10 photos showing the suffering of Rohingya on the border of Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Since last August, more than 668,000 Rohingyas, including 400,000 children from Myanmar, have fled to camps on the Bangladesh border and their temporary shelters will be at risk of flooding and landslides in the coming rainy season. The British newspaper The Guardian has shown the life of a refugee on the border […]
BROUK is calling on Malaysia to ask Myanmar to allow an independent investigation team to enter Arakan
Arakan News Agency The chairman of Burmese Rohingya Organization UK called on Malaysia and ASEAN countries on Saturday to ask Myanmar to allow the independent international investigation team to enter Arakan state and inspect the conditions of the Rohingya minority there. “Malaysia should continue to demonstrate against the continued persecution of the Rohingya minority in […]
Myanmar reports to the Security Council: This month is “not the right time” for the visit
Arakan News Agency The UN Security Council said Thursday that the Myanmar government had informed the council that this month was “not the right time” for the visit by a delegation from the council to its territory for a closer look at the Rohingya refugee crisis. Kuwait’s UN ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi, whose country holds the […]
Myanmar refuses to release the “Reuters” journalists
Arakan News Agency A court in Myanmar declined to grant bail on Thursday for two Reuters journalists accused of violating the country’s Official Secrets Act, although their defense lawyer said information in documents at the center of the case was publicly available. Lawyer Than Zaw Aung said a police witness had accepted during court proceedings […]
Myanmar forms 596 factions of Buddhist militias in Arakan
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Home Affairs said the army had formed at least 596 Buddhist militia groups in Arakan province, only 30 of them in the conflict-torn city of Maungdaw in Arakan province and had seen violence against Rohingya Muslims. According to the Irrawaddy, He said the army is providing firearms training […]
Guterres is “very concerned” about the discovery of five mass graves of the Rohingya in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was “deeply disturbed” by reports of the discovery of five mass graves of civilians from the Muslim minority of Rohingya in the province of Arakan in western Myanmar. “These are disturbing reports and we are very concerned,” Stéphane Dujarric said […]
The discovery of mass graves of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The media reported the existence of five previously undisclosed mass graves in the village of Guda Pyin in Myanmar through the accounts of dozens of survivors in refugee camps in Bangladesh and video clips filmed with mobile phones. The Government of Myanmar claims that such cemeteries do not exist at all, and […]
Egypt’s Ambassador to Myanmar leaves for his post after discussing the Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Egyptian Ambassador to the State of Myanmar, Ambassador Khaled Abdulrahman, left Monday morning for work in the UAE after a visit to Egypt during which he discussed cooperation, the cause of the Rohingya Muslims and the persecution they face. The sources said that Egyptian Ambassador to the State of Myanmar during his […]
Myanmar attacks Rohingyas refugees stranded on border
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities have attacked a number of Rohingya Muslims stranded on the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh in the border area of the city of Tambro. The Arakan news agency learned from its sources that the Myanmar authorities had attacked Rohingyas stranded in the city of Tambro by beating and insulting them […]
UN calls on Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
Arakan News Agency The United Nations on Wednesday called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered access to camps it has built for tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees before they can return after fleeing Myanmar military operations last year. An international delegation advising Myanmar toured the Taung Pyo Letwe refugee camp outside the […]
Bangladesh Golfer Skips Myanmar Open Over Rohingya Crisis
Arakan News Agency Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman on Wednesday pulled out of the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open, citing his support for Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled a military crackdown in the mainly Buddhist country Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman on Wednesday pulled out of the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open, citing his support for Rohingya Muslim refugees who […]
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 […]