UN advisor fears Myanmar situation may get out of hand
Arakan News Agency A top United Nations official is warning that the ongoing violence in Myanmar’s west is in danger of “getting out of hand”, and is asking the country’s leaders to be more assertive in resolving historic problems faced by the area’s Muslim and Buddhist communities. In an exclusive interview earlier this week, the […]
Bangladesh Home Minister says ‘We are helping Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds
Arakan News Agency The Home Minister has also claimed that the combined efforts of the security force, intelligence and the people of the country have successfully curbed militancy. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said Bangladesh is providing humanitarian support to the thousands of Rohingyas who have already entered the country after fleeing the violence in neighbouring […]
Video of a Rohingya man assaulted by Myanmar regime forces
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya Man from Bura Shida Fara, Maungdaw of Arakan state in Myanmar was attacked by the Myanmar forces, which resulted in moderate injuries. The victim Hamid Hussein said through a video recorded that he is in a bad physical condition after he went to fishing in a river near his village, […]
The death of a young Rohingya man because he met foreign delegation
Arakan News Agency A young Rohingya man from the town of Nakura was killed by unidentified Buddhists after he was kidnapped from inside his home in the late hours of the night and he was missing for more than twelve hours before his family found his body and recognized despite his head was decapitated from […]
Video leaked shows Rohingya Muslims detained in a humiliating and arbitrary way
Arakan News Agency The Arakan News Agency received a leaked video clip which showed Rohingya Muslims arrested by the security forces of Myanmar in a degrading manner. Video footage showed a number of Muslims who are Rohingyas are being forced into security vehicles, their hands were tied up and made them to lower their heads […]
Activist and Organizations in France protested for Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency The ERC, NRB and Collective Hameb and diverse communities from France have arranged a protest for the Rohingya of Arakan State – Burma at the Place De Republic Paris in order to raise the issues of human rights abuses which is pronounced by international majority communities as the last stage of genocide […]
Rohingya man was beaten and robbed
Arakan News Agency Rohingya activists in the social networking sites shared a video clip of a Muslim man from the poor Rohingya minority was beaten and assaulted then robbed of his money and the confiscation of his bicycle by the army in the northwest of Maungdaw Arakan State in Myanmar. The Rohingya man said in […]
Rohingya killed by the police in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Two Rohingya villagers were killed by members of the police in the village of Keladong Myanmar on Sunday evening after a random shooting operation. A source told the Arakan News Agency ANA that the members of the police were wandering in the village, as they opened fire at civilians without apparent reason […]
Buddhists assaulted a Rohingya child and left him between life and death
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya Boy in the Arakan State of Myanmar got attacked by Buddhist, causing him serious injuries. A reporter of Arakan news agency ANA said the boy is from a village in Rathidaung- been brutally attacked by five Buddhists, resulting in bruises to the head and a broken tooth in addition to […]
The EU urged Bangladesh to provide assistance to Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The European Union on Tuesday said it recognises long-standing solidarity of Bangladesh with those fleeing violence in Myanmar and urges Bangladesh not to deport them or turn them back. The EU urged Bangladesh to provide assistance and protection for people fleeing violence until the situation stabilizes and their safe return can be […]
Rohingya man found dead in Refugee camp
Arakan News Agency Police have recovered the body of a Rohingya man from Leda Camp, a few hours after he entered the camp in Cox’s Bazars Teknaf upazila with bullet-wound. Shah Alam, 40, was found dead at the camp on Monday afternoon. Shah Alam was son of late Syedul Amin and had hailed from Myanmar’s […]
Rohingya dead bodies found with signs of torture and execution
Arakan News Agency Rohingya Activists said they have found the bodies of the Rohingya men in state of decomposition, the Myanmar army has tortured and executed them after they were handcuffed in Maungdaw city of Arakan State. Rohingya activists has a video clip of an elderly Rohingya man who was recovered by them from the […]
Joint Statement: “Investigation Commission of Myanmar Indulges in Falsehood again”
Arakan News Agency Investigation Commission of Myanmar Indulges in Falsehood again We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations worldwide, strongly condemn the false and fabricated statement of the Government Investigation Commission, led by military appointed Vice-President U Myint Swe, which was released on 14 December 2016 particularly for the following reasons: The members of the Commission made […]