Nationalist Buddhist group gathers in Myanmar despite ban
Arakan News Agency Thousands of Buddhist monks, nuns and supporters of an ultranationalist Buddhist group gathered at an...
Myanmar CSOs call for UN probe into rights abuses
Arakan News Agency Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Myanmar urged the government to fully cooperate with United Nations...
Myanmar Muslims are threatened with denial of citizenship rights
There is concern among Myanmar Muslims living in the capital, Yangon, and a number of northern and eastern...
Buddhist Authorities Ban Myanmar’s Ultra nationalist Ma Ba Tha Group
Arakan News Agency A government-appointed body that regulates Myanmar’s Buddhist clergy has banned an ultra nationalist monk organization...
Cannes Film Festival hosts portrait of Ashin Wirathu, the firebrand Buddhist monk who preaches hard line against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Wirathu’s incendiary anti-Muslim views have been condemned by many who blame them for contributing to...
Myanmar army rejects U.N. findings of abuses in Rohingya crackdown
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s army on Tuesday rejected allegations of human rights abuses during its crackdown on Rohingya...
Myanmar failing to stop spread of religious violence, UN envoy says
Arakan News Agency Myanmar must do more to prevent the drastic escalation of religious intolerance and violence following...
Myanmar police arrest 11 Rohingya Muslims for Yangon entry point
The Myanmar police on Thursday arrested 11 Rohingya Muslims in Yangon after fleeing Arakan province. In an statement...
Kofi Annan’s Committee Holds Meetings to Explain its Recommendations on the Situation of Arakan
Arakan News Agency The Consultative Commission formed to resolve the situation in Arakan State of Myanmar held several...
Myanmar army chief compares Rohingya crackdown to N. Ireland
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s army chief defended his military’s violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to...
Diplomat: Anti-Muslim Violence in Myanmar is ‘Rule of Law’ Problem
Arakan News Agency Calling Myanmar “a new democracy,” the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar told that the latest manifestation...
Arrest Warrants Issued for Buddhist Nationalists
Arakan News Agency Seven nationalists and Buddhist monks involved in Tuesday night’s confrontation between Buddhists and Muslims in Mingalar Taung Nyunt...
No rights for the Rohingya: Bangladesh PM words will fall upon deaf ears
Arakan News Agency In the famous words of Hannah Arendt: “a man who is nothing but a man...
