Rohingya Activists at UN Conference: The Genocide Did Not End in 2017 and We Are Still Used as Human Shields
Arakan News Agency The United Nations High-Level Conference on the Rohingya Crisis on Tuesday heard powerful testimonies from Rohingya activists detailing ongoing systematic abuses and human suffering in Arakan State in western Myanmar. The speakers stressed that the genocide against the Rohingya did not end in 2017 and that they continue to be used as […]
UN Calls for Sustainable Solutions to Rohingya Crisis at High-Level Conference
Arakan News Agency UN officials and human rights activists on Tuesday, during the High-Level Conference on the Rohingya Crisis and other minorities in Myanmar, called for strengthened international solidarity and the development of sustainable political solutions to end decades of oppression, displacement, and humanitarian suffering. Courtney Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the UN Secretary-General’s Executive […]
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Appeal to the United Nations to End Their Suffering
Arakan News Agency Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh held an event in the Cox’s Bazar camps to call on the United Nations to end their ongoing suffering, just days ahead of a high-level conference on their cause to be held in New York on September 39.
Rohingya in Bangladesh Appeal to UN to End Their Suffering Ahead of Global Conference
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Hundreds of Rohingya refugees gathered on Saturday at Camp-13 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in a peaceful assembly during which they made an urgent appeal to the United Nations and the international community for justice and the recognition of their rights. The gathering came just three days before the Global Rohingya […]
Bangladesh Border Guards Detain 3 Rohingya Fishermen, Release Them After Seizing Equipment
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Bangladesh Border Guard forces detained three Rohingya fishermen on September 19 while they were working in the Naf River, before releasing them the following day after confiscating their fishing equipment. Local sources told Arakan News Agency that the men were arrested while casting their nets on the Myanmar side of […]
Thunderstorm Hits Rohingya Shelter, Sparks Panic in Bangladesh Camps
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive A thunderstorm struck a Rohingya refugee shelter in Camp No. 15 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Saturday, triggering fear and panic among residents. According to an Arakan News Agency correspondent, citing eyewitnesses, no injuries or fatalities were reported. However, some family members briefly lost consciousness due to shock before later […]
66 Rohingya Rescued from Human Trafficking Network in Teknaf Hills, Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Bangladeshi authorities rescued 66 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, from a human trafficking network that had been holding them in the remote Teknaf Hills of Cox’s Bazar, in a joint operation carried out by the Bangladesh Coast Guard and Navy, according to security sources. A Coast Guard spokesperson explained that the […]
Representation of refugees: Muslims of Rohingya
The concepts of refugee, refugee crisis, and migration have recently become a center of debate all around the world. The acceleration of forced migration and refugee flows, in particular from the Middle East region have caused a marked change and transformative effect in all aspects of life, especially on the host nations that have experienced […]
Mohammed Toyoub: A Rohingya Youth Who Turned Broken Parts into Robots in Bangladesh Camps
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Amid the harsh conditions of life in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, the story of young Mohammed Toyoub has emerged as a unique example of talent, determination, and hope, after he succeeded in creating small robots. Toyoub, originally from Bothidown Township (Bataga) in Arakan State, Myanmar, fled with his […]
A Rohingya woman recounts her suffering after being injured and fleeing from Arakan to Bangladesh
She shared details of her escape from Myanmar’s Arakan State to Bangladesh after being wounded in the escalating clashes between Buddhist Arakan militias and the Myanmar army.
A young Rohingya speaks about his skills gained after journalism training in Bangladesh camps
A young man from the Rohingya spoke about the skills he gained from the journalism training organized by the Arakan Humanitarian Association, in cooperation with “TRT World,” held in the Bangladesh camps, aimed at providing them with the necessary skills to tell their community’s stories in professional ways.
At least 38 killed and injured including children in Myanmar junta airstrike on school in Arakan State
Arakan News Agency At least 18 students were killed and 20 others injured in an airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military on a private boarding high school in Thayet Pin village, Kyauktaw Township, in western Arakan State. Eyewitnesses reported that the school, known as Pinyar Pan Kon, was struck with two 500-pound bombs that landed […]
A Rohingya Refugee’s Story: Turning Net Weaving into a Means of Survival and Hope
Arakan News Agency | Exclusive In a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 40-year-old Mohammed Amin has found in fishing net weaving a way to support his family and community amid the harsh conditions of displacement. Amin relies on repairing and making nets to provide food, clothing, and basic needs for his children, […]