Myanmar Rohingyas swap suppression for squalor

Myanmar Rohingyas swap suppression for squalor

Nov 3, 2009 | Refugee

By Shafiq Alam (AFP) – 6 hours ago KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — As one of Myanmar’s ethnic Muslim Rohingya, 45-year-old Manjurul Islam endured a lifetime of oppression before he finally fled the country for a squalid refugee camp in Bangladesh. Described by UN...

MYANMAR: Rohingya youth face bleak future

Oct 23, 2009 | Latest

MAUNGDAW, 21 October 2009 (IRIN) – Hla Moe, 25, has a university degree but it is worthless in the eyes of Myanmar's military government. Thus, he and other Rohingya youth have no choice but to till the land just as their ancestors have done for generations...
An ‘Evening with Rohingya People’

An ‘Evening with Rohingya People’

Sep 4, 2009 | ARNO Programs

London, UK: An ‘Evening with Rohingya People’ was an event organized by the London based Burmese Rohingya community with the help of the Burma Campaign UK to share the dilemma of the Rohingya and discuss other Burmese multi-ethnic conflict topics on August...