Myanmar arrests former member of parliament as part of escalation against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities have arrested Aung Zaw Win, a former member of parliament and a member of Myanmar’s minority Muslim Rohingya minority, according to the British newspaper The Guardian. The newspaper said in a report on its website on Monday that this step is part of the continued escalation by the authorities in […]
Nobel laureates blame Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Three Nobel Peace laureates have accused Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation’s military of genocide over their role in violence which forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. The laureates, who are on a trip to Bangladesh to visit the sprawling refugee camps where the […]
Myanmar rejects EU call for independent investigation into Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency In response to an EU parliamentary delegation’s demand for an independent investigation into alleged suppression of Muslim minorities in northern Arakan State, the Myanmar government has said it does not believe any foreign investigation would be independent and fair. “Myanmar has cooperated with Yanghee Lee (the UN special rapporteur on human rights […]
Four Rohingyas were in critical condition after an attack by Buddhist extremists
Arakan News Agency Four Rohingyas were attacked by a group of Buddhist extremists while they were fishing in Punna kyuan, east of the state capital of Sittwe (Akyab). Arakan news agency reported that the fishermen were in a river passing by their village Sidurkul. When they were surprised by a group of Buddhists who surrounded […]
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 […]
The European Union vows for sanctions against those responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya
Arakan News Agency European Union foreign ministers have agreed to prepare sanctions against generals in Myanmar over the persecution of the country’s Rohingya Muslims. In a statement, the EU foreıgn ministers called for “strict measures to impose restrictions on senior officers of the armed forces of Myanmar who are responsible for serious and systematic violations […]
Journalists explain Rohingya refugee crisis
Arakan News Agency The Rohingya, described by the UN as the world’s most persecuted people, have faced heightened fears of attack since dozens were killed in communal violence in 2012. Explaining the situation in Myanmar’s restive Arakan state, Rohingya journalists from all over the world including Germany, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and Myanmar shared their bitter […]
3 Nobel laureates visit Rohingya in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman has called on Myanmar’s “Nobel Laureate” leader to stop violence against the Rohingya and help them to return to their lands. Three Nobel peace prize winners — Tawakkol Karman from Yemen, Shirin Ebadi from Iran and Mairead Maguire from Northern Ireland — are in Bangladesh to […]
Myanmar says Rohingya repatriation begins in 2 weeks
Arakan News Agency The repatriation of thousands of people, mostly Rohingya Muslims, from Bangladesh will begin in two weeks, said a senior Myanmar government official on Friday. Myanmar has been verifying more than 8,000 people from nearly 1,700 households in a list handed over by the Bangladeshi government earlier in February. “Verification of their residence […]
‘Rohingya blood not cheaper than European blood’
Arakan News Agency Myanmar commits genocide, de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi ignores biggest human catastrophe since Rwanda, says Wajid Khan BRUSSELS It is obvious that what is happening in Rohingya is an ethnic cleansing and Rohingya blood is not cheaper than European blood, said the member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the United […]
‘Everything is gone’: satellite images in Myanmar show dozens of Rohingya villages bulldozed
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to erase dozens of villages in Arakan state in a vast operation that rights groups say is destroying evidence of mass atrocities against the ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority. Satellite images released by Colorado-based DigitalGlobe on Friday show the empty villages and hamlets completely levelled by authorities in […]
THE ERC’S STATEMENT ON THE INDONESIAN ENVOY TO MYANMAR
Arakan News Agency THE ERC’S STATEMENT ON THE INDONESIAN ENVOY TO MYANMAR On February 9, an envoy led by outgoing Indonesian Ambassador to Myanmar Ito Sumardi visited Taung Pyo Letwea, Nga Khu Ya and Hla Pho Khaung in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar where reception centers were built for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees. He […]
Truck Carrying 21 Rohingya Intercepted in Nyaungdon
Arakan News Agency Yangon – A truck carrying 21 Rohingya from camps in Arakan State was intercepted by police at Sarmalauk in Nyaungdon Township in Ayeyawaddy Region yesterday afternoon. According to the initial investigation, the drivers of the six-wheel truck, Tin Tun Aung and Tun Tun Naing, were taking the Rohingya to Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial […]