Myanmar flotilla: The aid, goods insufficient to meet demand – KP1M
Arakan News Agency Kelab Putera 1Malaysia vice-president Harridzs Mohan Abdulah said the goods and aid for the Food Flotilla Mission For Myanmar is not sufficient to meet the demands and needs of the Rohingya people. He said “I don’t think its sufficient for the 60,000 people over there. We are bringing 500,000 of rice, medicines […]
Organisers to respect Myanmar, dock Rohingya food flotilla in Yangon
Arakan News Agency The organisers of the Food Flotilla to help the Rohingya will respect the Myanmar government’s decision to only allow them to dock in the capital Yangon. They had wanted to dock in Sittwe, where a large number of Rohingya are living in Internally Displaced Camps (IDP), but the Myanmar government refused to […]
Myanmar delegation arrives in Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency A three-member Myanmar delegation of the Advisory Commission on Arakan State arrives in Dhaka to hold discussions with Bangladesh authorities over the Rohingya issue. The delegation will also visit shelters where Rohingyas from Myanmar took shelter to escape a “counter-insurgency operation” in the country by its military. Diplomatic sources said the delegation, […]
UN expert warns of reprisals following Myanmar visit
Arakan News Agency Yanghee Lee concerned over arbitrary arrests during security operations in Arakan state The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar on Tuesday warned about possible reprisals against people she met during her recent visit to the country. “There is one word that has hung heavily on my mind during this visit […]
Muslim women from Myanmar sends distress calls in a video
Arakan News Agency We have received a video from activist in which a group of women from the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar sends distress message, requesting to be rescued from hunger after the army forces destroyed homes and displaced them from their neighborhoods in Arakan State from the village of Guguthara, Maungdaw. Where the […]
Rohingya Children Give Eyewitness Accounts of Atrocities
Arakan News Agency Rohingya boys and girls as young as 11 and 12 spoke of atrocities they had witnessed that forced them to flee Myanmar’s Arakan state in recent weeks, with some telling BenarNews they saw Burmese security personnel burn their siblings alive. A BenarNews correspondent interviewed at least 19 children during visits to refugee […]
Myanmar asks for ‘time and space’ to solve Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s deputy defense chief on Monday urged the world to give his government “time and space” to solve a crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim minority amid concerns jihadists could exploit the situation. Rear Admiral Myint Nwe told a security forum in Singapore his government is “fully aware of the growing concern about […]
Iraq considers the suffering of the Muslims in Myanmar is extremism
Arakan News Agency Iraqi Foreign Ministry called on the government of Myanmar to stop all forms of violations committed against Muslims there, considering those violations are extremism. The ministry said that last Thursday, through the Under Secretary of State for Legal Affairs and Multilateral Relations Mr. Omar Barzanji in of the extraordinary session of the […]
Othaimeen calls on Myanmar to allow access to humanitarian aid and conduct investigations on violence against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Dr. Yusuf Bin Ahmed Al – Othaimeen stressed that the organization has sought to cooperate with the authorities in Myanmar at various levels, and invited them to adopt a policy of transparency and justice toward ethnic and religious minorities, stressing at the same […]
Yemen thanked Malaysia and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation on hosting a meeting to discuss the Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Yemen ‘s government expressed gratitude to the Malaysian government and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to its Secretary General Dr. Yousef Al – Othaimeen for hosting a meeting to discuss the ongoing Rohingya issue and the organization ‘s efforts to preserve the Islamic solidarity and the defense of the Muslim Ummah. This […]
The death of an elderly Rohingya after being arrested by the police in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Rohingya elderly man was killed after the illness after he was arrested and kept in custody for five-days in the state of Arakan in Myanmar. A reporter of Arakan News Agency told that the old man of the Shaab Bazar village, one of the villages in Buthidaung City was arrested on the […]
UN must apply sanctions against Myanmar: Activist
Arakan News Agency The United Nations Special Rapporteur Ms.Yanghee Lee tasked with evaluating Myanmar’s handling of the plight of Rohingya Muslims has criticized the country for its poor performance. She censured the government’s harsh crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in the west and aggressive fighting with the Kachin minority in the country’s north. Lee also criticized Myanmar’s army […]
Johnson to visit Myanmar, says democratic transition not yet complete
Arakan News Agency “Burma’s transition to democracy is not yet complete but it is worth reflecting on just how far Burma has come since Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party took office just nine months ago,” Johnson said in a statement. “The UK, as a longstanding and long term friend to Burma, […]