The Stateless Rohingya Blog

By David Blair The Telegraph October 24, 2013 I never thought I would write this, but Aung San Suu Kyi sent a shiver down my spine when she appeared on the Today programme this morning. Her equivocal attitude towards the violence suffered by Burma’s Muslim minority was deeply disturbing. I’m sorry to say that she employed the standard devices used by people who want to play down – and avoid condemning – something utterly reprehensible. The first common tactic is to draw a parity between perpetrators and victims. Suu Kyi duly said: “This is what the world needs to understand: that the fear is not just on the side of the Muslims, but on the side of the Buddhists as well.” She went on: “Yes, Muslims have been targeted, but also Buddhists have been subjected to violence. But there’s fear on both sides and this is what is leading to all these troubles and we would like the world to understand: that the reaction of the Buddhists is also based on fear.” Hang on a m...

Mr. Nurul Islam President of ARNO PressTV October 24, 2013 Aung San Suu Kyi is lauded as an international champion of human rights, welcomed at the home of the British Prime minister but for Rohinghya campaigners, her attention to abuses being suffered closer to home has been absent. They say it’s not too late for the country’s most prominent opposition leader to speak up on their behalf. Myanmar’s military junta is desperately trying to be reintegrated in the international community. Activists say the visit of prominent opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to London could be critical in helping to raise the issue of the human rights abuses being suffered by the Rohingya people. Whether she chooses to do so is another matter entirely.  The UN refers it to ‘as one of the most persecuted groups in the world and the hope is global attention will bring a halt to the rights abuses being suffered where scores have been killed and injured with thousands displaced. ...

Report by MYARF, Maung Daw  |  Written by M.S. Anwar Rvsiontv.com , October 23, 2013 Money extortion from Rohingya people by Myanmar authority is nothing new. Countless reports have been made. However, recently, the different departments of the authority in Maung Daw and Buthidaung have expanded their money extortion businesses. They are, today, doing it as if they are set free by the central government of Myanmar to do so and survive on that without government’s salaries. No has been taken against those departments that frequently extort money from Rohingyas. Mentioned below are some examples. 1- Immigration Department in Southern Maung Daw Involve in Mass Extortion of Money On Friday,18 th  October 2013, immigration department based at the village of Aley-Than-Kyaw (HaisshuRata), southern Maung Daw, carried out a mass extortion of money from Rohingyas in the villages of Zawmadat (Laamba-Guna) and Koinna Fara of Tharay-Kunbaung (Sair-Koombaw) village tract. Th...

By Zin Linn  Asian Tribune October 22, 2013 Burma or Myanmar has received a new great reward on 10 October for its over-the-top political changes, taking the wheel of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) even with critics’ warnings that the step was hasty. A long time ago, friendless rogue was properly granted the rotating chair of the ASEAN routinely for 2014. It won the seat at the end of the group's summit in Bandar Seri Bagawan, Brunei. When Burma/Myanmar became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in 1997, many countries criticized ASEAN leaders because of its questionable human rights records. Myanmar has suffered under military’s ruthless ruling since 1962. The regime has earned a reputation as one of the world's worst human rights violators. It brutally suppressed pro-democracy movements in 1988, during the Depayin conspiracy on May 30, 2003, and the Saffron Revolution in September 2007, as well as many other sporadic ...

MYARF Report   |   Written by M.S. Anwar Rvisiontv.com October 22, 2013 1-   Two Rohingyas in Rathedaung Believed to Have Been Killed Rafique S/o Muzaffar (Age 35) and Abdussalam S/o Sayed Kabir (Age 40) hails from the village of Sin Gyi Pyin, Rathedaung Twonship, went   to the forest   to get fire woods and logs during mid-September, 2013. They have not returned home yet. Therefore, their respective family members are still on look for them.However, they have not been found out yet. Their families anxiously said that they might have been killed by the Rakhine terrorists residing in the forests. ————————————————————————————————————————- 2-   SB 2 Police Extort Money from Rohingya Under False Accusation On 10 th   October 2013, SB 2 (Special Branch 2) Police Sergeant Tun Yein from the camp base at Bawli Baazar (Kyein Chaung), northern Maung Daw, ordered the adminstrator of the Myo-Mi-Chaung village, Salamat Ullah, to call up Siraz...

Report by Naim | Written by  M.S. Anwar Rvisiontv.com   October 21, 2013 Kyauktaw, Arakan : Rohingya Muslims in Kyauktaw township are living in fear of the potential terror attack by Rakhine terror again. A fight between five Rakhines and five Rohingyas took place on 18th October 2013. However, Myanmar authority has arrested five Rohingyas, while no Rakhine has been arrested relating to the fight. A local of Kyauktaw reported the account as follows: “Around 3PM on 18th October 2013, five Rohingyas from the Rohingya village of Pauktaw Palaung (Foida Fara) village tract went for fishing to the nearby creek. Meanwhile, some five Rakhines from the nearby Rakhine village also of Pauktaw Palaung village tract came up and attacked the Rohingyas by arrows and marbles (using catapults). The Rohingya boys dared to defend and caught one Rakhine, while the other four Rakhines managed to flee. The Rohingyas beat up the Rakhine boy they had captured. So, Rakhines lodged...

DVB News October 19, 2013 I travelled to Sittwe in the beginning of July 2013, with the intention of documenting the situation of the internally displaced Rohingya community. When I arrived at the IDP camps, I was struck by the overwhelmingly high number of women and children in comparison to men. Bearing in mind that conflict affects the life of women in a fundmentally different way, I decided to focus on how the Arakanese-Rohingya conflict had affected the livelihoods and role of women within their community. Their stories of humiliation, rape and loss where unbearably hard to listen to, but their strength of character and resilience in face of despair revealed an unparalleled degree of humanity. http://www.martatucci.com A group of young Rohingya girls fill their jars with water from one of the few water pumps available to the IDPs living in Rabba Garden IDP camp. Rakhine State, Burma/Myanmar, July 2013. Aamina, 54, from Thandawly, arrived at Takebyin unregister...