Boris Johnson ‘doubts Aung San Suu Kyi grasps Rohingya suffering’
Arakan News Agency UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says he doubts Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi “understands the full horror” of the Rohingya refugee crisis. “I don’t think she’s been up in a helicopter to see what we have seen,” Mr Johnson told the BBC after talks in the capital Nay Pyi […]
Boris Johnson meets Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency The Foreign Secretary visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where over a million Rohingya Muslim people are living in refugee camps. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where over a million Rohingya Muslim refugees are living in crowded and unsafe refugee camps Over 688,000 people have fled from their […]
U.N. says Reuters report on Myanmar massacre ‘alarming,’ need for investigation
Arakan News Agency The United Nations on Friday described the details of a Reuters investigation into the killing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as “alarming” and said it showed the need for a thorough probe into the violence in the country’s Arakan state. “We’re aware of this latest report, the details of which are very […]
3 Rohingya children killed as boat capsizes amid continuing exodus
Arakan News Agency The Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh still continues despite an agreement with Myanmar as three Rohingya children drowned when their boat capsized after they fled Myanmar on Thursday, according to Bangladesh-based Dhaka Tribune daily. The boat carrying a total of 54 Rohingya Muslims attempting to reach Bangladesh from Myanmar sank in the Bay […]
UN Migration Agency Begins Massive Shelter Upgrade for Rohingya Refugee Camps as Fears of Monsoon Disaster Grow
Arakan News Agency As fears mount for the safety of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ahead of the impending monsoon season, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has launched a major roll out of materials to help 120,000 households in camps and local communities make vital improvements to their shelters. Over 688,000 Rohingya […]
Clinton honors Rohingya activist for her human rights struggle
Arakan News Agency Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has honored a Rohingya activist as a fighter for human rights and women’s rights in her country. At a speech ceremony on Monday when Clinton visited the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Clinton presented a prize to three women, Nadia Murad, a […]
Eight countries push UN to take up Myanmar Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Britain, France, the United States and five other countries asked the UN Security Council on Wednesday (Feb 8) to discuss the fate of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees driven from Myanmar, diplomats said. The council will hold a meeting on Tuesday to hear UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi report […]
Massacre in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar’s restive Arakan state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by Myanmar police. Bound together, the 10 Rohingya Muslim captives watched their Buddhist […]
A new massive influx of Rohingya from Arakan towards Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families have left their homes in a new wave of exodus from Arakan to Bangladesh. The videos, obtained by the Arakan news agency, showed dozens of families fleeing to Bangladesh carrying some light baggage. According to reporters’ estimates, the number of those who went out is about 500, […]
NLD must tell the world ‘no Rohingya in Myanmar’: MP
Arakan News Agency The National League for Democracy government must do more to tell the world “there is no such race as the Rohingya in Myanmar” a military-linked lawmaker said in parliament on Monday. Former army general U Tin Aye (Union Solidarity and Development Party, Matman) asked Immigration Minister U Thein Swe what the government […]
Truck Carrying 21 Rohingya Intercepted in Nyaungdon
Arakan News Agency 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 center, when […]
Bangladeshi farmer loses both legs after mine explosion on Myanmar border
Arakan News Agency A Bangladeshi farmer lost both legs when he stepped on a landmine reportedly planted by Myanmar security forces in a buffer zone between the two countries, officials said Sunday. The incident happened near the southern Bangladesh border town of Naikhongchari on Saturday when Badiur Rahman crossed into the zone. “His cow strayed […]
Myanmar government denies report of Rohingya mass graves
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s government has denied a report by The Associated Press documenting at least five mass graves containing Rohingya Muslim civilians killed by the military with help from Buddhist neighbors, saying that only “terrorists” were killed and they were “carefully buried.” The AP reported on Thursday that the mass graves in the village […]