The Stateless Rohingya Blog

A man walks past a destroyed mosque in Pauktaw, Myanmar, that was burned in violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya, in October 2012. Rights groups fear that an upcoming census could spark further violence.   (ATAR/AFP/Getty Images) By  Patrick Winn  Global Post    March 5, 2014 BANGKOK — Decades of dictatorship in Myanmar produced a deep catalogue of casualties: slain dissidents, land mine victims and economic ruin, to name a few. A lesser-known casualty of Myanmar’s totalitarian rule? Facts. For instance: Maybe Myanmar has the population of  South Korea . Maybe its population rivals that of France. Both estimates of Myanmar’s population — ranging from 48 to 65 million — are commonly cited. The truth? No one knows for sure. The troubled Southeast Asian nation formerly titled Burma hasn’t held a census since Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean” on vinyl. In late March, Myanmar will launch its first census in m...

Commentary: We are not permitted to access health care because we are Rohingya. We are banned from civil servant jobs. We   are not allowed to marry without permission. Here's what you can do. By Tun Khin Global Post December 18, 2013 LONDON — The Myanmar government is trying to push us into camps or out of the country. In a few years, there may be no more of us left. I stressed this message, as a human rights activist, during my remarks at a recent event hosted by the  United States  Holocaust Memorial Museum on the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingyas, one of the world’s most persecuted ethnic groups. As I spoke, photographs capturing some of the Rohingya people impacted by the violence were displayed on the walls behind me: A woman holding her young grandchild after escaping with him to Bangladesh. A man left blind in one eye after being beaten while working as a forced laborer. Two young children sifting through rubble to find anything they can sell. ...

Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar are "infiltrating" Bangladesh, says Bangladesh's Minister of Foreign Affairs. By  Global Post November 8, 2013 13 Bangladesh has decided to close its border with Myanmar to prevent the passage of the country’s Rohingya Muslims who are seeking refuge from persecution by majority Buddhists,  the Dhaka Tribune reported  Friday. Bangladesh’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dipu Moni, made the declaration to the House of the Nation—the country's supreme legislative body—on Thursday, saying that the “infiltration” had put pressure on Bangladesh, and so the government would take legal actions against any “illegal infiltrators and those giving them shelter.” “Given the recent unstable situation in the Rakhine state, the foreign ministry has adopted measures to immediately seal off the Myanmar border to stop the infiltration of the Myanmar nationals for national interests,” Moni told parliament. She said the government h...