Rachid Ghannouchi praises Malaysia’s role in Rohingya case
Arakan News Agency Tunisian leader Rachid Ghannouchi has praised the Malaysian government’s courage in facing Muslims issues in Southeast Asia and West Asia, especially the Rohingya issue in Myanmar. “Malaysia has played a major role to alleviate the persecution of the Rohingya in western Myanmar and a number of issues in the region and has […]
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 (Jul 12). The civilian government of the Nobel peace laureate said on Jun 30 that […]
Muslim man was attacked by Buddhist extremists in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Myanmar police said Tuesday they were searching for several people who attacked a Muslim man in the central city of Meiktila. Locals said members of the Buddhist extremist organization Ma Ba Tha helped instigate the violence. The man was hospitalized after a crowd threw stones at his home late Monday. The dispute […]
Myanmar regime members storm a village of Rohingya and burn two houses
Arakan News Agency Myanmar forces stormed a village of Rohingya last Wednesday in the city of Buthidaung, burned two houses and assaulted several civilians. According to Rohingya sources, the Myanmar security forces raided the village at 10 am and carried out the attack against the Muslims, where a number of innocent people were brutally tortured […]
Australia provides $ 15 million in humanitarian aid to Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The Australian government will provide humanitarian aid to Myanmar worth 15 million A $, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement issued by her office. The aid will contribute to the provision of education, health services, shelter and livelihood support to affected communities, as well as support to efforts to […]
An international envoy arrives in Myanmar to investigate facts about the persecution of the Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Myanmar arrived Sunday in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, to investigate the human rights violations in Myanmar, especially against the minority of Rohingya Muslims. She is to visit the state of Arakan, Shan and Kachin to review the humanitarian situation of the people of those […]
Documentary Hopes to Spur Debate on Education in Myanmar’s Arakan State
Arakan News Agency The plight of displaced communities in Myanmar’s western Arakan State and the impact of the displacement on children has led to calls, in a new film, to boost education as a vital step to end divisions between Buddhist and Muslim communities. The documentary film, “Sittwe,” was released this month in Thailand after […]
Sheikh Hasina : Put pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the international community, including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to put pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. She made the plea when UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi met her at her Sangsad Bhaban office. PM’s press secretary Ihsanul […]
Foreign minister urges UNHCR to call upon Myanmar on Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali has urged United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to call upon Myanmar government to take measures to ensure that all the Myanmar nationals staying in Bangladesh return to Arakan State. The minister made the request to UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi during a meeting on Saturday, said […]
UN expert to visit Myanmar to assess rights impact of worsening security situation
Arakan News Agency The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will undertake her sixth information-gathering visit to the country from 10 to 21 July. Ms. Lee plans to visit Arakan, Shan and Kayin States in addition to Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw to assess recent developments. “I […]
Church officials upset that Myanmar’s won’t allow U.N. rights investigators
Arakan News Agency YANGON, Myanmar – Church officials have expressed disappointment over the refusal of Myanmar’s government to grant visas to three members of a U.N. fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights abuses by security forces against the Rohingya minority. The government of “Aung San Suu Kyi appears to face a tough challenge between […]
UNHCR seeks freedom of movement, citizenship as solutions to the Rohingya refugees of Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded his first visit to Myanmar by appealing for inclusive and sustainable solutions to the problems of displacement and statelessness. Some 100,000 people in Kachin State and 120,000 people in Arakan State have remained displaced for more than five years following the eruption […]
Rohingya man killed and another injured in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya fisherman was killed and another seriously injured during a hunt by the Myanmar army in the north of the city of Maungdaw on Tuesday. According to Rohingya sources, the fishermen were in the river NAF fishing before a Military vessle approaced them and started shooting at them. One of the […]