The voice of Rohingya

I am Rohingya. I came into the existence from forefathers of different origins over hundreds of years ago in a land called Arakan where I lived side by side with other communities and ruled Arakan together with respect and harmony.

I am Rohingya. I became emotional when my fellow Arakanese Kings kept Mus...lim titles from Solaiman Shah (1430-34 AD) to Salim Shah II (1622-37) in respects to my friendship and learnt Islamic teachings in honours to my religion.

I am Rohingya. I was represented in Burmese Parliaments in different periods by my proud children like of Sultan Ahmed, Abdul Gaffar, Sultan Mahmud, Abul Hussain, Dr. abdul Rahim and many more.
I am Rohingya. I was suppressed in 1949 by Kyaw Oo, a Burma Territorial Force (BTF) commissioner along with Rakhine extremists killing and burning thousands of my children and forcing over 50,000 to leave my ancestor home.

I am Rohingya. I was struck again with Exodus of 1978 led by the dictator, Ne Win causing more than 300,000 of my children took shelters in Bangladesh. Under the dictator, I was massacred and made exodus numerous times with various grassroot operations.
I am Rohingya. I was forced to fall into a new discriminatory Citizenship Law of 1982 which made me statelessness and denied my fundamental rights.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced doing labour without payment which leads my family starved.
I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to evict from my home, confiscate my land and relocate my village to make ways for upbringing Rakhines and Burmans families to newly set up "Model Villages".
I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to pay arbitrary taxes. I am tax-capped for everything I have from roof tax, house building tax, repair tax, security tax, domestic livestock tax, tree tax, vegetable tax, animal or bird tax, fishing tax to travel permit.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to behave like a bird in a cage and divided me from my children. I am not allowed to travel from one town to another without permit and payment.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced not to seek proper education. I have been provided with the lowest standards, number of schools and facilities. I have been very restricted to pursue professional courses such as Medicine, Engineering, Law, Computer Sciences and so on.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to sit in a barrier between God (Allah). My freedom of religious is taken away.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to accept the restrictions on marriage. The age of my marriage is fixed, the consents are needed from several authorities, the processing time is lengthened, the bribe still remains, I am needed with my bride to present in front of authorities before marriage and I am not allowed to follow my own culture.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to see my daughters being harassed and raped by authorizes in front of my eyes.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to see my sons and daughters being tortured, murdered, treated inhumanely and sentenced long-terms without offences and rules of law.

I am Rohingya. Now I am forced to listen calling me Bengali Kala (a derogatory racial slur), calling me Immigrants despite the evidences of my existence over hundreds of years.

I am Rohingya. I am delighted seeing my country's reforms towards Democracy, yet I am still suffering the way I used to.

I am Rohingya. I am delighted seeing my country's national reconciliation processes, yet I am still neglected to be part of it.
I am Rohingya. I am delighted hearing the commitment to bring refugees back home from different parts of neighbouring countries, yet I am still neglected and suffering deeply in Bangladesh refugee camps and around the world.

Despite the sufferings, my heart still remains fresh and pure, my spirit still remains high, my patience still remains competent; and my hope of returning and living peacefully still remains firm.
Because I am Rohingya.

Despite the various organized operations and campaigns to nullify my identity, to tarnish my name and to erase my history of existence, I am and I will remain as clean as ever.
Because I am Rohingya

Bangladesh authorities continue arrest Rohingya

Bangladesh authorities have been continuing conducted operation and arresting more Rohingyas along the Bangladesh border areas since May 2012, said a villager elder.

“They were arrested by Bangladesh authorities in raided from the local areas where they live and work. Of them, some were pushed back to Burma by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), but nea...rly 80 Rohingyas were sent to jail by police.”

The police from Alikodam raided and arrested 10-Rohingya and sent to Bandarban court on June 5, 2012 , imprisoned with the case No. 1964/14 said an aide of police.

“The Rohingya were arrested for illegal entered into Bangladesh and working along the border line without legal documents.”

Mohamed Hossain, the Officer-in-Charge from Alikodam police station said, “The conducted operation is going on against the illegal Rohingyas along the border areas.”

The arrested are:- Md. Amin (26), Amir Hussain (27), Jamal Hussain (33), Sayed Hussain (25), Nurul Islam (35), Suna Ahamed (37), Anser Ullah (22), Suna Meah (19), Jamal Hussain (24) and Abul Hashem.

On June 3, police arrested 12 Burma’s citizens (Rohingya) in a raid at Meghla area near the district town of Bandarban . The Rohingyas had been working in the area as laborers, an aide of police said.

Police arrested the Rohingyas at around 12: 00 pm when they gathered at Meghla in search for work, Bandarban Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Imtiaz Ahmed said.

The arrested are Mohammad Ali (22), Syed Ahmed (34), Md. Foyez (32), Kabir Ahmad (23), Md. Alam (55), Jahir Uddin (45), Sharif Uddin (42), Majibur Rahman (25), Ziaur Rahman (25), Abul Kasim (65), Azizul Haque (56) and Abdul Kader, 55, they hailed from Buthidaung township, Arakan State , Burma .

Later, they were produced before a court and then sent to jail.

Earlier, on May 13-15 Bangladeshi police arrested over fifty Rohingyas from different localities in raided and sent to jail. The police of Chandanach police raided and arrested them from the Bottali area under the Chittagong zone, said a local from the locality.

According to sources, more Rohingyas were arrested from Dum Dum Meah BGB-check post, Whykong check-post and along the border after being conducted operation by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) while being going to Cox’s Bazar from Teknaf. They were pushed back to Burma.

“We are not able to feeds our children as the Bangladesh authority crackdown us, said a daily labor from Teknaf. “We flee from our mother land for fear of persecutions from Burmese authority and here we also feel we are no safe.”

Similarly, in 2010, Violent Crackdown Fuels Humanitarian Crisis for Unrecognized Rohingya by Bangladesh authorities, while the ethnic Rohingya are suffering an increasingly violent crackdown in Bangladesh , according to different reports.

,A Rohingya Woman from Nyaung Chaung village was raped by NASAKA forces

,A Rohingya Woman from Nyaung Chaung village was raped by NASAKA forces
June 7, 2012
In accord to a villager from Nyaung Chaung village, Buthiduaung
Township, a woman namely Hamida the
daughter of Abdul Gani was jointly raped by the Nasaka forces.
Ms. Hamida, guessed her age about 29-30 years and together with five
females and a male were retuning
back from Maungdaw Township to her Anuak Pyin village,Rathedaung
Township after having their social
visit to their relatives in Maung Daw Township.
Date on 29 May, She was raped by the Nasaka forces at Thein Taung Pyin
village while she stopped there
which is enroute to her native Anuak Pyin village, Rathedaung Township.
After Ms. Hameda who was being raped by the Nasaka forces, and in the
next morning, she has
complained the case to the people parliament of Buthidaung Township
and later on the parliamentarian
brought the case to the high ranking official (Deputy BIHQ director)
of Border Immigration director, Police
officer in Rakhine State and the concerning responsible regional
authorities of Rakhine State.
According to a reliable information from the related village, the
Deputy BIHQ director got attention to the
complaint made by the people parliament and the Deputy had visited the
Nasaka station (26) and
thoroughly investigated the case filing against concerned culprits and
the related nearby village head
administrators at Nasaka transit location in Buthidaung Township. As
per the direction of the local
authorities, to expose the raped crime exactly and as a further
evident requirement from the victim,
hospital authority from Buthidaung Township seized the necessary test conduct.
Date on first June and second June, the Border Immigration Head
Quarter Director and Tactical
Commander and the Regiment Commander from (378) inquired the case at
Transit Station in Buthidaung
respectively.
In this connection, the concerned authorities and the state level
central authorities are seriously needed
to bring the raped offenders to the justice to show the civilians the
enforcement of law and order and the
restoration of peace, security and justice regardless of race,
religion, language, color and custom. The
current situation throughout Rakhine state has been very in the
condition of insecurity created by the
Rakhine chauvinistic activities recently happened in Taunggoop
Township which are headed By Rakhine
National Democratic Party. The RNDP’ s most wanted aspiration is to
come out the communal activities
related to riots between Rakhine and Rohingya and and then those
spreading out intentionally as the like
forest fire in nationwide.
Non bias position by the relevant judges in related cases will make
real satisfaction to the being foiled
partners and the true judgment by all concerned combined authentic
rationalization will please the village-
track people who will maintain the peace and stability of the nation.
To make peace and stability of the nation, every judgment made by the
decision makers or the relevant
authorities should be bias less and the well-timed enforcement of law
and order in turmoil localities ( NRS)
by the security forces should be alert to safeguard the national people.
Myat Khine