UAE doctors provide treatment to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency A team of UAE doctors has provided medical treatment to hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh during the trial run of the UAE mobile hospital for children and the elderly. In line with the UAE’s 46th National Day celebrations, the initiative aims at providing the best specialised, diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive services […]
Pope Says ‘Rohingya’ in Emotional Encounter With Refugees
Arakan News Agency Pope Francis asked for forgiveness Friday from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and persecution they have endured, demanded their rights be recognized and pronounced the word he had so assiduously avoided only days earlier in Myanmar: “Rohingya.” In a deeply moving encounter, Francis greeted and blessed a group of Rohingya […]
Bangladesh could move some Rohingya to flood-prone island next year: official
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh could start relocating Rohingya Muslim refugees to a flood-prone island off its coast in the middle of next year, a government official said on Thursday, as it pushes ahead with the plan despite criticism from aid agencies and rights groups. Densely populated Bangladesh has seen an influx of more than 620,000 […]
‘I Ask Forgiveness,’ Pope Francis Tells Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency On the eve of his return to Rome, Pope Francis on Friday used the word “Rohingya,” coming face-to-face with some of the persecuted Muslims whose plight had cast a long shadow over his visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh. Critics had been asking why a pontiff who so often condemned injustice against the […]
India to Deploy 6000 Border Guards to Crack Down on Rohingya Refugees
Arakan News Agency There are around 40,000 Rohingya Muslims in India — with the Indian government planning to deport them to Myanmar. India is set to deploy 6000 border guards along its border with Bangladesh, in order to keep Rohingya refugees out. At least five battalions of India’s Border Security Force (BSF) will be raised, […]
‘Who is the pope?’ ask Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency The plight of Rohingya refugees is the backdrop to Pope Francis’ landmark visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh this week. But in the vast refugee camps on the border, there is puzzlement, with many asking: “Who is he?” The head of the Catholic church has repeatedly spoken out in support of the Rohingya, […]
Online star Jerome Jarre’s Love Army raises $1m in one day to help the Rohingya
Arakan News Agency A YouTuber turned charity fundraiser has raised over $1m in a day to help the Rohingya people fleeing persecution in Burma. Jerome Jarre first found fame with six-second videos on Vine and Snapchat, on which he had over seven million followers. His upbeat, nothing-is-impossible attitude is a big draw to viewers who have […]
Vatican defends Pope’s silence on Myanmar’s Rohingya minority
Arakan News Agency The Vatican on Wednesday defended Pope Francis’ decision not to speak out for Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims by name on his first papal visit to the country. Leading human rights groups have criticized Francis’ failure to address alleged atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Arakan State where a violent crackdown […]
U.N. panel seeks rare report from Myanmar regime on rapes and slayings of Rohingya women
Arakan News Agency A United Nations women’s rights panel called on Myanmar on Tuesday to report within six months on rapes and sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls by its security forces in northern Arakan state and measures taken to punish soldiers. The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) also […]
Violence drives more Rohingyas to Bangladesh; in Myanmar, Pope appeals for tolerance – UN
Arakan News Agency While their numbers have dropped in recent weeks, hundreds of Rohingya refugees are still crossing the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar every day, the United Nations migration agency said Tuesday. “People are still arriving in the settlements with horrifying accounts of physical and sexual abuse, harassment and murder. All of them fear […]
Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees must not be relocated to uninhabitable island
Arakan News Agency The Bangladesh government must abandon all plans to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees on to an uninhabitable island, Amnesty International said today. On Tuesday, the Bangladesh government approved a $280 million plan to develop the isolated, flood-prone and uninhabitable Thenger Char to temporarily house Rohingya refugees until they are repatriated to […]
WHO fears deadly diphtheria outbreak among Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh are at risk from a possible outbreak of diphtheria, the World Health Organization said in a report published on Tuesday. More than 620,000 people from Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority have fled to Bangladesh since the end of August and are […]
GRC participates in the Minorities Conference of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Arakan News Agency The Global Rohingya Center (GRC) participated last Thursday in the Minorities Conference of the Human Rights Council in Geneva and reviewed the Rohingya issue, regarding their usurped rights by the Government of Myanmar. On the preparatory day, the delegation from the center which was headed by the president of the GRC Mr. […]