Conditions in Myanmar not yet suitable for Rohingya refugees to return safely – UN agency
Arakan News Agency The necessary safeguards for Rohingyas to return to Myanmar are absent, and there are ongoing restrictions on access for aid agencies, the media and other independent observers, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, two months after Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed on a plan for the refugees’ voluntary return to their homes. “To […]
Al-Azhar Organizes a seminar on the Suffering of the Rohingya at the Cairo Exhibition
Arakan News Agency The seminar was attended by Dr. Kamal Bureka, Supervisor of the English Language Unit at Al-Azhar Observatory, and Dr. Reham Abdullah, Supervisor of the Urdu Language Unit at Al-Azhar Observatory. He pointed out that the crisis of the Rohingya Muslims began since the British occupation of Myanmar, where a policy of divide […]
‘Terrorist’ list publications defy rule of law principles: ICJ
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s publication in state media of lists with the names and accompanying photographs of more than 1,400 men, women and children under the heading “Members of ARSA Terrorist Group” constitutes an assault on human rights and contravenes key principles of the rule of law, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said in […]
Rohingya refugee leaders prepare a list of demands before returning to Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The Rohingyas in a refugee camp in Bangladesh have prepared a list of demands they want Myanmar to meet ahead of the process, the authorities are expected to begin next week and over two years to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas. In the Kutupalong refugee camp, home to the 655,500 Rohingya […]
21 Rohingya organizations establishs conditions for the return of refugees to Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Twenty-one organizations representing the Rohingya Muslims on Thursday expressed “concern” about the plan to repatriate Rohingya refugees fleeing Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Arakan province, laying conditions for a safe return of these refugees.According to a joint statement issued by the 21 organizations active around the world, the position of the Myanmar government and […]
Buddhist gangs breaks into the Rohingya villages and confiscates their property
Arakan News Agency Arakan news agency reports that Buddhist gangs for past few days have stormed Rohingya Muslim villages in Buthidaung city and looted their property. Photographs and clips received by the agency showed that forced themselves in with blunt weapons, according to local accounts, to loot and steal Rohingya property from motor bikes to […]
Myanmar removes a 100-year-old mosque in Arakan
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities on Monday removed a historic mosque in the city of Maungdaw as part of its systematic campaign to remove Islamic monuments from the region, which has been going on for several years. Arakan news agency reported that the mosque in the Nazi village dates back dozens of years and has […]
The last 100 houses of the Rohingya burned in a border town in Arakan
Arakan News Agency Unknown gunmen set fire to a number of homes belonging to Rohingya Muslims in the town of Tambro on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, under talks between the two countries to repatriate refugees from Bangladesh. About 100 houses remained in the village out of 400 after the burning of the village earlier in the […]
Myanmar is ready to receive Rohingya and the United Nations is requesting guarantees
Arakan News Agency Myanmar reiterated its readiness to begin implementing a plan for a phased repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, despite the recent announcement by the latter that the process should be postponed because of the need to resolve logistical issues. “We are ready to receive those who will return across the border, at […]
Myanmar blames Bangladesh for delayed Rohingya return
Arakan News Agency Myanmar blamed Bangladesh on Tuesday (Jan 23) for delays to a huge repatriation programme for Rohingya refugees, as the deadline passed for starting the return of the Muslim minority to strife-torn Arakan state. Nearly 690,000 Rohingya escaped to Bangladesh after a brutal Myanmar army crackdown began last August, while a further 100,000 […]
“Eyewitness” .. documentary reveals the silence in the tragedy of the Muslims of Myanmar
Arakan News Agency “Eyewitness”, a documentary film from the Saaba Youm Egyptian newspaper, during which they observed the suffering of the Rohingya during his visit to the city of Cox-Bazar, Bangladesh, on the border bordering Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya fled the massacres of the Myanmar army and Buddhist militias. In addition to the visit of […]
Rohingya stranded between Myanmar and Bangladesh are worried about return
Arakan News Agency Between a barbed wire fence from Myanmar and soldiers from Bangladesh, some 6,000 Rohingyas are anxiously waiting for them to be repatriated to Myanmar. Few of them want to return after fleeing ethnic cleansing. Bangladesh and Myanmar signed an agreement at the end of November that provides a framework for the return […]
More action needed to improve security and humanitarian access in Myanmar if Rohingya children are to return safely – UNICEF
Arakan News Agency Improved security and unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar are essential before Rohingya children can be returned from Bangladesh, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth said today. “Some 58% of the refugees are children, many of whom are still traumatized by their experiences of violence,” said Mr Forsyth, speaking from the Kutapalong refugee […]