Arakan News

Myanmar Military Releases Video of Rohingya in Sittwe Amid ICJ Hearings

Arakan News Agency The Myanmar Armed Forces has released a video filmed in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, showing Rohingya men and women denying allegations of genocide and other serious abuse...

Arakan: Calls for Accountability Over Those Involved in Selling Rohingya Properties Under Militia Authority

Arakan News Agency Local residents in Myo-U Ward of Maungdaw town, Arakan State, have called for legal action against administrators appointed by Arakan militias (Buddhist separatist), accusing them...

Fighting Intensifies in Sittwe as Arakan Militias Escalate Attacks on Army Positions

Arakan News Agency The city of Sittwe, capital of Arakan State, is witnessing a significant military escalation as fighting intensifies between Buddhist Arakan militias (Arakan Army) and the Myanmar a...

Arakan Militias Collect Data on Rohingya and Empty Homes in Northern State Amid Rising Fears

Arakan Agency | Exclusive Arakan militias (Buddhist separatists) have ordered local authorities in Maungdaw and Buthidaung to gather detailed information on Rohingya residents who cros...

Arakan Militias Impose Siege on Villages in Maungdaw, Threaten Rohingya with Forced Recruitment

Arakan News Agency Arakan militias imposed a tight siege at dawn on Wednesday on the Shwe Zar village tract in Maungdaw Township, northern Arakan State, and threatened Rohingya residents with forced m...

Arakan: Village Officials in Maungdaw Force Rohingya to Attend Military Service Meeting

Arakan News Agency Officials in Shwe Zar village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan, conducted door-to-door visits to Rohingya homes to force them to sign pledges to attend a meeting related to military servi...

Release of 28 Rohingya Children From Boat Bound for Malaysia

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive The Myanmar military has released 28 Rohingya children, aged between 5 and 18, who were among 233 people detained by the Myanmar navy while attempting to migrate by sea ...

Arakan Militias Seize Rohingya Farmland and Cemeteries in Buthidaung Amid Fears of Erasure

Arakan News Agency Local sources reported growing fear and alarm among residents of Kyin Taung village in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, following the seizure of large areas of Rohingya farmland a...

Despite Militia Media Claims.. Ongoing Health Crisis Hits Rohingya in Northern Arakan

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Field sources in Arakan State have confirmed that the Rohingya continue to face a severe and ongoing health crisis in the north of the state, despite claims by media out...

Arakan Militias Seize Farmland and Cemetery Land Owned by Rohingya in Buthidaung

Arakan News Agency Local residents reported that Buddhist Arakan militias (Arakan Army) have confiscated more than 120 acres of farmland and approximately 12 acres of cemetery land in the village of K...