Chinese envoy asks for patience over Myanmar’s Arakan issue
Arakan News Agency A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Thursday asked for patience of the world organization and the international community over the issue of Arakan state in Myanmar. The situation in Arakan state is moving toward stabilization as a result of efforts by the Myanmar government, Wu Haitao, the charge d’affaires of […]
3 killed and 4 missing after a boat carrying Rohingya capsized
Arakan News Agency Three Rohingya Muslims were drowned and four others lost after their boat capsized on a local river in Arakan province. Rohingya activists said the boat sank because of a high wave on the boat that was carrying seven Rohingyas from the village of Netchong in the town of Pauktaw and passing through […]
The Rohingya continued to flee towards the border to enter Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=2HKMw_O7WEE Arakan news agency reported that groups of Rohingya Muslims continue to flow into border areas despite the harsh conditions there. Several areas showed the escape of large groups of children, women and elderly and trying to cross Naf river; despite recent drowning incidents. They explained that these human groups are trying […]
Myanmar sees “serious consequences” if America imposes sanctions on the military
Arakan News Agency A spokesman for Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday that US sanctions against the Myanmar army over his treatment of Muslim Rohingya would hamper the power-sharing between the civilian government and the generals. The bill, introduced by US senators on the eve of President Donald Trump’s first visit to […]
Religious Affairs Minister Assures Buddhists Over Rohingya Repatriation
Arakan News Agency Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko told Buddhist monks “not to worry” about the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh during a meeting in Arakan State capital Sittwe on Tuesday. The minister visited the abbots of Pathein and Dhamma Thukha monasteries—both based in Sittwe—and said Daw […]
Bangladesh Rejects Accusation of Delaying Rohingya Repatriation
Arakan News Agency In response to Myanmar’s accusation that Bangladesh was delaying the Rohingya refugee repatriation process in order to get international aid money, a Bangladesh representation said the director-general of Myanmar’s State Counselor Office was “ill-informed” of the process. More than 600,000 Muslims have fled northern Arakan State to Bangladesh since Rohingya militant attacks […]
ICG Warns on Myanmar Sanctions
Arakan News Agency The International Crisis Group warned policy makers in Europe that re-imposing sanctions may not be helpful to address Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis as it could risk constraining future policy options as well as sending unintended signals to investors, impacting the economy to the detriment the country’s people. “A return to previous forms of bilateral […]
EU Commissioner says 40,000 lone children among Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides says more than 40,000 unaccompanied child refugees are among Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar and entered Bangladesh when an upsurge in violence occurred late August. Stylianides described the refugee crisis in the Bangladeshi border city of Cox’s Bazar as “the biggest […]
Pope Francis faces chaotic backlash in Myanmar if he even mentions Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Pope Francis is being warned that even mentioning the Rohingya in his upcoming visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh this month will unleash a backlash from nationalist groups. Catholic leaders in the country admitted they were ‘very nervous’ about the trip and what the pontiff might say, adding they will be watching his […]
Terrified Rohingya Muslims await chance to enter Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency The scene has played out with heartbreaking regularity as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution in Myanmar and escaped to neighboring Bangladesh: terrified knots of men, women and children crossing the swollen Naf river and waiting along the border for permission to cross. On Wednesday at least 2,000 exhausted […]
UN: Rohingya Muslim Women in ‘Terrible’ Condition
Arakan News Agency Rohingya refugee crisis ‘disproportionately’ affects women, girls, says UN Women’s Oct. 2017 report. Women and girls have experienced sexual and gender-based violence, perpetrated by both the Myanmar army and by Rakhine Buddhist Mob, according to UN Women’s latest report.The Oct. 2017 report titled ‘Gender Brief on Rohingya Refugee Crisis Response in Bangladesh’ […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits troubled Arakan
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has visited Arakan for the first time since violence erupted in the state in late August. Her brief trip allowed her only short stops in areas affected by the military operation against Rohingya militants. She has been criticised around the world for not stopping […]
Bangladeshi minister briefs OIC chief on Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency A six-member Bangladesh delegation led by Bangladesh’s Minister of Shipping Shajahan Khan, M.P., met with the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, here on Monday. Minister Khan was also accompanied by Shahriar Alam, State Minister of Foreign Affairs. The delegation briefed the secretary general and […]