30 Rohingya children dies in Bangladesh camp
Arakan News Agency Thirty children have died in a temporary camp for Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar as a result of diphtheria, Bangladesh officials said. The BBC reported on Monday that more than 4,000 suspected cases of the disease have been recorded so far, after it have exploded significantly. More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have […]
Rights organizations: Myanmar’s recognition of the killing of 10 Rohingya is just the “tip of the iceberg”
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar army’s recognition of involvement in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims in the northwestern state of Arakan is just a fraction of the abuses committed by security forces, human rights groups said Thursday. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch called the recognition that ethnic Rakhine villagers and security forces killed […]
Thailand donates $200,000 to aid Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency The donation will be split between IOM and WFP, with each agency receiving $100,000 respectively The Royal Thai Government has donated $200,000 for the Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar’s Arakan state for safety in Bangladesh. Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Panpimon Suwannapongse announced this donation during the fund sharing event […]
Myanmar is moving to facilitate the return of Hindus who have fled to Bangladesh and Muslims are excluded
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar authorities, in coordination with the Bangladeshi authorities, are planning to facilitate the return of some 450 Hindu residents of Arakan province who have fled because of ongoing violence in the province since 25 August, ignoring any plan for Muslims. “The government plans to facilitate the return of 450 Hindus who […]
Myanmar kills one of its Rohingya detainees and puts his body in another village
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya man died after a series of torture by government forces in the prison of Buthidaung City in Arakan State. According to Rohingya activists, the 65-year-old Rohingya man was arrested along with four others in June on unclear charges and was imprisoned in Buthidaung City, where he was subjected to a […]
Myanmar extends curfew in Arakan to ensure greater security
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s local authorities have extended the curfew regime in Maungdaw, a sensitive conflict zone in the northern state of Arakan, for two more months to ensure more security, stability and the rule of law, the Myanmar news agency quoted the Department of Public Administration in Maungdaw as saying on Wednesday. The decision, […]
Radical Buddhists ask a Rohingya young man to serve them and then cut him with a chisel
Arakan News Agency A young Rohingya was assaulted by a group of Buddhists in Buthidaung City, resulting in sporadic injuries, one of which was very deep. “I was on the edge of the river when I was approached by a number of Buddhists and they asked me to take them to the other side of […]
UN expert: Antonio Guterres has prolonged the Rohingya crisis with silence
Arakan News Agency The United Nations’ UN official, Abdelhamid Siam, accused the United Nations Secretary-General of being one of the perpetrators of the prolongation of the Rohingya crisis. Siam said Antonio Guterres was one of the reasons why the world was frustrated last year because he remained silent on many issues, particularly what happened to […]
Turkish NGO aims to build 2,000 houses for Rohingya
Arakan News Agency A Turkey-based aid agency is aiming to build a total of 2,000 houses as part of a housing project designed for Rohingya Muslims, a statement said. “We are here [in Bangladesh] for our Rohingya brothers, who are the world’s most persecuted people,” Mehmet Cengiz, the head of Deniz Feneri Association, said in […]
Many Rohingya carry memories of persecution in their mobile phones
Arakan News Agency With tiny bits of their old lives packed up into small sacks that they clutch onto tightly, more than 630,000 Rohingya refugees have poured across the border from Myanmar into Southern Bangladesh since late August. They bring with them stories of violent persecution by Myanmar’s security forces. Their village, their homes, their […]
Aung San Suu Kyi should quit over deadly campaign against Rohingya Muslims, says U2 frontman
Arakan News Agency U2 frontman Bono, a leading campaigner for Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi when she was under house arrest, has called on her to resign over the deadly campaign against Rohingya Muslims. The singer – who championed Suu Kyi in the 2000 U2 song Walk On, with fans encouraged to wear masks […]
Burmese man in exile in Boulder County speaks out on Rohingya ‘genocide’
Arakan News Agency When U Kyaw Win traveled to Bangladesh at the end of November, he was afforded the opportunity to speak with a Rohingya man who recently fled across the Naf River from his home in Myanmar and was living in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. U Kyaw had traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh, […]
Parents demand Suu Kyi cut from children’s book of role models
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lack of response to the plight of the Rohingya Muslims has led to calls for her to be edited from a book of inspirational women. According to a report published on The Guardian on December 24, there have been calls from both parents and critics […]