Homeless and Helpless: The Rohingya Muslims of Rakhine State

By Andrew BuncombeThe Independent, December 5, 2012″What difference does a simple name make? For Mohammad Ali, a resident of this town’s last Muslim neighbourhood, a ghetto cut-off by barbed wire and military check-points, it matters to his very core....

Expert warns of Rohingya genocide

The findings are the result of a four-month investigation into events in western Myanmar this June 2012. It is produced by British filmmaker Phil Rees and will be broadcast at the following times: Al Jazeera English (GMT) Sun 9th Dec 0600Mon 10th Dec 2000Tue...

Rohingya Pond Poisoned in Extermination Bid, Says Phuket Source

y Chutima SidasathianThursday, November 22, 2012PHUKET: At least one village pond in Burma has been poisoned as attempts to exterminate Rohingya Muslims continue, a Phuket-based Rohingya said today. The man talks by mobile telephone each day with relatives in the...

Scores of Rohingya refugees feared dead at sea

At least 3,000 Muslims who fled communal violence in their villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine state by boat more than a week ago remain missing. Concern for their safety continues to grow. In the latest spate of communal violence that broke out between Muslims and...