw District issued warrant order for more 46 Rohingya defendants. According to statement by some Rohingya elders, “this kind of bringing false allegations against Rohingya by Burmese government is to escape international investigation for the Ducheeratan ...

By Ibrahim Shah  Burma Times June 02, 2014 Yangoon, Burma : It is reliably learnt by a Major from Yangoon who concealed the name for security that the Burmese united armed unit (BUAU) is well prepared to confront the western gate, Burma- Bangladesh border if the Border Guard Bangladesh Patrol Team (BGBPT) move forward following the most recent incident in which a member of BGBPT was killed by Burmese Border Police(BBP). Moreover, Burmese troops are well prepared to severely confront with Bangladesh which is proportionally one-fourth of Burma. Burma draws policy of zero-tolerance in border-tensions and Burmese ‘Tatmadaw’ (army) determined to occupy from Teknaf to Chittagong hill tract if Bangladesh moves forward against the Burma, he added. According to Nay Pyi Taw(Central government) source, the Burmese united armed unit—paramilitary, police force, border guard police, navy, army and intelligence department— already mobilized in western gate in order to prot...

By Burma Times May 29, 2014 Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Today Wednesday, on 28th may, around 9 am, 7 Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) were attacked by Burmese Border Patrols. The Burmese patrols premeditatedly attacked the BGBs entering Fansori territory in Bangladesh crossing the Border post 52 at Bendula( Aantala Bottala in Rohingyalish) in Burma. According to source from Bangladesh, the Burmese border patrols killed one BGB, and seized two guns and abducted one BGB personnel.Afterwards, the BGB Sector Commander Farid contacted the responsible personnel of Burma Border Patrol Department to set free the abducted BGB personnel with the seized guns unconditionally. According to local news, the border area of Burma and Bangladesh is in tense situation and armed units are deployed in both sides. The Rohingya residents from Bendula territory dread the tense situation because the Rakhine thugs might could trigger violence in the name of protection border from attack by...

A Rohingya Woman and her Child in Sinthay Pyin (Haati Fara); Crying Out as She Lost Her Home during the Blaze (Photo: Rq/ Rohingya Vision) Report by Khan S/ Written by M.S. Anwar Burma Times/ RvisionTV May 27, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State - A group of authority from different concerned quarters arrived at the village of Sinthay Pyin (Haati Fara), northern Maungdaw, around 11AM on 25th May 2014, but only to let people know that they (authority) would back out of their promise to provide shelter homes to displaced Rohingyas in the region. Besides, on 26th May 2014, Maungdaw police arrested Rohingya woman possibly in relation to fire that broke out at her house in the village on 10th March 2014. “More than 100 Rohingya homes were burnt down by Rakhine extremists in northern Maungdaw between 9th March 2014 and 20th March 2012. Rakhine extremists caused the fire throwing fire-causing chemical powders (in flying-balloons) on Rohingya homes. Villages such as Sinthay Pyin (Haati Far...

By Ibrahim Shah Burma Times May 14, 2014 Kutupalong, Ukhiya, Bangladesh : The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refugee camp encounter unsecured life nowadays as the newly recruited Camp-in-Charge (CIC) increasingly perpetrates violations. On 13/5/2014, at 10 am, two elderly men were sent to police custody. Since 6 months, two youths—Abdul Mabud( MRC no. 02624, Shed 42, Block E)  and Zuhra Begum( MRC no. 10007, Shed 33, Block F), both aged 17, were engaged in love affairs. Fearing the parents’ disagreement for early marriage, both the bride and bridegroom fled the camp. Afterwards, the respective parents brought them back. Ex-CIC Mr. Jalal Uddin ordered the parents to keep them separately because they are not aged to legal marriage. Last week, the two fools of love affairs fled again. When their parents informed to concerned authority to postpone the immature-marriage; immediately, Md Amin, father of bridegroom and Ayoub Ali, father of bride, were arrested and...

By Ibrahim Shah Burma Times May 12, 2014 An unauthentic and illogical commentary by Derek Tonkin: ( The ‘Rohingya’ Identity –The British Experience in Arakan 1826-1948 ) Never, I thought I would have to write against Derek Tonkin, former British diplomat to Thailand, Vietnam and Laos, an advisor to Bagan Capital Limited and Editor of Network Myanmar. However, I have to unwillingly write against Derek Tonkin who intentionally writes unjustly for endorsement the genocidal practice of Burmese chauvinistic rulers against Rohingya. The Burmese imperialistic rulers have been imposing double stand policies in western Burma, Arakan( Rakhine) to eradicate an existing ethnic group also known as Rohingya from this earth since 1044 AD. Arakan was a sovereign kingdom until 1784 in which year it was annexed by Burmese king Maung Wei. Afterwards, it became a part of Burma known as western Burma. With the Census in Myanmar on its way to completion, I looked to ...

By Ibrahim Shah Burma Times  May 11, 2014 “Appeal to world including ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) for a swift approach without further delay regardless faith and political views to save Rohingya in western Burma from this upcoming disastrous Monsoon.  Monsoon (Rainy season) will start heavily raining from the last portion of May in western Burma.” The Rohingya ethnic minority of Arakan, western Burma, encounters several catastrophes which are yet not faced by any other people of this earth planet. Initially, Rohingya was made ineligible to citizens of Burma by the 1982 Burma citizenship law, a discriminatory Act, prescribed by Dictator Ne Win  and eliminated them from Burma census 1983. Afterwards, they became non-citizens of Burma. Rohingya people have been facing unimaginable humankind-made catastrophes in numerous ways increasingly since amidst 2012. The brutal Burmese rulers imposed double standard policies.  Officially, R...