Turkish rector sends 1,000 letters to universities all around the world on Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency A Turkish rector’s letter about persecuted Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar received more than a hundred replies from around the world, he said Wednesday. Batman University’s Rector Prof. Aydın Durmuş sent letters to 1,000 rectors in several countries on Sept. 9. The letters were written in six different languages: English, German, French, Russian, […]
World Myanmar cardinal to Pope Francis: Don’t say ‘Rohingya’
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s most senior Catholic prelate has urged Pope Francis to avoid using the term ‘Rohingya‘ during a visit this month, when he is expected to raise the humanitarian crisis faced by the Muslim minority after a Myanmar army offensive in August. The pope is set to visit largely Buddhist Myanmar from Nov 27 to […]
US urges Burma to repatriate Rohingya Muslims as quickly as possible
Arakan News Agency The US administration is urging Burma to repatriate its Rohingya Muslim population as quickly as possible, a senior diplomatic officials said Wednesday citing the “shocking” conditions of the refugee camps. Repeating the US and international calls urging the Burmese government to restore rule of law, protect its local populations and investigate the […]
Malaysia’s Petronas asked to exit Myanmar in protest of Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Malaysian members of parliament on Wednesday asked state energy firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd, or Petronas, to exit its Myanmar operations and investments to protest the violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Petronas is one of the biggest employers in Malaysia, where Islam is the official religion, and the country’s only Fortune 500 […]
Israel’s Explanation for Arming Myanmar During Ethnic Cleansing Campaign
Arakan News Agency “The two sides in the conflict are conducting war crimes” in Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis, an Israeli diplomat told six American rabbis who voiced concern about reports of Israeli arms sales to the Southeast Asain country. The rabbis were worried that Israeli businesses could be contributing to what the UN has termed ethnic […]
Be patient: UNHCR tells Bangladesh on Rohingya repatriation
Arakan News Agency UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Turk, has urged all “to be patient and persistent” as he does not see overnight solution to the Rohingya crisis. “This [return] is not going to happen in one day. We need to be patient and persistent and be clear about how we can ensure […]
Rohingya refugees trudging towards disaster
Arakan News Agency Of all the inconceivable choices forced upon thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, few are more devastating than the desperate accounting that compels a parent to save their most needy child, leaving the others to fend for themselves. For Kate White, 37, a Brisbane-born former nurse who has […]
The continued mass escape of the Rohingya Muslims across the sea from Myanmar
Arakan News AgencyDozens of Rohingya Muslims crossed the border, fleeing the violence in Myanmar, as the Muslim minority in Myanmar are being killed by the Myanmar army. Myanmar’s human rights organization, the Myanmar Independent Human Rights Network, said systematic persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority was on the rise across the country, not only in […]
Algerian international player raises funds for “Rohingya” Muslims
Arakan News Agency Algerian international player Sofiane Feghouli has announced his sponsorship of a friendly football tournament, whose proceeds will be allocated to help the Muslims of Rohingya on November 24th. Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray S.K., asked his fans to support the charity “SECOURS ISLAMIQUE”, the organization of the tournament.
Mobile possession is taboo on the Rohingya in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency A local source told the Arakan news agency that the Myanmar authorities have tightened control over the remaining Rohingya Muslims in the city of Buthidaung in Arakan state, preventing them from communicating with the media and owning or speaking on a mobile phone. Police seized a number of mobile phones and accused […]
Rohingya families risk their lives to sail with a wooden platter and plastic containers
Arakan News Agency More than 19 Rohingya families have risked their lives in an attempt to flee from Myanmar to Bangladesh, using a wooden panel made of bamboo and plastic containers. Photographs and videos obtained by the Arakan news agency showed that at least 50 people, including women and children, from 19 families from the […]
More 200 Rohingya refugees arrived in Bangladesh and joined hundreds
Arakan News Agency More 200 Rohingya Muslim refugees joined the number of refugees in Bangladesh on Thursday as calls for the upcoming regional summits increased pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar, to stop the crisis. The military operation in Myanmar has prompted more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees to flee since late August. […]
Rohingya Muslim: We do not want aid … just returned to Arakan
Arakan News Agency “They do not ask the world for help and they do not want to live as refugees in Bangladesh, but they just want the world to help them return to their villages that were abandoned under the fire of the Myanmar army and the Buddhists,” said Muslim Rohingya of Myanmar’s Arakan state. […]