Massacre reports put Rohingya on the run

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Massacre reports put Rohingya on the run

Myanmar: -- Pressure mounts on Myanmar for an investigation amid reports that dozens of the persecuted minority were killed.

In the dusty Burmese village of Thet Kay Pyin, Rosia sits tending to her elderly, disabled mother on the floor of a dark bamboo hut. Eighty-year-old Feroza cannot feed herself, speak, or even sit up. Without Rosia's care she would be utterly helpless.

The two women, both Rohingya Muslims, live together in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. In the past 18 months, Rosia and her mother have twice had to undergo the stressful ordeal of abandoning their home. In 2012, Buddhist extremists burned their house down during communal violence in Sittwe, the state capital.

Then, last month, after receiving news of an alleged massacre more than 100km north, Rosia said she feared the violence would return and fled to the countryside.

"I heard the Rakhine are coming to attack, and that many people are going to leave. I thought if we didn't come here soon, there would be nowhere left to stay," she said.

Source: aljazeera.com - read the full article here

[antsrule]

I have spent time asking myself "Am I beautiful?" or " How can I get rich?"

Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I had to ask myself "Why will nobody help us?"

[falangadang]

We're contemplating a move because our landlord has sold the house.

Its an inconvenience and a bother to think of moving but at least we have the luxury of going peacefully and finding something nice elsewhere.

I can only imagine how stressful it would be to think that an opposing force could come and turf you out of your home at any time of day or night and/or burn it down and even kill you without anyone so much as batting an eyelid!

Very sad,... the authorities and governments of the region should be ashamed of themselves. I don't see any sign of the blue beret UN making any moves to protect these people either.

Some things in this world just totally suck!

[ggt]

These people live a miserable...fearful...existence...the gov't of Myanmar should take the responsibility of locating these people where they can live in relative peace and security...if this is not going to happen...the world should rescue them...give them medical treatment...education...and new homes...(In a perfect world)

[sauvagecheri]

Maybe they can be resettled in a muslim country ,where they fit better...obviously Myanmar Buddhists do not trust those people,and maybe just maybe they have their own reasons for that ....

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[simple1]

Maybe they can be resettled in a muslim country ,where they fit better...obviously Myanmar Buddhists do not trust those people,and maybe just maybe they have their own reasons for that ....

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The hard-line against the Rohingya is primarily driven by nationalist propaganda over many years, a bit similar to the marginislation of the Jews by Nazi propaganda. Some more detail at:

http://buddhism.about.com/od/throughasiaandbeyond/a/Buddhism-In-Burma-Part-2.htm

Somewhat of a challenge to be resettled if you have been declared stateless by your government. However, Rohingya are not the only minority suffering repression/oppression by the Burmese government with an estimated 500,000 internally displaced people.

http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49e4877d6.html

[sauvagecheri]

It is unfortunate but that is the reality of the situation

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[LivinginKata]

off topic racial post removed