Rohingya students’ list collects in Maungdaw south

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The village administration officer of Aley Than Kyaw is collecting Rohingya students’ lists  within  Aley Than Kyaw village tract today, said a reliable source from Maungdaw south.
“U Maung Tha Naing – a Rakhine community-, the village administration officer of Aley Than Kyaw village tract called some Rohingya villagers including elders today at about 2:00 pm and held a meeting in the village.”
“In the meeting, the village admin told the villagers to give students’ lists, who had completed matriculation (Standard Ten), but, he didn’t express in detail and reason.”
During the meeting, an elder asked the village admin, “why and for what propose  needs students’ lists, but viallage admin  didn’t reply his question,” according to sources.
As a result, the students are frightened for fear of arrest by the village admin or   Burmese security forces, sources added.
Besides, today, a group of police from Maungdaw town went to the Sommona village – near the three mile Nasaka checked post – and called the village administration officer – Hafez Ahmed. The police officer asked to give the list of Rohingyas from his village who had burned down Rakhine village. But, the village admin refused to give list as there is no evident that his villagers had burned the Rakhine village, according to an elder from the village.
“However, police officer forcibly took signatures from village admin in some blank white papers.”
Similarly, Aung Kyaw Than, a police officer from Maungdaw police station, is using the so called arrest warrant list to Nyoung Chaung (Hadir bill) to extort money. The officer asked kyat 5 million for not arresting the villagers with so called arrest warrant list today, said a villager from Nyoung Chaung village.
According to different sources, if the security forces including Rakhine people harass the Rohingyas by daily basis in various means including arbitrary arrests and torturing . Where is the security of Rohingya community?, asked a Rohingya elder.

Rakhines round up Rohingyas’ village to attack in Akyab

Akyab, Arakan Stae: Hundreds of Rakhine mobs with lethal weapons went to the Rohingya villages – Hoshai  Para, Mowlake (Moulobi Para) and Aung Mingala (Handi Hola, Amla Para)  of Akyab-  the only ward, which  is existed in Akyab town  and tried to attack the villagers by  surrounding today at about 1:00pm , according to a villager from the locality.
Being informed, the army went to the spot, and foiled the Rakhine mobs from attacking the Rohingya village. Most of the Rakhines are holding long swords, knives, and catapults while the Rohingya villagers are armed less.  Villagers don’t know what the role of army is in coming hours. The villagers fear that the real attack will be occurred at night. The tense situation is existent. The attempt is taking place after the meeting of Rathedaung Town on September 25 to 26, the villager more added.
It is learnt that a Rakhine boy, named Aung Naing Oo (13), from urban, an ice-cream seller was missing and the Rakhine mobs alleged that the boy was arrested by Rohingyas and is keeping in the Rohingya village.  The Rakhine mobs asked the Rohingya villagers to hand over the boy to them; otherwise, they will attack the Rohingya villagers. It is created by Rakhines mobs to attack the Rohingyas village like the incident happened on June 3, at Akyab.  However, the missing boy was found by the concerned authority and informed to the mobs. As a result, the allegation was proved that it was false and fabricated. After that the army foiled the Rakhine mobs from attacking the Rohingya villagers, said an elder from the village.
“Why the Central government and State government let them to do such kinds of attacks in Akyab, Taung Gup, and Maungdaw and other Townships in Arakan State. They did not take any action against the culprits, Rakhine mobs, so they are encouraged to commit more crimes against the Rohingya community. It is a method of systematic ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Rohingya community, which had never been used in any country in the world in 21st century.”
Without, international protection, the Rohingya community will not survive in Arakan state as the Rakhines are able to attack to Rohingyas at any time they want. They have no obstacles because police, army, Nasaka and concerned authorities are their yes-men. On recently held meeting, at Rathedaung Township among the Rakhine leaders’ from17-townships, made a secret resolution for Rohingya community. The secret resolution is totally uprooted Rohingya community from Arakan soil , a youth from Rathedaung said.
Some exiled media also made news only asking from RNDP members and Rakhine community. So the information will not be balanced and fair. Media means to find out the real or exact information, said a Rohingya elder who always listen the Radio news program.

No security of life, Rakhine frequently attack Rohingya villages

Maungdaw, Arakan State: A group of the Rakine mob attacked with lethal weapons and took away a Rohingya youth, aged 20 from Mraung village nearby Kilaidaung east village of Maungdaw Town today, at about 1:00 pm. according to an elder from Maungdaw south.
“After the incident, the Rohingya villagers again chased the Rakhine mob and made free the said Rohingya youth.”
“Rakhine who are settler in village near by Rohingya villages, frequently harass Rohingya villages. The Rohingya villagers complained to the authority about the nmatter, but the authority didn’t take any action against the Rakhine villagers.”
“Meanwhile, a group of army arrived on the spot and controlled the situation.”
The Rohingyas and Rakhine women were ran away from Myoma Khayoungdan village market while a group of Burma border security force (Nasaka) arrived and took position at the market in evening. Seeing the situation,the Nasaka immediately control the situation and told the villagers stay as normal, according to a trader from market.
Similarly, a group of local Rakhine numbering around 200 were gathering with lethal weapons in front of the District Admins office of Maungdaw Town, today at about 2:00 pm and tried to attempt to start a strike against the Rohingya people after the meeting of  Rathedaung township held on September 25 and 26. This action is also connected with Sittwe events, said a youths from Maungdaw Town, according to an elder from village.
Being information, the police personnel of Maungdaw police station, came to the spot and tried to foil the gathering, so the Rakhine people were fleeing to avoid arrest of police, but they made hue and cry while they were running away. It made, the local Rohingya people that the Rakhine people were coming to attack Rohingya villages. As a result, Rohingya villagers who were in the market and on the road were also running to their homes to avoid the untoward situation.  This was spread to the town and the Rohingya people are disappointing.  Villagers fear that there will be untoward situation at night, said an elder.

Rohingya community facing more harassment in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Two army personnel accompanied by five Rakhine youths took away five cattle of Maulvi Hamid Hussain (42), son of Mohamed Sharif, hailed from Zawmatet Village of Maungdaw Township while the cattle were grazing in a field nearby army out-post, on September 26,  said a relative of the owner.
Being informed, the owner of the cattle (buffaloes) went to the army camp to choose his cattle. When he was reached at the camp, he was tortured by the army and took Kyat 450,000 and released his cattle.
Besides, a Rohingya youth named Mohamed (28), son of Ahmed Sha, hailed from Shwe Zaar village of Maungdaw Town was arrested by the Nasaka of Shwe Zaar Naska out-post camp while going to market and was released after taking money, on September 27, according to a relative of the victim.
In addition, on September 26, Boshi Ullah (22), son of Siddique, hailed from Tharay Kondan village of Maungdaw south was arrested by police when he was going to Maungdaw market to buy goods for his home. After arrest, he was detained in police custody with other 10 Rohingya youths, said a friend of the victim.

U.N. chief urges careful handling of Myanmar Rohingyas issue

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

By Michelle Nichols

UNITED NATIONS | Sat Sep 29, 2012

(Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world's largest Islamic body on Saturday to "treat carefully" the issue of the stateless Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar because it could affect the reform process underway in the country, also known as Burma.

Over the past year, Myanmar has introduced the most sweeping reforms in the former British colony since a 1962 military coup. A semi-civilian government, stacked with former generals, has allowed elections, eased rules on protests and freed dissidents.

But an outbreak of violence in June between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and the Rohingyas killed 80 people and displaced thousands. At least 800,000 Rohingyas are not recognized as one of the country's many ethnic and religious groups.

Rights groups accused Myanmar security forces of killing, raping and arresting Rohingyas after the riots. Myanmar has said it exercised "maximum restraint" in quelling the riots.

Ban discussed the issue in separate meeting with Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Myanmar President Thein Sein on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly of world leaders.

During his meeting with Ihsanoglu, Ban "indicated the importance of the situation in Rakhine being treated carefully because of the potential wider implications of the Rakhine issue on the overall reform process in Myanmar," his spokesman said.

An OIC committee set up to deal with the Rohingya issue met for the first time in New York this week and called for them to be given rights as citizens in Myanmar. Ihsanoglu said he wanted to visit Myanmar when the government was ready to "to remedy the fundamental rights issues of the Rohingya Muslims."

Myanmar's president is in a tight spot. Concessions towards the Rohingyas could prove unpopular among the general public, but perceived ill-treatment risks angering Western countries that have eased sanctions in response to human rights reforms.

Thein Sein said in June the government was only responsible for third-generation Rohingyas whose families had arrived before independence in 1948 and that it was impossible to accept those who had "illegally entered" Myanmar.

Ban and Thein Sein "discussed the recent outbreak of violence in Rakhine state and the immediate and long-term perspectives to promote inter-communal harmony and address the root causes of the tension there, including developmental efforts," Ban's spokesman said in a statement.

"The President confirmed the country would address the long-term ramifications of this question," the spokesman said.

Last week Aung Min, a minister in President Thein Sein's office and the government's top negotiator in peace talks with at least 10 ethnic minority rebel groups, said the government had set up an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the violence between the Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingyas.

The commission would look at how further violence could be prevented, which includes examining the status of the ethnic minorities, he said. It is due to report on due November 16.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go 

The Rohingya are a stateless people described by the UN as one of the world's most persecuted minorities.

They are reviled in Myanmar, the country many Rohingya call home, and unwelcome in neighbouring Bangladesh, where tens of thousands live in refugee camps.

And now they could be facing their worst crisis yet.

Violent ethnic clashes in Myanmar's Rakhine state have led to calls for their expulsion from the country. Boatloads of Rohingya refugees have been denied entry into Bangladesh. Those already there live on the fringes of society, undocumented and at risk of exploitation.

In late May, news broke of the brutal rape and murder of a Buddhist woman in Myanmar's Rakhine state. It was, by all accounts, a horrific crime.

What made it worse for some was that the alleged perpetrators were men from the Muslim Rohingya minority.

Five days later a crowd attacked a bus and killed nine Muslims in what appeared to be a retaliatory attack. The clashes erupted suddenly, and ferociously.

Rakhine state has since become the scene of more violence. Entire villages have been burnt down and people driven from their homes. Both sides accuse each other of atrocities and the Myanmar government has declared a state of emergency in the region.

Tens of thousands of Rohingya people now live in refugee camps, with their movements being restricted.In Myanmar they are not recognised as citizens and their access to opportunities are severely curtailed.

In the aftermath of the Rakhine riots, human rights observers fear they might become the target of more discrimination.

Myanmar does not want them. But neither does neighbouring Bangladesh, the country with the second-largest concentration of the Rohingya.

So where do the Rohingya really belong? 101 East looks at who should take responsibility 

for the community.

Breaking News : Rohingya Boys injuired in Min Bya Township by Rakhine Extremists

Breaking News ,29-9-2012, Min Bya. 

Three Rohingya boys of Thayet Aout (Nuwar Para) Village, Nargara Tract, Min Bya Township were seriously injured by the shooting of Rakhine terrorists in this morning. The boys were shot while they were watching their cattle in the pasture between paddy field and forest nearby the village. Their names are; 

1. Noor Alam son of U Siddique, 18-years 

2. Sayed Alam son of U Siddique, 16-years 

3. Ali Johar son of shabbier Ahmed, 14-years 

The terrorist group, including some Myanmargyi (Baruwa), total 15-members captured the boys systematically and shot them in cool blood. Villagers have informed to police and military to see the casualty and to help for admission to hospital, but they haven’t arrived till, 10:00 PM. 

The boys are in the very serious condition and their every body has already pinned with at least five arrows.