Upcoming election in Myanmar and Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Police arrested a Rohingya member of an organised syndicate of human traffickers engaged in sending people to Malaysia through waterway. Members of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Detective Branch (DB) arrested the man from the city’s Agrabad area early Tuesday, according to a daily sun report on Thursday. The report narrates how helpless […]
Myanmar: UN officials pledge humanitarian, development assistance for country’s future
Arakan News Agency The United Nations remains committed to helping Myanmar achieve its humanitarian and development needs in order to boost living standards for all its citizens, top UN officials have declared during their visit to the Asian country. “Myanmar is in the midst of a number of complex political, administrative, and economic reforms and […]
Bangladesh invites Myanmar to talk on energy exchange
Arakan News Agency The Bangladesh government has formally invited its Myanmar counterpart to discuss issues on power and energy exchange between the two countries. State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid last week sent an official letter to the Myanmar Electricity Power Minister U Khin Maung Soeat in this regard, concerned officials said. In […]
Myanmar: Free Prisoners of Conscience in Rakhine State End Ongoing Persecution of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency (SITTWE—March 14, 2015) The government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally release a group of five Rohingya prisoners of conscience being held in Sittwe prison, Rakhine State, Fortify Rights said today. The group includes three prominent Rohingya community leaders imprisoned earlier this week. Criminal charges against the individuals stem from tensions in […]
Malaysia pledges to step up Myanmar worker protection
Arakan News Agency Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to improve protection for migrant workers from Myanmar during talks with the country’s President Thein Sein on Friday, March 13. Hundreds of thousands of migrants from impoverished Myanmar are estimated to be working – many of them illegally – in more-developed Malaysia. “Malaysia acknowledged the contribution […]
NGO calls for freeing five ‘prisoners of conscience’
Arakan News Agency NGO Fortify Rights has called on the Myanmar government to immediately and unconditionally release a group of five Rohingya prisoners of conscience being held in Sittwe prison, Rakhine State, according to a press release from the NGO on March 14. The group includes three prominent Rohingya community leaders imprisoned several days ago. […]
OIC special envoy for Myanmar in US to mobilise support for Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Special Envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, is in the US to meet up with officials in efforts to mobilise support for the OIC initiatives to resolve the Rohingya issue. Apart from meeting United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Syed Hamid, who is Malaysia’s former […]
Dozens die as ‘overloaded’ ferry sinks in Burma, police say
Arakan News Agency At least 21 people have died and 26 others are missing after a ferry sank off the coast of western Burma with more than 200 passengers on board, police have said. The Aung Takon went down late on Friday after leaving the town of Kyaukphyu on its way to Sittwe in western […]
OIC envoy for Myanmar in US to mobilize support for Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency The Special Envoy of Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Myanmar Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar is currently visiting the United States for extensive meetings with officials to mobilize support for the OIC initiatives to resolve the Rohingya issue, an OIC statement reported Thursday. The statement said Albar, […]
Myanmar: Violent police crackdown against protesters must end
Arakan News Agency The violent police crackdown on largely peaceful protesters in Myanmar amounts to unnecessary and excessive use of force and must end immediately, Amnesty International said. Police today forcibly dispersed student protesters who had gathered in Letpadan township in Myanmar’s central Bago Region to protest a new education law. Eyewitnesses told Amnesty International […]
Myanmar groups in Malaysia protest against Letpadan crackdown
Arakan News Agency Myanmar Buddhist activists staged a protest alongside Rohingya Muslims in Kuala Lumpur, calling for an immediate end to the violent crackdown against student protesters in Myanmar. Scores of Myanmar Buddhist activists have staged a protest alongside Rohingya Muslims in the Malaysian capital. The Buddhist activists were calling for an immediate end to […]
Bangladesh Rakhines host anti Rohingya meeting
Arakan News Agency A group of Bangladeshi Rakhine men gathered in a secret meeting at Chowdhury para to counter Rohingya Muslims in the country on Sunday. One of the participants of the meeting told Burma Times that the group was determined to stop further entry of Rohingya Muslims into the country. His name has not […]
Myanmar to Repatriate 100,000 Ethnic Rakhines From Kachin State
Arakan News Agency Western Myanmar’s Rakhine state will repatriate more than 100,000 ethnic Rakhine Buddhists from the country’s Kachin state, where fighting between rebels and government troops have threatened their livelihoods, officials said Monday. Phyu Thar Che, vice-chairman of the Rakhine Literature and Cultural Association, said the Rakhine state government had pledged to assist in […]