The Stateless Rohingya Blog

MYARF Report | Written by M.S. Anwar November 7, 2013 rvisiontv.com Maung Daw, Arakan- At around 7AM on 5th November 2013, Rakhine authority at Maung Daw General Hospital denied a pregnant Rohingya woman of admission to the the hospital. She was about to deliver her baby at the time and the denial of admission caused her to face untimely demise around 10AM of the day. “At around 7AM on 5th November 2013, Abdul Ghafur S/o Ghani Meah took his pregnant wife, Rashidah (Age 39), to Maung Daw General Hospital as it was his wife’s pregnancy due time. They are from Quarter (5) (eastern part), Maung Daw. The authority and the nurses (most of them are Rakhine extremists) at the hospital didn’t allow her to get admitted to the hospital. Rather, they abused saying “this hospital is not for Kulars (the derogatory term used against the people of Indian descends and also Muslims nowadays) like you. Go and get her admitted to the clinics of your Grand-fathers and Grand-mothers, Kular-...

By  Sydney Morning Herald   November 06, 2013  A JOINT APPEAL TO THE PRIME MINISTER ABOUT THE USE OF THE TERM 'ILLEGAL MARITIME ARRIVALS' Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of the many Australians who believe in the importance of protecting people fleeing persecution, we write to voice our objection to the Australian Government's recent decision to refer to asylum seekers who enter Australia by boat as "illegal maritime arrivals". You and members of your Cabinet are well aware that seeking asylum is not illegal under Australian or international law. Article 31 of the Refugee Convention makes it clear that contracting states, including Australia, must not impose penalties on people who arrive without authorisation to seek refugee protection. This Article recognises that very few of the world's refugees get the opportunity to cross borders with prior permission and that rules which regulate normal migration flows must be suspended where those cross...

By Ata Noor & Mukhtar Muhammad Rohingya News Agency WE ROHINGYA ARE DEMENDING MYANMAR GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY STOP GENOCIDE, ETHNIC CLEASING AND FORCING TO LEAVE BY BOATS We are very surprised that not taking any action of killing, burning and uprooting Kaman and Rohingya in Thandwe at the presence of U Thein Sien visit Arakan. Father more, resent killing and wounding to the Rohingya of Pawk Taw is unbearable and sorrowful things for the Rohingya. Some racist armed Rakhine and Police forces are fully masterminded that killing . Even one of the wounded Rohingya died due to mistreatment at Sittwe Hospital in this week. After Payktaw incident, Most of the Rohingya families of internal Displace Person (IDP) feel totally insecure and finally choose to flee by boat towards neighboring countries. Nearly one hundred Rohingya including women and children lost their lives in the sea in this week. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are preparing to escape from geno...

By KPN  November 05, 2013   Ukhiya, Bangladesh: Local gangsters have been collecting tolls from unregistered Rohingya refugee while the refugee went to collect firewood from the forest since November 1, said Kala Meah from the Kutupalong refugee camp.  The refugee from Kutupalong unregistered makeshift camp always go to the forest nearby camp to collect firewood for their survival as they are not getting foods or support for not recognizing by Bangladesh government and UNHCR, Meah said. The refugee sale the firewood in the local market near the camp and arranged for their family survival, but some local gangsters near the camp become greedy on the business of refugee firewood and started to collect tolls from refugee, said  Abul Hussein, an elder from the camp. At first the gangsters collected per head 10-50 taka depend on their collecting. Later, the gangsters hijacking refugee and demand hug amount of money as; 1000-5000 taka. The refugee complain ...

Rohingya men who were shot by the police during a riot on Friday rest in Dapaing district clinic, outside of Sittwe, on 11 August 2013. (Reuters) By Naw Noreen Democratic Voice of Burma November 04, 2013 The Burmese government on Monday gathered a group of international humanitarian agencies working in the restive Arakan state to remind them that they must distribute aid “fairly” to local communities. It follows the latest eruption of violence in the western state, where communal clashes between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have claimed hundreds of lives since last year. On Saturday, at least four people, including three Rohingyas, were killed in Pauktaw township, an area about two hours northeast of the state capital Sittwe. Local Buddhists later accused Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) of “bias” for taking three injured Muslim men to hospital. Government spokesperson Hla Thein told DVB that a group of 18 major aid groups, including UN agencies, were subse...

KPN News November 04, 2013   Maungdaw, Arakan State: Buthidaung court has convicted 69 Rohingyas sentencing to 5-2 year prison terms last week of October, Halim (not real name), a human rights watchdog from Maungdaw said. Those convicted were arrested after the violence of June 2012, in Maungdaw Township, with allegation of listed in so-called warrant list issued from Maungdaw court by requested of Maungdaw Township and district admin officers, police officers, Halim more added. “They were severely tortured and kept in Buthidaung jail without inadequate food and other facilities after arrested.” Muslim men and boys were allegedly arbitrarily detained in Buthidaung prison, were subjected to three months of systematic torture and ill-treatment by prison guards and up to 20 prison inmates, who appear to have been brought into the prison for the specific purpose of administering beatings to Muslim prisoners, according to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of huma...

photo MYMetro BBC News November 03, 2013 Dozens of people are missing after a boat carrying refugees from ethnic conflict in western Burma (Myanmar) sank in the Bay of Bengal. About 70 Muslims from the Rohingya minority, inc luding women and children, were aboard, police in Burma said. They are thought to have left a camp around the Rakhine state capital. Aid agencies have warned of a growing exodus of Rohingyas, who have been displaced by communal violence, attempting the dangerous sea journey. The boat was thought to be bound for Malaysia, where thousands of Rohingyas have sought sanctuary since violent clashes with Buddhists erupted last year. Over the past two years, hundreds of thousands of minority Muslims have been forced to flee Burma. Many Rohingya Muslims are living in tents or temporary camps. Aid agencies say the relentlessly grim conditions will push record numbers out to sea, in flimsy boats, where they are very vulnerable to...