Two killed and tens of thousands displaced by flooding in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Flooding swept through large parts of Myanmar and displaced more than 10,000 people, killing two people and flooding a Buddhist temple due to severe erosion of two river banks, residents and state media said on Monday. A disaster relief official said the water level had risen steadily since heavy monsoon rains began […]
Germany grants 1.85 million euros in aid to Arakan
Arakan News Agency The German government has donated 1.85 million euros (about 2.1 million US dollars) for humanitarian aid in Arakan, Myanmar, according to a press release on July 21. According to the Myanmar newspaper Mizzima, the grant will be used to increase access to and improve local health care, to conduct awareness campaigns on […]
Rohingyas detained by the authorities were revealed to their relatives after 18 days .. What was the reason?
Arakan News Agency Local authorities in Arakan province said that at the beginning of July, the Myanmar authorities arrested 50 Rohingya Muslims from the village of Nurullah in Maungdaw city, west of Arakan province, on charges of possession of weapons or links with armed men, 40 of them were released on the same day. One […]
Ghassan Salama: The work of the Myanmar Committee is over
Arakan News Agency The new UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, has announced the end of the work of the committee concerned to investigate violations of the Muslim minority in the Myanmar state of Southeast Asia, led by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. “I am happy today that the work of the Myanmar committee is […]
Rohingya situation has not improved under new government – UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Activists and journalists in newly democratic Myanmar continue to be followed and questioned by state surveillance agents, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, at the conclusion of a visit she said was beset by official snooping and access restrictions. Aung San Suu Kyi came to power last year after a landslide in […]
Journalists detained in Myanmar: The army is trying to silence the media
Arakan News Agency Three journalists imprisoned for their press coverage in Myanmar for which it have been accused of trying to silence the media, while fears of freedom of expression are increasing. The journalists were among seven people arrested by the military on June 28 after a race organized by the National Liberation Army, one […]
Thai general, provincial politicians found guilty in trafficking trial
Arakan News Agency An army general, two provincial politicians and police officers were among 62 people out of a total of 103 defendants found guilty on Wednesday by a judge in Thailand’s biggest human trafficking trial. The trial, which began in 2015, had been marred by allegations of intimidation of witnesses, interpreters and police investigators. […]
Myanmar: UN probe into Rohingya will increase tension
Arakan News Agency A UN mission investigating allegations of torture, rape and killing of Muslim Rohingya will only “aggravate” tension in the western state of Arakan, security adviser Aung San Suu Kyi told diplomats on Tuesday. Myanmar has refused to issue visas to three UN-appointed experts in May to investigate allegations of abuses by the armed […]
Myanmar’s Rohingya: cornered by poverty, stalked by violence
Arakan News Agency Hemmed in by Myanmar security forces and menaced by abductions and killings, Rohingya Muslims in a conflict-scarred corner of Arakan State say fear is one of the few constants in their lives. Last week foreign media were given partial access to the isolated wedge of the northwestern state for the first time […]
Myanmar confirms the lack of links with North Korea during US envoy visit
Arakan News Agency A Myanmar official said on Monday his government was not establishing military links with North Korea. That came as a US diplomat in charge of North Korea’s policy, was likely to seek reassurance on efforts to isolate Pyongyang. The US embassy in Yangon said envoy Joseph Y. Yun would meet with the […]
Myanmar Escorts Media to Conflict-Torn Region, Vows ‘No Restrictions’
Arakan News Agency Myanmar pledged on Wednesday “no restrictions” on journalists visiting the troubled state of Arakan this week, in the first official trip to include foreign reporters to mostly Rohingya Muslim villages affected by violence since October. Eighteen Myanmar nationals and foreigners representing international media, including Reuters, arrived in the state capital of Sittwe […]
Myanmar Slammed Over Visa Refusal to UN Rohingya Probe
Arakan News Agency Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in Myanmar risks getting bracketed with “pariah states” like North Korea and Syria over its refusal to grant visas to a UN team investigating the plight of Rohingya Muslims, activists said Wednesday. The civilian government of the Nobel peace laureate said on June 30 that the three […]
Breaking News: A landmine detonated which killed several Rohingyas in north of Arakan
Arakan News Agency A landmine exploded early Thursday in an agricultural area in western Myanmar’s western Arakan province, killing at least three Rohingyas and injuring seven others. Arakan news agency reported that the area where the explosion occurred was the site of the Myanmar army in late 2016, the Rohingyas also reported that the Myanmar […]