Myanmar: Anti-Muslim monk now faces defamation charge
Arakan News Agency A notorious firebrand monk whose hate speech has helped fuel attacks on Myanmar’s Muslim community...
Escaped to India, but persecution goes on: Rohingya terror-accused
Arakan News Agency “My persecution has not ended even after migrating to India,” said 29-year-old Maulana Khaled Mehmood,...
Myanmar migrants rescued from boat off Thai coast
Arakan News Agency Some as young as 13 – promised employment at factory on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, but...
Govt to Release Census Data on Religion
Arakan News Agency Data from Burma’s 2014 census on the populations of the country’s religious groups will...
Big Heart Foundation donates $150,000 to support refugees and displaced people
Arakan News Agency Sharjah-based humanitarian charity The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) has donated $150,000 (Dhs550,000) to support...
Malaysians hold mass rally calling for end to Burmese persecution of Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency SEVERAL thousand protesters marched to the Burmese (Myanmar) embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Friday...
Rumors abound Myanmar anti-Muslim group to be dissolved
Arakan News Agency Ultra-nationalist monk-led group backs down from demand government apologize as rumors build it may...
Rights groups give NLD poor marks on party’s ‘100 days’ record
Arakan News Agency Two international advocacy organisations have slammed the new Myanmar government for failing to address...
Min Aung Hlaing Asks Soldiers in Arakan Not to Be ‘Extreme’
Arakan News Agency Burma Army Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing requested soldiers stationed in Arakan State not...
Myanmar authorities have released a number of detainees, including Rohingya children
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities recently released a number of detainees, including some Rohingya children from Buthidaung...
The return of the series of attacks on the Rohingya territories by Buddhist extremists
Arakan News Agency Rohingyas in city of Buthidaung in Arakan State are exposed to continued attacks by Buddhist...
Myanmar radical monk endorses ruling party in election, raps opposition
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s firebrand Buddhist monk Wirathu has openly endorsed President Thein Sein’s ruling party in the...
President U Thein Sein ‘does not need to respond to lawsuit filed against him in US’
Arakan News Agency U Zaw Htay, the director of Myanmar’s President’s Office, said the Myanmar government does not...
