UN: Myanmar’s Threat to Block Fact-Finding Mission
Arakan News Agency Human Rights Watch said the United Nations needs to stand up on its ability to carry out its mandated fact-finding mission in Myanmar, after releasing a series of questions and answers on the topic. In March 2017, the UN Human Rights Council established a fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Myanmar. Since […]
A Russian was jailed in Myanmar for wearing a sandal in a Buddhist temple
Arakan News Agency A Myanmar court sentenced a Russian citizen to a month’s imprisonment for insulting religion after wearing her sandal at the Pagoda temple in the Bagan tourist area. Police in Pagan told the German Press Agency on Thursday that a two-day prison sentence was issued against the woman, whose name was not revealed […]
Myanmar authorities closes mosque and school in Muslim village
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities on Thursday shut down a mosque and a religious school in a Muslim-populated village in the eastern city of Yangon. According to local media, the authorities closed the mosque and the school located in a village belonging to the area of Oakkan, which is 100 Km away from Yangon, for […]
‘OIC favours interfaith dialogue to resolve Rohingya issue’
Arakan News Agency Visiting secretary general of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen on Thursday suggested holding an interfaith dialogue between Bangladesh’s Muslim religious leaders and Myanmar’s Buddhist leaders to resolve the Rohingya problem. “The dialogue will help develop a better understanding among them (leaders) and resolve the Rohingya problem,” he said […]
Myanmar regime forces besieging Rohingyas and banning food and medicine
Arakan News Agency Arakan news agency reported that the regime’s forces in Rathidaung city, east of Arakan province, prevented Rohingya Muslims in all districts from leaving and communicating with others by closing the entrances and exits in the neighborhood. The reporter said the regime’s forces and a number of Buddhists locked four entrances to the […]
Myanmar authorities uses Rohingya to demolish their own homes
Arakan News Agency Arakan news agency has been reported that the regime authorities in Myanmar on Monday demolished two Rohingya houses in Maungdaw city, west of Arakan state. The authorities arrested more than 50 Rohingya people and used them to demolish the two Rohingya houses and later the authorities released all of the detained Rohingyas […]
Myanmar: Swine flu virus claims more lives
Arakan News Agency Death toll hits 12, while number of infected people goes up to 62 Two more people have died of H1N1 virus in Myanmar, health authorities said Monday, bringing the total number of deaths in the recent swine flu outbreak to 12. A total of 287 people have been hospitalized with severe acute […]
Indonesia: We will help the refugees but we will not host them forever
Arakan News Agency Indonesia is committed to improving its treatment of asylum-seekers and refugees, but not to host them forever, Indonesia’s Director-General for Immigration, General Ronnie Frankie Sumbe said. “The global refugee crisis needs to be comprehensively addressed through participation in problem solving while safeguarding Indonesia’s national sovereignty and interests,” Sumbe said in a statement. […]
The Geneva International Center for Justice (GICJ) calls on the United Nations to take decisive action to protect Muslims in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The Geneva International Center for Justice has called on the United Nations to take action based on Chapter VII of the Charter to restore peace and security in Myanmar and to protect the Rohingya Muslims from genocide. They stressed that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in […]
Myanmar rejects UN statement on human rights situation
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion to reject a statement by the UN human rights envoy criticizing the government’s handling of security and human rights issues. The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar issued a strongly worded statement at the end of a 12-day visit […]
Two people with seasonal H1N1 flu died in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Two people, including a pregnant woman, died of swine flu (H1N1) at noon on Tuesday, officials at the Yangon General Hospital said. The patient is from the Pago region and the address of the lady is still unknown. The virus was discovered only after the patient was examined, said Yangon General Hospital […]
Swine Flu alarms Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s authorities confirmed on Monday that one person had died of a swine flu infection near its northwestern border with India. The Ministry of Health said in a statement that one person died and 13 patients were examined this month in the state of Chin and commercial capital Yangon. The statement came […]
United Nations rapporteur accuses the “Myanmar” government of human rights violations
Arakan News Agency Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, issued a strong worded statement on Monday accusing the Myanmar government of policies reminiscent of the former military government. The UN official said she ended a 12-day visit to Myanmar on a list of concerns and concerns about […]