Arakan News

Bangladeshi Soldier Injured in Landmine Explosion Planted by Arakan Militias on the Myanmar Border

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive A member of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) was seriously injured in a landmine explosion reportedly planted by Buddhist Arakan militias (Arakan Army) along the Bangla...

Arakan Militias Extort Rohingya and Forcibly Collect Shop Rents in Maungdaw

Arakan News Agency Rohingya residents in Maungdaw Township, in western Arakan State, Myanmar, reported that Buddhist Arakan militias (Arakan Army – AA) have been coercing the community to pay money ...

Arakan: 21 Rohingya Released After Brutal Torture; Child and Man Killed While Fleeing

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive On September 25, the Arakan Buddhist militia (Arakan Army) released 21 Rohingya, including children, after months of brutal torture that left them with critical injuries...

Beheaded Body of Rohingya Motorcycle Driver Found After Arbitrary Arrest

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive A group of farmers in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, western Myanmar, discovered the beheaded body of a Rohingya motorcycle driver just hours after he was arbitraril...

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 ...

Looting and Burning of Rohingya Homes in Maungdaw by Arakan Militias

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Eyewitnesses accused the Buddhist Arakan militias (Arakan Army) of destroying three Rohingya homes in Thi Hoe Kyunt village, Maungdaw Township, in Arakan State, on Monda...

Threats to “wipe out Rohingya” after massacre by Arakan Militias uncovered

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive A commanding officer of the Arakan Buddhist militia threatened to “wipe out” Rohingya communities if they continue sharing information about atrocities in Arakan, ac...

Fear grows in Buthidaung as arrests by Arakan Militias spike

Arakan News Agency | Exclusive Rohingya residents in several villages in Buthidaung, Arakan state, western Myanmar, report increasing threats and intimidation from Arakan Buddhist Militias (Arakan arm...
Traffic movement in Buthidaung city in Arakan state, western Myanmar (Image: The Irrawaddy)

Maungdaw’s Grand Mosque reopened after being closed for 13 years

Arakan News agency | Exclusive Maungdaw’s historic Grand Mosque, which is nearly 200 years old, has been reopened on Friday after being closed for almost 13 years. Locals told Arakan News Agency...
Muslim Rohingyas perform prayers inside the Grand Mosque after reopening (Image: Social Media)

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...

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