Myanmar troops assaults a Rohingya man with iron rod
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar regime forces attacked a Rohingya man in Maungdaw city, causing numerous injuries. The Rohingyas released a video showing a Rohingya man with multiple injuries from a brutal beating by an army officer in Arakan state. The injured man in the video said that the attack took place in the village […]
22 million refugees and IDPs in the countries of “Islamic cooperation” in 2016
Arakan News Agency The incidents of some OIC member states over the past year have led to the displacement and asylum of more than 22 million people. A recent report on “Natural disasters and crisis in the Muslim world 2016”, presented to the International Islamic News Agency (IINA), revealed that 22 million and 124,308 people […]
The leader of Myanmar urges her citizens to move towards with democracy and peace
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s political leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged people in her country to understand the feelings and hopes of others for internal peace and to rid of the hate mentality. “If we do not have this understanding, we can not work effectively for a successful democratic transition, unity and peace in the […]
A Myanmar security member assaults a Rohingya and cut his beard off
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya man in Arakan, Myanmar, was brutally assaulted by government member, resulting in severe injuries and bruises. Ali Hussein, a 50-year-old resident of the Boli Bazaar district of Maungdaw city, was attacked by an army officer who beat him without any reasons, also cut down his beard as an insult, who […]
Extra troops sent to western Myanmar amid UN concerns
Arakan News Agency Extra troops have been sent to the troubled western state of Arakan, the government said Saturday. The deployment of an additional army battalion — around 500 soldiers — led the UN to call for restraint in the region, which earlier this year saw a massive security operation that led to widespread human […]
UN rights expert urges restraint in security operation in Myanmar’s Arakan state
Arakan News Agency A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm over reports that an army battalion has flown into Arakan state in western Myanmar to help local authorities boost security in the region. “This development, which reportedly took place yesterday, is a cause for major concern,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the […]
India is in talks with Myanmar and Bangladesh over the deportation of 40,000 Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency India is in talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar on a plan to deport some 40,000 Rohingya Muslims, who say they live on its territory illegally, a government spokesman said on Friday. Tens of thousands of Rohingya have fled persecution in Myanmar, which has a Buddhist majority, to neighboring Bangladesh since the early […]
Myanmar authorities demolished Muslim homes and tamper with their property
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities on Tuesday demolished several Rohingya houses in the city of Maungdaw, west of Arakan state. Arakan news agency received a video of one of the people affected by the demolition, which showed the extent of the destruction caused by the authorities with the property of Muslims. “Look at these cattle. […]
Myanmar president calls for doubling efforts to make ASEAN region more cohesive over next 50 years
Arakan News Agency Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw on Tuesday called for doubling efforts to make ASEAN region more politically cohesive, economically integrated, socially responsible and people-oriented over the next 50 years. U Htin Kyaw made the remarks on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]
A trial of a veteran journalist in Myanmar saw a shift
The plaintiff in a lawsuit against an esteemed investigative journalist was arrested when he arrived at the journalist’s trial in Maha Aung Myay Township Court, Mandalay on Monday. U Kyaw Myo Shwe was detained for participating in an anti-government protest of nationalist monks and laypersons in Mandalay on Friday. He will appear at Chanmyathazi […]
Myanmar Muslims are in a state of panic from the government’s training of Buddhist youth to use weapons
Arakan News Agency The Rohingya Muslims south of the city of Maungdaw in Myanmar are living in a state of fear and panic because their regions have become training grounds for Buddhist youth to use weapons and adapt to war conditions, Arakan News Agency reporter said. According to the reporter, about 100 young Buddhist have […]
ERC Rejects Myanmar’s Sham Commission Report on Human Rights Abuses against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The European Rohingya Council (ERC) unequivocally rejects the findings of “Maungdaw Investigation Commission” on the well-documented human rights abuses committed during Myanmar’s armed forces “clearance operations” against Rohingya civilians in northern Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State. “There is no possibility of crimes against humanity, no evidence of ethnic cleansing [of Rohingya],” claimed Myint […]
Myanmar rejects allegations of human rights abuses against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Myanmar on Sunday rejected allegations of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing during a crackdown against Rohingya Muslims last year, accusing the United Nations of making exaggerated claims in its report on the issue. Rohingya militants killed nine border guards in October, sparking a response in which the army was accused of […]