Myanmar allocates $ 15 million to the Rohingya blockade
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar authorities have allocated $ 15 million to build a border wall with Bangladesh, near Arakan province, a stronghold of the Rohingya Muslims west of the country, in a move to impose a further siege on the Rohingya. The Myanmar parliament approved Friday a budget of $ 15 million to build […]
Myanmar still not safe for 688,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh to return: U.N. refugee chief
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has failed to put in place conditions for the safe return of 688,000 Rohingya refugees who fled an army crackdown six months ago, the U.N. refugee chief said Monday. The refugees are sheltering in makeshift camps in Bangladesh despite an agreement reached between Myanmar and Bangladesh allowing for their return to […]
Vatican thanks Bangladesh for welcoming Myanmar’s Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The Vatican says Pope Francis and his deputies thanked Bangladesh for welcoming Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar and expressed hope for a “just and lasting solution to their ordeal” during a meeting with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hasina met with Francis in the Apostolic Palace on Monday and then with the […]
Rohingya in Myanmar’s largest city describe a sense of rising persecution and hatred
Arakan News Agency For four straight days last month, Rahim Muddinn watched, amazed, as Myanmar’s state-run newspapers published special supplements showing Rohingya Muslims accused of being terrorists — nearly 250 photos each day. For the 41-year-old Rohingya man, it was a surreal moment. He was born and raised in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city and far […]
Boris Johnson meets Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency The Foreign Secretary visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where over a million Rohingya Muslim people are living in refugee camps. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where over a million Rohingya Muslim refugees are living in crowded and unsafe refugee camps Over 688,000 people have fled from their […]
Massacre in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar’s restive Arakan state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by Myanmar police. Bound together, the 10 Rohingya Muslim captives watched their Buddhist […]
Almost 4400 Rohingya Killed in Myanmar Since Oct. 2016, Camp Leaders Say
Arakan News Agency The data was collected by Rohingya leaders going door to door in refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, according to people who took part in the effort and who shared the list with BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service. “It’s been reported 400 people were murdered in Gu Dar Pyin village, but I […]
Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delayed Rohingya return
Arakan News Agency Myanmar blamed Bangladesh on Tuesday (Jan 23) for delays to a huge repatriation programme for Rohingya refugees, as the deadline passed for starting the return of the Muslim minority to strife-torn Arakan state. Nearly 690,000 Rohingya escaped to Bangladesh after a brutal Myanmar army crackdown began last August, while a further 100,000 […]
Myanmar Has ‘Clear Goal’ of Eliminating Rohingya People in Country – Activist
Arakan News Agency Sputnik has spoken with Kyaw Win of the Burma Human Rights Network to get his view on the ongoing Rohingya crisis, with thousands of refugees fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Sputnik: Will the deal to return the Rohingya to Myanmar actually work? Kyaw Win: There must be accountability every time there is genocide; the […]
Turkish PM calls Rohingya killings in Myanmar ‘genocide’
Arakan News Agency Turkey’s prime minister on Wednesday dubbed the killing of minority Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar by its security forces “genocide” and urged the international community to ensure their safety back home. Binali Yildirim met several Rohingyas in two refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar in neighboring Bangladesh. Almost 870,000 Rohingya fled there, about 660,000 […]
Myanmar bars U.N. rights investigator before visit
Arakan News Agency The U.N. independent investigator into human rights in Myanmar called on Wednesday for stronger international pressure to be exerted on Myanmar’s military commanders after being barred from visiting the country for the rest of her tenure. Yanghee Lee, U.N. special rapporteur, had been due to visit in January to assess human rights […]
‘It breaks my heart’: A Rohingya mother’s pain after 60 family members murdered
Arakan News Agency Almas Khatun saw her seven children and husband murdered during a wave of massacres in Myanmar. She and thousands of other survivors now face new threats as they languish in refugee camps. Sitting on the dirt floor in a flimsy bamboo shelter, Almas Khatun pulls a pink shawl from her face to reveal […]
The Myanmar authorities forces the remaining Rohingya people to acquit the army of arson and genocide charges
Arakan News Agency Rohingya activists said the Myanmar authorities had recently set up special commissions to claim fair investigations into charges against the army of burning Rohingya homes and villages, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, shooting and raping their women and girls since sectarian violence erupted on Aug. 25th. A well-informed source explained that […]