Rohingya Life

By Ziaur Rahman Dhaka, Bangladesh: Following the ethnic cleansing and human rights atrocities against the Rohingya in Burma, The Bangladeshi peoples protest against the lack of response from the Bangladesh Government to help their Muslim brothers and sisters who are being raped, killed, and tortured by the hands of murderous monks and nationalist with the full acknowledgment of the government in Myanmar .  Dhaka – Over hundred protesters united in response to the horrific abuse of human rights against the Rohingyas outside the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram Dhaka Bangladesh. The protesters chanted ‘Free Free Rohingya’ and ‘Peaceful coexistence in Arakan ’ speeches made by three person all are human activist .Despite these harrowing reports, hundreds of Rohingyas fleeing in boats from the violence to Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are being turned back. Many Rohingya refugees also live in Bangladesh where they are denied citizenship. ...

 

An exodus of thousands of Rohingya tests relations in Southeast Asia Financial Times  By Michael Peel Ziaur Rahman has history in four countries but a secure home in none. The 23-year-old from the Rohingya ethnic group grew up in Bangladesh after his family fled Myanmar, only to be kidnapped by people traffickers last year and shipped to Thailand. He was freed in an anti-people smuggling operation in October and sent to a shelter, but ran away fearing for his safety. He was re-arrested, sold to another broker and ended up in Malaysia, where he now works as a cook — and worries about both his sick mother in Bangladesh, and his people. Podcast.......... The plight of Asia’s Rohingya Muslims  The suffering of Asia’s Rohingya Muslims has been revealed in gruesome detail in recent weeks, with haunting images of desperate people stranded on the Indian Ocean. Fiona Symon talks to Michael Peel, FT correspondent in Bangkok, about the crisis. “I have an ambition to help ...