Myanmar hopes for “constructive cooperation” with UN
Arakan News Agency Myanmar was dedicated to cooperating with the United Nations on the Rohingya refugee crisis, but hoped the cooperation would be “constructive”, a Myanmar representative said here on Tuesday. “We have serious doubt about the attitude of some members of the council who repeatedly refuse to call my country even by its name, […]
No Rohingya should be forced to move: UN
Arakan News Agency The United Nations has laid emphasis on safe repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to their homeland without any force. “People should go back, people or refugees should go back to their homes when they feel it is safe and nobody should be forced to move,” said Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane […]
China says UN resolutions ‘cannot solve’ Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency China said on Wednesday (Dec 6) that a UN resolution expressing grave concern over widespread abuses committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority “cannot help to ease the tensions and solve the problem”. Beijing voted against a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council that said abuses in Myanmar indicated “the very likely […]
US House Passes Resolution ‘Condemning Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya’
Arakan News Agency The U.S. House of Representatives condemned the “ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya” on Wednesday, passing a resolution (423-3) by a two-thirds voice vote “calling for an end to the attacks” against the Muslim minority in Myanmar, also known as Burma. The resolution is the first step in congressional action that could eventually […]
Rohingya widows find safe haven in Bangladesh camp
Arakan News Agency Dawn hues of pink and purple reveal a dusty valley in Bangladesh’s southern hills quilted with a dense settlement of red tents home to more than 230 women and children grieving for lost husbands and fathers. They are among more than 625,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh since late August, […]
Be vigilant against Rohingya influx, Rajnath tells states
Arakan News Agency Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked states on the Indo-Bangla border to remain vigilant against influx by Rohingyas into India. “The states should remain alert and conscious to foil any kind of illegal immigration,” the minister said. Talking to mediapersons here after a meeting with representatives of states having border with Bangladesh, […]
Rohingya refugees still fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh: UNHCR
Arakan News Agency Rohingya refugees continue to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh even though both countries set up a timetable last month to allow them to start to return home, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR)said on Thursday. The number of refugees appears to have slowed. 625,000 have arrived since Aug. 25. 30,000 came last month and […]
OIC demands cessation of all hostilities against Muslim Rohingya population
Arakan News Agency Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) demands cessation of all hostilities against Muslim Rohingya population and calls for sustainable return and rehabilitation of all Rohingya refugees According to foreign office announcement, Pakistan, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has demanded immediate cessation of violence against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities […]
Human Rights Council Condemns Crimes Against Rohingya in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution, on Tuesday, strongly condemning alleged systematic and gross violations of human rights and abuses committed against Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar’s Arakan state. The resolution received 33 votes in favour, three against, including China, and nine abstentions. It called on the Myanmar […]
UN official urges accountability for Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’
Arakan News Agency The international community must take “swift and serious action” in response to the “ethnic cleansing” of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, the U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict told Security Council members Tuesday. “Over the course of three days, I heard the most heartbreaking and horrific accounts of sexual atrocities reportedly committed in […]
Diphtheria kills 9 in Bangladesh Rohingya camps
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh on Tuesday (Dec 12) launched a massive drive to vaccinate Rohingya children against diphtheria after a suspected outbreak killed nine refugees and infected more than 700. Health workers in Bangladesh said they had been caught unawares by the outbreak of the bacterial disease in the Rohingya refugee camps of south-east Bangladesh. […]
Rohingya crisis: Muslim women reveal rape and torture inflicted by Burma military forces
Arakan News Agency Harrowing stories follow offensive by Burmese military which UN said was ‘textbook example of ethnic cleansing’ Rohingya women have come forward with stories of sexual assault, beatings and torture at the hands of Burmese security forces. More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh to escape an offensive by the Burmese […]
Rohingya atrocities could have amounted to ‘genocide’
Arakan News Agency Violence in Myanmar may constitute ‘ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, or even genocide’, UK parliament report says The violence targeting Myanmar’s Muslim minority “amounts to ethnic cleansing,” a U.K. parliament report has stated. “The violence against the Rohingya in Northern Arakan in Burma … may also constitute crimes against humanity and even […]