Two UN advisors accuse Myanmar government and Buddhist militants of genocide against “Rohingya”
Arakan News Agency Two UN advisors accused the Myanmar government and Buddhist militants Wednesday of “forcing thousands of Rohingya Muslims to leave the state of Rakhine /Arakan, committing war crimes and genocide, and others crime against humanity against them.” This came in a joint statement – Anadolu received – issued by Adama Deng, UN Special […]
Israel responds to reports of involvement in the crisis of the Rohingya and arming “Myanmar”
Arakan News Agency The Israeli Foreign Ministry denied the reports published by several news outlets on alleged Israeli arms sales to “Myanmar” “We strongly deny the false reports published in the media about Israel’s alleged involvement in the tragedy in the Arakan region of Myanmar,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. The […]
“Haaretz” continues to disclose the sale of arms by Israel to Myanmar
Arakan News Agency For the second time in a row, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz continued to reveal Israel’s sale of weapons to the state of Myanmar, despite UN accusations of ethnic genocide against the Muslim minority Rohingya. The Myanmar government has concluded arms deals worth tens of millions of dollars with Israeli arms companies, the […]
The Myanmar authorities forces the remaining Rohingya people to acquit the army of arson and genocide charges
Arakan News Agency Rohingya activists said the Myanmar authorities had recently set up special commissions to claim fair investigations into charges against the army of burning Rohingya homes and villages, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, shooting and raping their women and girls since sectarian violence erupted on Aug. 25th. A well-informed source explained that […]
Myanmar – Buddhist extremists protest against the return of the Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency Buddhist extremists in Myanmar on Sunday staged a demonstration calling for the non-return of Rohingya Muslims to the country after fleeing violence in Arakan province to the west of Bangladesh. Hundreds of extremists and a group of Buddhist monks participated in the demonstration organized in Sittwe (Arakan capital). During the demonstration, one […]
U.S. says it is considering sanctions over Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department said on Monday. “We express our gravest concern with recent events in Myanmar’s Arakan state and the violent, traumatic abuses […]
A person was killed in a fire that destroyed a popular hotel in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency A person was killed on Thursday by a huge fire that destroyed one of the most famous hotels in Myanmar’s Yangon city and resulted in dark fumes in the center of the country’s biggest city and took hours to set aside. Authorities told Reuters the cause of the fire was not yet […]
Myanmar and Thailand cooperate in promoting investment and trade
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar and Thailand Securities Committees have agreed to cooperate in promoting investment and trade between the two countries, the New Global of Myanmar newspaper reported on Thursday. The two sides will exchange their experiences according to the memorandum of understanding recently signed in Yangon. Training courses for the development of human […]
UNICEF: Twelve thousand Rohingya children flee Bangladesh every week because of violence in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency (Reuters) – Up to 12,000 children are forced to flee every week to Bangladesh because of violence in Myanmar, according to a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The difficult situation in camps and water-borne diseases threatens more than 320,000 Rohingya children who have fled to southern Bangladesh since late […]
Ambassador of Switzerland to Myanmar: The visit was the only opportunity to send a message to senior officials
Arakan News Agency A visit to Switzerland by Myanmar’s military top brass was necessary to confront the junta about human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims, according to the Swiss ambassador to the Asian country. The official visit last month was condemned by Amnesty International, which said it was “unacceptable” to receive military leaders whilst tens […]
Oxford students vote to remove Myanmar leader’s name from their chamber because of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Students at the University of Oxford, voted on Thursday evening to remove the name of the Myanmar leader from the title of their common room as a result of her stance on the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, the Guardian reported. The minority Rohingya in Myanmar are systematically ethnically cleansed, with security forces conducting […]
Erdogan: It is inappropriate to place the burden of Myanmar refugees on Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it was inappropriate to place the burden of refugees on Myanmar’s Muslims in Bangladesh, calling for sharing the burden of sheltering Rohingya Muslims. “There is an increasing need for the values and principles advocated by the G-8 developing countries, which are the creating of a world […]
China supports Myanmar and refuses to condemn its practices against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency China supports Myanmar in “protecting its peace and stability” and will not join countries condemning what it sees as an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya Muslims, a ruling Communist Party official said. This came in remarks made by the Vice Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China […]