The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Burmese Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are facing shortage of foods which made them starvation for not able to go for work as tight security along the border and fear of arrest , said Rashid, a camp committee member from Kutupalong makeshift camp. Kutupalong makeshift camp over view “The refugees from unregistered refugee camps – Kutupalong makeshift and Lada — are depending on their own selves for their lives struggle by working outside the camp as day labor, cultivation labor, rickshaw puller and fishing industry.” The restriction was made by camp authorities not allowing the refugees to go out from the camps for fear of arrest. The government of Bangladesh has deployed security forces – Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB), Repaid Action Battalion (RAB) and police — along the border areas –the refugees camp situated –, all over the city. All the road are blocked  by opposition groups and camps authorities feared for refugees for arresting a...

Myanmar President Thein Sein (right) greets opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a dinner to mark Union Day on Feb12, 2013, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Mr Thein Sein is set to embark on his first visit to Europe as president on Monday, Feb 25, 2013. -- PHOTO: AP Eurasia Review: March 02, 2013 By Janani Govindankutty Since independence, multiple ethnic groups have been fighting the State and other groups in Myanmar. With the new reforms process in progress, what is the current status of these ethnic conflicts within the country? The Kachin Conflict The Kachins have been demanding autonomy for the past 50 years. Though a ceasefire was declared on 13 January 2013, the clashes between the Myanmar Army and Kachin Independence Army continue. As the Kachin state in Myanmar borders China, a conflict along this periphery ensured China’s involvement in mediating peace talks in February. Although Aung San Suu Kyi has also expressed her interest in furthering the med...

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Secrete killing of Rohingya community is going increased in Maungdaw since beginning of 2013, according to an officer from Maungdaw, who didn’t want to named.   The dead body of Sayed Ullah on the ground “There are more than 13 Rohingyas and one Rakhine were killed by unknown miscreants, but most of Rohingya believed the killing was made by security forces, Natala villagers and case-fire arms group – Rakhine.” The authority also didn’t able to find out or arrest, the killers of innocence people- Rohingyas and Rakhine-and the situation in northern Arakan seen, Rohingyas are sufferer and facing so many harassment but some Rohingyas stand to fight for their rights and some leaves their home land, the officer said. Sayed Ullah (35), son of Mohamed Siddique hailed from Udaung village under Burma border security force (Nasaka) area 8, Maungdaw is a Rohingya – betel leaves farmer – was killed in his betel leaves farm house on March 1 at about 1...

[ Link to original article right above ] February 26, 2013 by  @mrmatias The Rohingya people are native to Myanmar but of a different ethnic group and therefore considered illegal immigrants. According to the UN they are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Many of them have to flee to neighboring Bangladesh where they live in Ghettos and Refugee Camps. I have always been very interested in refugees, and when I had to renew my visa when I lived in Nepal, I decided to check out the South of Bangladesh and a refugee situation I knew nothing about. Bangladesh is already one of the poorest countries in Asia, and has problems accommodating refuges. Beggar in Chittagong. How I got there:  I took a plane from Kathmandu to Dokha, and then I went by bus to Chittargong, which is the second biggest city in Bangladesh and is famous for its Shipwreckyard. My preferences for a holiday might seem a bit weird in retrospect, but I have always dreame...

124 Rohingya Rescued sailing adrift in Indonesian waters PressTV: March 01, 2013   Sixty-three Rohingya Muslims, including 23 children, fleeing the violence in Myanmar have been found adrift in a wooden boat in western Indonesia, in the second such event this week. Indonesia police said on Friday that the vessel was found by fishermen with no engine while drifting off the eastern coast of Sumatra island near Aceh Province.  "Fishermen found the boat with 63 Rohingya late Thursday afternoon around 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the coastal town of Idi Rayeuk. They then towed the boat to shore," provincial police chief Muhajir said.  "All we know is they are from Myanmar. We don't know where exactly the boat sailed from as they're too tired and hungry to be interviewed and we're having problems communicating," he added.  The Rohingya asylum seekers were sent to an immigration office in the nearby Langsa town, Muhajir said...

President Thein Sein (R) meets with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in Oslo on 26 February 2013. (Reuters) DVB News: March 01, 2013 The Norwegian government has been criticised for failing to pressure the Burmese government on the statelessness of the Rohingya minority during a landmark visit by President Thein Sein to the Scandinavian country this week. Activists say they are disappointed that the government failed to press Thein Sein on citizenship rights for the Muslim minority in western Burma, who are considered one the world’s most persecuted peoples by the UN. “Norway has performed a shocking u-turn from being one of the countries which did the most to support Burma’s democracy movement to one which now won’t even speak up for the most vulnerable and desperate people in Burma,” Mark Farmaner from Burma Campaign UK told DVB. It follows news that both the Norwegian prime minister and foreign minister have explicitly declared the issue of Roh...

Mayu Press: March 01, 2013  By Mohamed Farooq The Burma Border security force (Nasaka) from checkpoint of Saheb Bazar (Tamanta) under Nasaka Sector  No: 02 caught up Noor Ahmed (42) son of Sultan Ahmed in Sathkinna Para (Thakhainya), northern Maungdaw on last 26 th  February night. He committed no illegal activities and actions which will make him to arrest. Nasaka hurt his body severely which cause physical pains and injured. He was accused involvement to a three-year past case of killing a Hlun Tin who raped an adolescent Rohingya girl till to death. They keep his two legs in the lockers and torturing still today. Nasaka charge him one million kyat to be free from the custody. He has no capability to manage that huge amount of money. His relatives try to sell his 1.5 acres land properties, not worthy to get one million kyat but no body is willing to buy any property at misery guts. They also arrested two other persons with same censure and releas...