The Stateless Rohingya Blog

BROUK Facebook Photo By PressTV April 29, 2015 They are one of the world's most persecuted minorities. Caught in a cycle of violence and poverty. Denied citizenship in Myanmar, over one million Rohingya Muslims are without a country of their own. Facing decades of a persecution and destruction that UN human rights envoys say could amount to "crimes against humanity". For the first time, this event brings together, activists, academics, judges and survivors of genocide, to discuss whether what happening to the Rohingya Muslims can be called genocide. The event started with a prayer and a minutes silence for genocide victims; from Armenians, Bosnians to Palestinians…and the Rohingyas. Last month, aid agencies were forced to halt operations to Rohingyas after hundreds of extremist Buddhists attacked them. The government is accused of turning a blind eye. Even Nobel peace prize winning opposition leader, Aung Sun Su Ki has remained silent. For surv...

Burma Times ( Milwaukee)- A Conference Organizing Committee announced that a Historic Rohingya Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), the first-ever this kind in the USA, will be held on the date of December 14, 2013 from 12:30 pm to 7:00 pm, open to the public, with a select group of Speakers and Rohingya activists for advocacy and public awareness in regard with the plights of Rohingya ethnic minority people of Burma (Myanmar) who are the victims of systematic ethnic cleansing, state sponsored slow burning Genocide and denial of their ethnic citizenship rights in their ancestral homeland of Arakan, the north-western region of Burma (Myanmar). A Historic Rohingya Conference in the USA jointly sponsored by the Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association and Rohingya Concern International is as following. “STOP THE GENOCIDE & RESTORE THE ROHINGYAS’ CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS IN MYANMAR (BURMA)” We are delighted to announce the First Rohingya Conference in the...

Date: December 4, 2013 Conference Announcement & Invitation  “STOP THE GENOCIDE & RESTORE THE ROHINGYAS’ CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS IN MYANMAR (BURMA)” We are delighted to announce the First Rohingya Conference in the USA which will be held on December 14th, 2013 (12:30 pm to 7:00 pm) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The Conference is jointly sponsored by the Burmese Rohingya American Friendship Association (BRAFA) and the Rohingya Concern International (RCI). It is also co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hmong Diaspora Studies Program and Risale Center of America. We cordially invite you to join the conference which is open to the public. Your presence will greatly honor us. Registration is not required. The Purpose of the Conference The primary objective of the conference is to make the American people aware of the plights of the Rohingyas and draw their opinion and support in favor of the Rohingyas’ demand f...

Photo: Burma Times Burma Times  September 18, 2013  (Burma Times) All the praises be to lord to grant such a great opportunity to distressed Rohingya in order that the most trusted Rohingya press conference with great expectations could be concluded prosperously at Asia hotel in Thailand. The grand unified Rohingya press conference was held in September 14 and 15 prosperously and peacefully. The reputable attendees—NGOs, international observers, worldwide Rohingya white-minded patriotic leaders and activists including from Burma, experienced Rohingya and non-Rohingya historians and other distinguished personalities of respective fields— were approximately 100. The main topics that were discussed with deep consideration and unified conscience—to work for the entire Rohingya commune worldwide by unified dynamic roles opposing Nepotism for a sustainable resolution inside Burma, to promote the situation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, India, Thai...

Rohingya from Thailand - Burmese Rohingya Association in Thailand (BRAT) – had organized a press conference on The Rohingya "unwanted and alone in Thailand…” at Student Christian Centre (SCC), Bangkok on August 24, at about 9:30 to 13:00 hour, according to U Maung Kyaw Nu, President, BRAT.     Participants in the event   The key speakers who delivered their speeches in event were:-  Dr. Niran Pitakwatchara, National Human Right Commissioner of Thailand; Mr.Surapong; Kongchantuk, ;Human Rights Committee, Lawyers Council of Thailand; Mr.Sunai Phasuk; Advisor of Human Rights Watch; Ms.Saowanee Khomepatr Director, Bureau of Anti-Trafficking in Woman and Children, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security; Mr.Sarawoot Sriwannayos, Former President of Young Thai Muslim Organization; the Media award winner John Spark ; Ms.Chtima ,Editor of Phuketwan; U Maung Kyaw Nu,President of Burmese Rohinya Association in Thailand where M.s.Thananuch Sanguansak,...

Posted by Dr.  Habib Siddiqui  In 2007 JARO under the able leadership of Mr. Salim Ullah hosted the first international conference on the Rohingyas of Burma (Myanmar) in two cities of Japan, which included Tokyo. Recently, I came across the newly released videos from this conference. I was invited as the chief guest and keynote speaker in this conference. The videos can be seen  here  in piecemeals (8 part series).  As you will notice, my concerns about the Rohingya people in a flawed democracy came so true with the latest unleasing of the pogroms against them - this time a collaborative one between the state actors and racist, criminal Rakhine politicians of the Arakan state.