Engage proactively setting aside Rohingya issue, Myanmar activist tells Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency A Yangon-based activist has suggested Bangladesh to be “proactive” in its engagement with Myanmar, keeping the decades-old Rohingya refugee issue aside for the benefit of both the neighbors. “Bangladesh should appoint a PR in Myanmar for improving relations,” Khin Zaw Win says, “and solve refugee issue using third party, UN or others”. […]
A Rohingya man was physically abused by Rakhine extremists
Arakan News Agency An innocent Rohingya man named Bodi Alam was beaten by Rakhine extremists in Kyaw taw, Folibazar village. The victim was abused by Rakhine extremists while he was walking by them, they assaulted and beaten him with impunity just because the victim was a Rohingya. The authorities reported they are still looking for […]
A reluctant hero of the Rohingya in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Amnesty supporters worldwide wrote letters supporting U Kyaw Hla Aung in prison in Myanmar. This 75-year-old lawyer from the persecuted Rohingya minority has been jailed repeatedly for his peaceful political work. After being released last October, he tells us what he is fighting for. What does it mean to be Rohingya in […]
BGB Return 514 Rohingya to Burma in March
Arakan News Agency Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) returned 514 Rohingyas including 319 men, 129 women and 68 children to Burma in the month of March, 2015, according to Abu Rasel Siddique the second-in-command of BGB Battalion No.42 based in Teknaf, Bangladesh. He said: “They were arrested by the BGB while illegally entering Bangladesh […]
Failure to amend Myanmar constitution ‘raises questions’ on reform: U.S
Arakan News Agency The United States said on Tuesday Myanmar’s failure to amend a military-drafted constitution raised questions about the credibility of reforms, but did not go so far as to say it would undermine the legitimacy of upcoming elections. Myanmar emerged from 49 years of military rule in 2011 and its semi-civilian government has […]
The Rohingya, Burma’s Forgotten Muslim
Arakan News Agency Sittwe, a drowsy town in western Burma, is a shattered place. I was first here five years ago, back when ethnic Rakhine Buddhists sold vegetables next to Muslim Rohingya fishermen. At the time, a Buddhist abbot and a Muslim cleric blessed me in whispers, as both spoke outagainst the repressive junta that […]
Human Rights Investigation in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Students in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law recently traveled to Myanmar, a Southeast Asian country attempting to transition toward democracy, to research a range of human rights issues. The project members, known as Cowan Fellows, will discuss their experiences April 14 from 2-3:30 p.m. […]
Receipts not given at Akyab IDP camp
Arakan News Agency Rohingya Muslims at Haddi Hola IDP camp in Akyab have not been given temporary documents in exchange for their white cards. The displaced Muslims in the camp handed over their white cards to a local government representative on Friday. Contrary to earlier promises, they were not given the temporary documents that serve […]
Rohingyas arrested in India
Arakan News Agency Indian police have arrested dozens of Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a dawn operation in Hyderabad. At around 5am, hundreds of cops raided the Bala pur refugee camp arresting around 70 men and boys. They knocked on doors of some houses and asked for the heads of families to come out. […]
Authorities step up temporary ID card collection
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar authorities have collected about 40,000 temporary identification cards from displaced and stateless Rohingya Muslims in restive Rakhine State, part of the process of applying for citizenship, reports Radio Free Asia on April 6. An immigration officer in the state capital Sittwe told RFA that more than 10,000 of the “white […]
What is life like for Rohingya people?
Arakan News Agency It is only under the gravest danger that Rohingya people are forced to flee Burma. They escape Burma with hope for a safer life. But instead they are transferred to the hands of human traffickers who rape and severely assault them, treating them worse than animals. So ultimately, they arrive in Thailand […]
Bangladesh decides to increase its troops on the border with Burma to prevent the infiltration of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Reporter of ANA reported that the high ranking officials of the Bangladeshi government held a meeting in the city of Teknaf to study adjacent to the border between Burma and prevent the development of infiltration of Rohingya migrants in Bangladesh by increased border guards. The correspondent said that officials at the meeting […]
Thai Authorities arrested nearly 500 Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Thai police arrested nearly 500 Rohingya refugees – including 25 women – while waiting in a station for the train after their arrival in Thailand from Bangladesh through nautical compound belonging to the human traffickers as the ANA reporter said, adding that the Thai authorities had separated the men and the women […]