Campaign to Rescue Rohingya People in Thailand
Arakan News Agency Australians are being urged to ask the Thai Government to investigate claims of human trafficking of Rohingya people. ”ethnic cleansing” and crimes against humanity were committed by security forces against the Rohingya ethnic group, resulting in the murders of hundreds of Rohingya and causing more than 100,000 of them to fled the […]
Rohingya Denied Basic Medical Care in Myanmar While Buddhist Majority Accesses Services Freely
Arakan News Agency Medical care is one of many basic necessities , that a Rohingya can’t or don’t have access to, where as Buddhist majority can have these things with ease. How many Innocent lives will pay the price for being a Rohingya? it is evident that being a Rohingya in Myanmar is a crime.
The United Nations Special Adviser for Myanmar Mr. Vijay Nambiar visited Akyab, Saakhi fara ‘s IDP camps to see first-hand situations of Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency This was the eighth visit to Myanmar in the past year for Vijay Nambiar, “On behalf of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nambiar called on all involved to take a leap of faith and to set aside all narrow agendas in the common interest of peace and a unified Myanmar,” UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric. […]
Burmese government lifts curfew in Mandalay after recent violence
Arakan News Agency Authorities in Burma’s second-largest city of Mandalay have lifted a curfew imposed after attacks on minority Muslims left two people dead and injured 14 others. The rioting in early July was triggered by rumors that two Muslim men had raped a Buddhist woman. Mobs torched homes and shops, prompting authorities on July […]
Thai and Burmese delegates gather at a human trafficking summit.
Arakan News Agency PHUKET: Thailand and Burma (Myanmar) are making a sustained effort to jointly reduce the amount of human trafficking, a conference was told today on Phuket, with Thai police to operate soon from inside Burma. Colonel Khemarin Hasasiri, Deputy Commander of the Foreign Affairs Division and once a member of the Thai Tsunami […]
Raid by Thai police found innocent Rohingya people are being held for ransom.
Arakan News Agency A raid at a palm plantation in southern Thailand exposed a ring that trafficked Myanmar’s ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims into the country, police said on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on a palm plantation and arrested two Myanmar Buddhist men who allegedly had detained 13 Rohingya people for […]
Business breakthrough in Burma as UK opens first new Chamber of Commerce
Arakan News Agency The UK is the first country to launch a completely new, locally registered Chamber in the attractive emerging Asian market. The role of the Chamber is to promote, foster, support, and represent UK business interests in Burma (or Myanmar) – directly helping British firms identify market opportunities and providing them with a […]