World wide demonstrations for the rights of Stateless Rohingya in Arakan
Arakan News Agency Demonstrations in various parts of the world for the rights of Stateless Rohingya in Arakan. Countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India and UAE are some, people with slogans ” Respect the rights of Rohingya, the natives of Arakan”
The world must move more decisively to save the lives of Rohingyas in Myanmar.
Arakan News Agency The latest UN report on ethnic strife in Myanmar is a damning indictment of the country’s leadership. Yanghee Lee, a UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said she saw no improvement for displaced Rohingya Muslims since her previous visit last July to investigate allegations of mistreatment of them by the […]
Myanmar is sliding toward conflict, U.N. investigator says
Arakan News Agency Myanmar is sliding toward conflict as the government backtracks on pledges to protect human rights and “fear, distrust and hostility” spread, a U.N. investigator said in a report published on Monday. Yanghee Lee, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, saw “no improvement” for displaced Rohingya Muslims since her previous visit […]
Rakhines shooting at a Rohingya man
Arakan News Agency An Innocent Rohingya man was shot by an extremist Rakhine group in the forest nearby Duchiradan village in Maungdaw Township of Arakan State . The Rohingya man named Faizullah s/o Omar Miah (Aged 45) and his 12-year-old son from Duchiradan village in Southern Maungdaw Township left from the village to gather firewood. […]
Rohingya Student Union in Malaysia organizes a meeting entitled “Chronic cry of the Rohingya people”
Arakan News Agency Rohingya Student Union in Malaysia in collaboration with Al-Aqsa Friends and Society Club sponsored by the Global Rohingya Center (GRC) on the 5th of March held and introductory meeting about the Rohingya case in International Islamic University Malaysia entitled “Chronic cry of the Rohingya people” was attended by more than 450 people, with […]
KSA labour market reopening triggers Rohingya influx into BD
Arakan News Agency The influx of Rohingyas into the country along Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Ukhiya upazila has seen a sudden rise following the reopening of the labour market of Saudi Arabia for Bangladesh nationals, according to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officials. In the first two months this year, members of BGB had to push back […]
Rohingyas abandon village
Arakan News Agency Rohingya Muslims cleared out of Fundu parang, Buthidaung as census officials along with police and BGP came to their village, according to our local correspondent. In Arakan, security forces always accompany census officials but the murder of a 14 year old girl in Rathidaung a day earlier had scared the locals in […]
18 Rohingya pushed back to Burma
Arakan News Agency Teknaf, Bangladesh: Eighteen Rohingya were arrested and pushed back to Burma by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on February 27, morning, Korim, a local from Teknaf said. “They were arrested from the Bangladesh-Burma border while entering the Bangladesh by illegal way.” According to locals, Rohingya people come to Bangladesh from Arakan State, Burma […]
Dr. Turki meets the Director-General of the Arakan Rohingya Union
Arakan News Agency The meeting was with the Secretary General of the Muslim World League Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al Turki in his office at the headquarters today, the Director-General of the Arakan Rohingya Union Dr. Waqar Uddin. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of cooperation between The World Muslim League and Arakan Rohingya Union […]
Ethnic cleansing and violence against Rohingya and Muslim population in Burma stated in the ceremony
Arakan News Agency Secretary of State John Kerry administered the swearing ceremony of Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, David Saperstein, in Washington. Washington, D.C. The Government of United States has appointed David Saperstein as Ambassador at-large for International Religious Freedom. Secretary of State John Kerry administered the swearing ceremony of the Ambassador at the State […]
LOVE, FEAR AND LONELINESS: THE BURDEN OF ROHINGYA MOTHERS
Arakan News Agency My three-year-old daughter runs unsteadily down a steep road covered in wet leaves. “Careful,” I tell her. She doesn’t fall, but soon she is far ahead of me. I glance back to check on my son, then turn to see my daughter slip off the road and into a shallow canal. She […]
Myanmar revokes Rohingya voting rights after protests
Arakan News Agency Rohingya Muslims will not be able to vote in Myanmar’s referendum after President Thein Sein withdrew temporary voting rights following protests. Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets following the passage of a law that would allow temporary residents who hold “white papers” to vote. More than one million Rohingya live in […]
US envoy says ‘real solution’ is for Rohingya refugees to go home
Arakan News Agency The US sees the “real solution” to the Rohingya refugee issue lies in their going back to Myanmar when the situation changes in the Rakhine State, said US Assistant Secretary of State of the Department of Population, Refugees and Migration Ms Anne Richard, according to a report on January 23. Speaking in […]