Reuters journalists working on Rohingya stories arrested in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Two journalists working on stories about Rohingya in Myanmar for the news agency Reuters have been arrested and detained in the Southeast Asian country’s largest city, Yangon. The two reporters, named by the agency as Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested under the Official Secrets Act, a colonial-era law which […]
KSRelief, UN to report on Rohingyas after mission to Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency A high-level mission from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) concluded a two-day field visit to Cox Bazar in Bangladesh on Sunday, and will shortly submit a joint report on the Rohingya refugee camps. The UNHCR delegation was headed by UNHCR […]
Nearly 7,000 Rohingya killed in one month of violence: Doctors Without Borders
Arakan News Agency At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims, including many children, were killed in the first month of violence that erupted in Myanmar‘s troubled Arakan state in August, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday. The medical charity said the first major survey on the scale of mortality was the “clearest indication yet of the widespread violence” […]
France assures Bangladesh or solution to Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency On Thursday, the French President Emmanuel Macron Assured Bangladesh of his country’s humanitarian support and for having a permanent solution to the ongoing Rohingya crisis playing a due role in the UN and other international forums.While Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s bilateral meeting with the French President, Macron came up with the assurance. […]
Red Cross says life has stopped in Myanmar’s Arakan
Arakan News Agency Life has stopped in its tracks in Myanmar’s northern Arakan state where an estimated 180,000 Rohingya remain, fearful after violence drove 650,000 to flee to Bangladesh, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. Dominik Stillhart, ICRC director of operations, speaking after a three-day mission to the remote area, said […]
Joint Appeal to the UN Security Council to Act on Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis
Arakan News Agency In advance of the United Nations Security Council’s December 12 meeting on the situation in Myanmar, we, a global coalition of 69 human rights, faith-based and humanitarian organizations, urgently call on the Council to take immediate action to address the campaign of ethnic cleansing and mass atrocity crimes, including crimes against humanity, committed against the ethnic Rohingya population by Myanmar’s security forces in northern Arakan State, as well as the […]
UN stepping up support to diphtheria vaccination campaign for Rohingya children in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency A United Nations-backed campaign to immunize Rohingya children against diphtheria began on Tuesday in Bangladesh, following an outbreak that has resulted in nine deaths in the camps and makeshift settlements hosting these refugees from Myanmar. “The outbreak shows a steep rise in cases, an indicator of the extreme vulnerability of children […] […]
Myanmar Blasts UN On Rohingya Concern
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s ambassador to the United Nations has denied there was “concrete evidence” to prove the abuse of the country’s Rohingya minority, criticising UN members for pressuring Myanmar to end the violence. “This pattern of exerting undue political pressure and coercive measures will not bring any positive result,” said Ambassador Hau Do Suan […]
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, […]