Thai should end inhumane detention of Rohingya: HRW

The Thai government should immediately end the detention under inhumane conditions of more than 1,700 ethnic Rohingya from Burma, New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on June 3.

Rohingya asylum seekers should be transferred from overcrowded cells in immigration detention centers to get screening and protection from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the HRW statement said after broadcasting of ITN Channel 4 News on May 31.
The ITN Channel 4 News had broadcasted on the air about shocking video footage of Rohingya locked up in an overcrowded immigration facility in Thailand’s Phang Nga province.
“Thailand should respect the basic rights of Rohingya ‘boat people’ and stop detaining them in horrific conditions,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
“The government should immediately allow them to pursue their asylum claims with the UN refugee agency.”
Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to seek asylum from persecution. While Thailand is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention, under customary international law, the Thai government has an obligation of “non-refoulement” – not to return anyone to places where their life or freedom would be at risk.
UNHCR’s Guidelines on Applicable Criteria and Standards Relating to the Detention of Asylum Seekers reaffirms the basic human right to seek asylum and state that “[a]s a general rule, asylum seekers should not be detained.” The UNHCR Guidelines also note that detention should not be used as a punitive or disciplinary measure, and that detention should not be used as a means of discouraging refugees from applying for asylum.
“Thai authorities should provide temporary protection to Rohingya and scrap the ‘help on’ policy that places these asylum seekers in harm’s way,” Adams said.
“The government should help Rohingya who escape from oppression and hardship in Burma – not worsen their plight.”

Village uproots for authority forced to registered as Bengali in registration program

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Kyikanpyin (Kawabil) village had become uprooted after authority enforced the Rohingya villagers to registered as Bengali in the place of Rohingya –under race column – in government registration program - digital Photograph and signature – since June 3,  according to a local elder who denied to be named.

“More than 200 security forces – Burma border security force (Nasaka), Army, police and Hluntin – surrounded the village to stop fleeing the villagers from the village, to force the villagers to join the government registration program. But, most of the villagers –mostly male villagers- flee from their village leaving their all properties.”
The village had become a war field area as the security forces destroyed all the properties of Rohingya and took the valuables things from Rohingya home. The forces destroy mostly the kitten wares and grain stock, said a school teacher from Maungdaw.
“The forces stationed in the village like their outpost station in the war and the villagers are not able to return to their village. The villagers lived in the jungle, paddy fields and nearby villages. Some family members were divided from family groups. Some stayed in the village –mostly old men, females and children- are like hostage under forces.”
At this situation, the Nasaka personnel forcibly took female villagers and old people from the homes and forced to get into trucks and carried to the Nasaka headquarters of Kawar Bill where the Nasaka compelled them to say “Bengali” in place of “Rohingya” in survey form and took photographs and computerized. After completing the work, villagers were sent to their village, said a local businessman on condition of anonymity.
The government and State authorities are trying to stamp the Rohingya as Bengali to use in coming all Burma population census to show  the international observer that the areas were not secure, so the authority took advance census where the people said themselves as Bengali, said a politician from Maungdaw.
“This is first times in Maungdaw , authority forced and surround the village  like war time to join their registration program. It is totally violation of Human Rights to convince, 
some things by forced without willing of someone.”
The Nasaka personnel apparently detained the Rohingya villagers in connection to a protest over a government registration program that required them to state their identities as “Bengali”.

A New Wave Of Buddhist Massacre In Myanmar, Maung Daw

Last Friday, May 3, 2013, the Rohingya elders and religious intelligent were strongly threatened in several meetings summoned by high-ranking officials from Military department. ''Any of the information about the absence of any of you from respective area during these days, and any of the attempt against the government as well as the involvement in the newly 'jihad' reportedly being organized in Bangladesh, will be liable to be shot death, so beware!

        The government has also increased security measures and deployed special intelligent agency to inspect anyone at the Rohingya predominant area. A point here deserving of attention is that the government formed people's Militia with modern weapons in all village tracts of Arakan. According to the Eleven, the Burmese 1st domestic Media Group ''Myanmar has beefed up security measures and tightened...'' and ''We have been reported the terrorists are trying to enter the country and attempt bombing. So, we have ordered to set up security measures. We must be always alert as they may wait for the chance to attack. Security has been tightened at the border check points, ''Ref; Min Aung Lt.Col. from Headquarter of Myanmar Police Force. The Burmese government through unofficial print and online media, is now believed to be rhetorically trying to have a chance to carry out another massacre under the cover of State security and stability through mass arrest extrajudicial killing of innocent Rohingyas, and restriction on movement and other human rights abuse.

        As the media turned the baseless accusation to helpless Rohingya citing, ''the Muslim living in Myanmar, espicially hardcore members are campaigning for enlisting their conspiracy'' and ''The main targeted areas are Maungdaw Township and Buthidaung Township where Bengali(refering to Rohingya) migrants account for 90 percent of the total population ''they added. Now, Rohingyas are likely being targeted by the authorities as it happened before.

        According to Mr. AKF Jelani, an exiled Rohingya activist and former candidate for MP from NLD in 1990, ''From May 1994, North Arakan had become a new killing Field. At SLORC death camps of Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships, Rohingyas were tortured, shot and slaughtered, more chilling is that the people were to dig their own grave before being killed or buried alive. Alleging as RSO sympathizers, Rohingyas were taken late at night from their homes and were tortured to death and buried alive, ''he mentioned more 'under the pretext of looking for insurgents, random killing in the villages is a regular routine action of the SLORC/SPDC brute forces''.

Innocent Religeo Escaped From Death, Maung Daw

        Fakira Bazar, MDW North: Molvi Noor Mohammed 49 s/o Sultan Ahmad had supposedly fled the country to escape from possible death sentence by the Burmese racist authority. For this possible penalty, no reason has yet been ascertained. Reportedly due to his alleged involvement in Rohingya political parties in Bangladesh.

        On 1st May, 2013 at about 8:00 PM, more than 30 Nasaka personals from the Region no (5), Kha Maung Seik had besieged his home. In searching for him as a highly wanted criminal, they virtually left no stone unturned in the home but as he already went selling wood to Maungdaw, he has not been arrested. Frankly, no violence during the operation as usually carried out by them has been reported.

        Molvi Noor Mohammed (religious intellectual) is nothing more than a poor old man. He used to teach in Madrasa (Islamic school) run by local charity from which he earned a meager income of 50000Ks and that was regarded his only livelihood. But unfortunately, since last year June's State-sponsored ethnic cleansing in Arakan province, he and the teachers like him and nearly the entire Rohingya community became an easy prey of starvation due to government’s restriction on movement, arbitrary taxation, extortion under no criminal offence, and artificial price hike of foods which has been greedily sold by local Rakhine businessmen to Rohingyas, as well as the government put strong restriction on any Islamic services. As a consequence, he began selling wood though that did not cover the necessity of his family. Rohingyas in northern Rakhine State (NRS) live in fear of being arrested with no legal charge, "everyone would be caught sooner or later" said a school teacher from NRS anonymously.

Dear World!!!

Dear world!

Having several huge eyes

Why do you pretend as innate blind?

For Burmese government and Buddhist people

How easy to oppress and deport

The Arakan bona fide people

As Rohingya is historically native

Ill tyrants enacted a ‘1982 Dutch-law’

And to day no one likes to reform at all

So we’re still in genocide and exile

Burmese forces kill not us with ax

They kill us with needle

Buddhist people let not us enjoy with ours

They want to eliminate Muslims in profound schemes

But allegations take place first upon Muslims

Yet we are in the brink of such of plight

Where the death comes before our liberation

And reward arrives before our imagination

No ethnic in any history has been faced like Arakan Muslims

So, Rohingyas are regarded as the most multipersecuted ethnic!

·         Dear world!

Due to waves of Rohingyas tears

Aren’t you became still wet?

For Burmese forces and Buddhist extremists

How easy to fine and extort

Life-blood of Muslim people

Miscreants grab and steal at night

Forces extort and fine without rights

When a house’s constructed,(200000) is fined

When a person’s married, (100000) is fined

For a death and birth, (20000) is fined

In check points,

Pocket money is extorted

Waves to resell to market are half-grabbed

When a riot takes place in a hamlet

Muslims throughout township are accused and banned

As all allegations are discriminatory

Very large sums of money is extorted

Sometimes replace the Muslims in those places

And who have nothing are incarcerated!

·         Dear world!

Due to gushing of Rohingyas’ blood

Aren’t you became still reddish?

For Burmese forces and extremists

How easy to shoot and kill?

Muslims minority

Government distributed guns formally

Twenty percents per Buddhist village

And enclosing everything for Muslims

Making ‘Genocide’ to eliminate ethnic

Mullah and leader are assassinated one by one

Peasant and wood cutter are hacked and strangled in forest

Fishermen are slaughtered in river and stream

Lagoonkeepers are assaulted and killed in hut and tent

During emergency declaration

How hot crime the Buddhists do commit

No action for them as there’s no law

If there’s a Muslim in out of time

Security forces see nothing except bullets!

·         Dear world!

Due to blaze of Buddhists arson attack

Aren’t you became still flaming?

How easy to incinerate and burn down

Muslims’ houses, shops and mosques

Robbing and collecting the cash and jewels

A mob of miscreants destroy and perish Muslims shelter

To which are closed with theirs

And fire all those which aren’t near

Old and weak are burnt alive in there

Infants and kids are thrown into fire

When devastation knows so bound

Then emergency is declared

Not because to control

But because to inflate many more

Police and Hluntin add fuel to fire

Military and NaSaKa make blood boiled

Security forces sharpen Buddhist swords

And government’s absent for Muslims protection!

·         Dear world!

Due to scream of Rohngyas’ chronic agonies

Aren’t you became still deaf?

For NRS Burmese forces

How easy to rape and kill

Poor Muslims ladies

Not only military and police

But also NaSaKa and Hluntin

Firing and deporting the men

Rape and molest innocent women

Take all belles to camp and forest

And use them there as sex slaves

Some are killed in sexual violence

Due to whole night insult and harass

Even be an in adolescent

The forces commit sexual brunt

Even be a lactating woman

The gang of forces rape and stunt

What thing Rohingya doesn’t face?

Or more any for an ethnic to hamper?

                                            Azaad Bin Arakan

Arbitrary Arrest And Merciless Torture, Maung Daw

Yestarday at about 11:10pm, the Nasaka Commander of Region (5) Bomo Than Sai Aung, accompanied by 18 Nasaka personals and village admin of Auk Phyuma (Hansarirbil) village tract, named U Ba San, raided on Koddon (locally known as Kuduk Khali) village of Atet Phyuma (Furma) village tract. They basically entered the village from west side of arable land no usual road is available that was thought to be making the people unconscious of their arrival.

          On their way in the village they arrested a Rohingya old man named Abdul Habib (55Yr), after being handcuffed he was compelled to show them the dwelling of Iliyas (50Yr) s/o late Sultan Ahmed hail from the same village tract. They then with no criminal offence, arbitrarily arrested and mercilessly tortured four innocent Rohingyas; Iliyas and his two nephews namely Mohammed Amin (20Yr) and Ajmal Hasan (18Yr) sons of Abul Hashim and Olamiya (32Yr) s/o Nurul Islam. They also insulted girls and women's dignity during the operation there. Today at around 9:00am the two young were handed over to the police custody in Kyien Chaung(BaliBazar) village tract. However, Iliyas and Olamiya are still under detention in Nasaka camp in Ngakura.

Authorities Make Rohingyas Scapegoat, Maung Daw

Than Than Oo, a two star ranking police officer on 19th April launched a mass arrest in Aung Saik Pyin (called Reeda by Rohingya) and Kyien Chaung (known as BaliBazar) village tracts. After the victims were being subjected to inhumane torture in the police custody, nine of them were released extorting 2640000Ks.

The victims were identified as follows:

Name           Father           Village Tract             Extorted Money

Idris             Abdu Jalil       Kyien Chaung           1200000Ks

Abdul Munaf   Dudumia        Kyien Chaung           500000Ks

Nurkamal       Fetan Ali        Kyien Chaung           150000Ks

Nurul Amin     Rafiq             Kyien Chaung           150000Ks

Abdul Habib   Nagu            Dumbai                   30000Ks

Kalu              ....?              Dumbai                   20000Ks

Ayas             Md Husain     Dumbai                   20000Ks

Elyas            Sayyad                   Dumbai                   15OOOOKs

Abdul Jabbar  Bakhshu        Dumbai                   150000Ks

          On 18th April 2013, at about mid night, 10-15 armed Rakhines extremists from NaTaLa (modern village locally known as Mattoilla) of Dhom Bai village tract had gone to attack on the nearby Muslim village. However, as soon as the news went spread, the local Muslims on the spot rushed in order to make them run away without combat because they know that whenever this kind of attack carried out by Rakhines or other Buddhist groups against Muslims in Burma, no matter if they fail or success, the authorities often turn the burden on the Muslim locality.

          Accordingly, the next day, some Rakhine community leaders including one of the extremists who had a wound in his leg he got when they were running off. When they were resisted from attack, they went to police camp in Bali Bazar to make the Rohingya guilty of the incident. The police then began a mass arrest of innocent Rohingyas. Of the arrestees one was Idris s/o Abdu Jalil hails from Kyien Chaung village tract, who had been extorted 1200000Ks.

          After the organized attack on Rohingyas in June last year which is unfortunately being publicized widely as communal violence in Rakhine state by state and overseas media in exception of some.

          The Burmese government formed a collective youths from Rakhine, Mro, Chakma(Dyina) and other Buddhist ethnic groups, 90% of them was manned with extremists Rakhine particularly those who are sworn enemies of Rohingyas. They then appointed 6-8 security forces to safeguard Buddhists in each ethnic village and unleashed them of persecution, atrocities and violence against Rohingyas in the whole northern Arakan. For instance, on 14th April 2013, the armed Mros of Taring (Toryin) village made an attack on Sammoina of Chaung Pouk village tract nearly 5 km west to Boli Bazar(Kyien Chaung) village tract, and after looting a Rohingya house and torturing the owner Amir Husain s/o Abul Husain seriously, they ran away. When the authorities were informed about the incident, they demanded 30000Ks from the victim who lost everything.