The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Kuwait News Agency December 15, 2013  BRUSSELS, Dec 16 (KUNA) --The European Union Monday welcomed progress in the national reconciliation process in Myanamr, and looked forward to the conclusion of a nationwide ceasefire agreement. The EU Foreign Affairs Council which met today, in a statement, called on the Government of Myanmar to "address the underlying causes of inter-communal violence and to guarantee the respect of human rights and the rule of law." It invited the Government to pursue durable solutions, including by addressing the status and welfare needs of the Rohingya Muslim minority. "In order to contribute to peace-building and respect between the communities, the EU strongly encourages development initiatives and thepromotion of religious and ethnic tolerance," said the statement. The Council urged all leaders to take a zero tolerance approach to violent extremism. The statement underlined the EU intention to significantly incr...

Rohingya refugees prepare for a meal at Thechaung refugee camp upon arrival in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Oct. 28, 2012.photo: AP / Khin Maung Win By Fardah Antara News December 15, 2013 Singapore (Antara News)- The Myanmar government must stop the escalation of violence against the Rohingya minority because it is dangerous and could develop into genocide, Rafendi Djamin, a noted Indonesian human rights activist, said. "The human rights situation in Myanmar is regressing because the government and politicians let the escalation of violence continue against the Rohingya people," Djamin, Indonesias representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), said on the sidelines of a workshop entitled Reporting on Regional Integration and ASEAN, here on Saturday. Myanmar will be ASEAN Chair 2014 and automatically become chairman of the AICHR next year, he said, adding that this would be an appropriate opportunity for Myanm...

Burma Times December 14, 2013 According to a teacher from Wa Ma Kya village said on the condition of anonymity, the authority of buthidaung township and village administrators of the Takan Kwa Sone village, Maw Taw biz village, Boon Gyi village (Sayed bawli fara), Kwa Son Village(Fatayma fara) and Wa Ma Kya village of the Takan Kwa Sone Village tract under Buthidaung Township have restricted the villagers going to the nearest mountain and one village to another village, etc.  Usually most of the villagers survive by selling fire woods that bring from the nearest mountain. At present they couldn’t go to bring the firewood from it as they were warned by the authorities not to go to the mountain.  So many villagers are in serious troubles.The mountain is about 10km far away from the Rohingya villages and they have to cross the Rakhine villages to go to the mountain. Besides the Rohingya villagers cannot go from one village to another village without the written p...

Dr Tun Aung is serving a 17-year prison sentence after being convicted of multiple criminal offences, including inciting a riot. By   Amnesty International  December 14, 2013  At a Glance Take action as part of Amnesty's Write for Rights 2013 campaign: Dr Tun Aung: Imprisoned for trying to help “ Dr Tun Aung should be released immediately so that he can return to being a family man, a community leader and a doctor. I firmly believe that Amnesty International members around the world will play a vital role in securing his freedom. ” An Amnesty International Southeast Asia Campaigner recently explained how a passion for Myanmar led her to become an Amnesty International activist, and why Dr Tun Aung needs your help. I’ve had a strong interest in civil and political rights since I was a teenager in Ireland. My father was a lifelong member of Amnesty International, so I was always aware of the organization. At ...

Rohingya are a native ethnic Muslim minority from Arakan, a western state of Burma, living many centuries. Before Rohingya became the stateless in own soil, they have encountered many operations of dehumanization from various Burmese governments starting in 1963 up to now. Rohingya have lost their history, nationality, dignity, home, land, property and faced human rights abuses such as restriction on religion, marriage, education, travel, arbitrary taxation, arrest, rape, etc..  2012 has been the greatest disaster for Rohingya as Rakhine extremists and government forces launched the grass-root killing of Rohingya throughout Arakan making hundred thousands displaced, killed and missing, while the international community has been silently neglecting the suffering state of Rohingya. Rohingya the Victims of Ethnic Cleansing  

Tim King  Salem-News Rohingyas in Burma are under constant tyranny and persecution living in sub-human condition, worse than apartheid era of South Africa. (SACRAMENTO) - Rohingya people in Burma saw another massive fire sweep through illegal Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps today. It happened at 2:00 p.m. Burma time In Ngat Choung (Keraggiri) IDP camp, Pauktaw, Arakan. A fire quickly broke out, it reportedly started in a kitchen and 42 shelters burnt into ashes, killing a small baby. People on the ground stress that it is just one of many IDP camp fires that has taken place. The Muslim citizens of Myanmar in these camps are displaced because their government aided radical violent Buddhists in driving them from their homes in the first place. When the smoke began to clear today, ten children remained unaccounted for, and one 15-day old baby, Nur Khatu, daughter of U Huson Ahmad and Daw Kunsuma, died of burn injuries in Kayagyi village, Pauk Taw town...

By Australia Network News December 12, 2013 Where you are stateless it means you don't have access to the basic rights like the rights to employment, the rights to education, the rights to medical care. Jing Song, UNHCR Bangladesh The first time I met Yasmin was on the side of a road near a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Wearing a black chador, a robe which covered her from head to toe, she and her father, Zakir, bundled into my car and we drove to my hotel. As new arrivals from Myanmar they were too scared to be seen talking to a western journalist at the camp. In the hotel room Yasmin showed me her few possessions - her work papers, and two photographs of her family. Among her nine brothers and sisters, I struggled to find her in the grainy picture. The photo was of the kind taken annually by the Myanmar Government to keep track of the number of people in each Rohingya family. Yasmin's family are standing behind a blackboard which has writt...