Myanmar denies involvement in genocide against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Senior Myanmar officials denied that the army has committed any crimes against the Rohingya Muslims, a day after a UN expert said the government was involved in the genocide against the oppressed Muslim minority. “There is no ethnic cleansing or genocide in our country. The charges are very easy, but we do […]
Out of 8320 … Myanmar only sees the return of 374 Rohingya refugees in the first batch
Arakan News Agency Myanmar officials said on Wednesday they had only been able to verify 374 Rohingya Muslim refugees for their repatriation, accusing neighboring Bangladesh of failing to provide correct information about the refugees. About 700,000 Rohingya people fled Myanmar after attacks by security forces on August 25, prompting the United Nations and the United […]
The Rohingya crisis on the agenda of leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Arakan News Agency Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Sydney listened to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday over the Rohingya crisis, but the regional organization indicated it could not intervene. Some 700,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority have fled violence in Arakan, Myanmar, since the Myanmar […]
Burma considers law that could restrict work of UN, non-governmental groups
Arakan News Agency The proposed law comes at a time of a wider crackdown on democratic freedoms by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, as it struggles to deal with the fallout of military operations that have sent nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing. Burma’s government, struggling to handle accusations of ethnic cleansing over its treatment of […]
Myanmar lacks genuine efforts to resolve Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, on Tuesday said the Myanmar authorities have so far shown no genuine efforts to resolve the Rohingya crisis. The special adviser was talking to reporters at a press conference at the Liberation War Museum in the capital in the […]
Myanmar willing to take back fewer than 400 Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Of list of 8,000 people submitted by Bangladesh government, Myanmar deems only 374 eligible for repatriation Myanmar has said it is willing to take back fewer than 400 Rohingya refugees of the 8,000 who have said they would voluntarily return from Bangladesh. U Myint Thu, Myanmar’s permanent secretary for foreign affairs, said […]
UN expert: Myanmar practices starvation policy in Arakan
Arakan News Agency UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar said on Monday that the Myanmar government appears to be pursuing a policy of starvation in Arakan state to force the rest of the Rohingya population to leave. Lee told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that the army also launched new attacks […]
This is the fate of a Rohingya market that had 600 stores
Arakan News Agency Rohingya activist spotted the extent of the destruction of a popular market for Rohingya Muslims in Arakan after the military campaign wiped out the entire market and removed all its shops. The activist said the Boli Bazar market, known to Rohingya Muslims in the northern city of Maungdaw, was completely removed during […]
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 […]