Indonesia will Help Resolve Rohingya Muslims Issue: VP
Arakan News Agency Indonesia will help resolve the problems affecting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmars Arakan State, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said. “Of course, Indonesia wants to find a good solution, even if it is the domestic affairs of Myanmar. Indonesia wants to give suggestions and inputs for the good (of the people) and help […]
Bangladesh steps up patrols to block Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency More than 20,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks, humanitarian officials said yesterday, following a bloody crackdown by the army in neighbouring Myanmar. Bangladesh has stepped up patrols on the border to try to stem the tide of refugees since an eruption of unrest in Myanmar’s western state of Arakan […]
Former U.N. head Annan urges rule of law amid Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Myanmar security forces to act within the rule of law in the country’s northwest, where an army crackdown has killed at least 400 people and sent 10,000 fleeing over the border to Bangladesh. The violence is the biggest challenge faced by Aung San Suu […]
World must stand up in support of Rohingya Muslims: Activist
Arakan News Agency Iran has condemned Myanmar’s government for the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in the Southeast Asian country, slamming all types of discrimination against minorities anywhere in the world. The Rohingya community, which Myanmar’s government brands as “illegal immigrants” from Bangladesh, has been suffering widely-reported systematic aggression for years on end. The violence has […]
Stop Mincing Words: Aung San Suu Kyi Is Complicit In Rohingya Genocide
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s army has reportedly been carrying out unspeakable atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim community since October. Before the military crackdown, extremists Buddhists, under the leadership of “Buddhist bin Laden” Ashin Wirathu committed violence against the ethnic community in 2012. Yet, Myanmar’s de facto leader and former Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu […]
Malaysian PM’s comments at Rohingya rally ‘not true’: Myanmar official
Arakan News Agency Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s presence at a pro-Rohingya rally in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday (Dec 4) has drawn protests in Myanmar. Najib’s speech during the rally about fighting the “genocide” of Rohingya Muslims was not helpful, a Myanmar official told Channel NewsAsia. “What he said in Malaysia is not true,” said […]
Bangladesh FM says they got international support over Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh Foreign minister AH Mahmood Ali on Monday said most countries and international organizations, including the UN and other human rights organisations, are in favour of Bangladesh over the Rohingya issue of Myanmar. “Even Asean members requested Myanmar to resolve the matter,” he told the media, The foreign minister was responding to […]
ERC APPEALS WORLD LEADERS TO STOP MYANMAR’S GENOCIDE OF ROHINGYA
Arakan News Agency The European Rohingya Council (ERC) appreciates and deeply thankful to the Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak and the people of Malaysia for their solidarity with Rohingya to end the Genocide in Myanmar. ERC calls other world leaders to show similar moral responsibilities and leadership that they […]
Islami Andolan Bangladesh declared strict program against Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Islami Andolan Bangladesh declared strict program against Myanmar- Demonstration was held in Dhaka. Planning to protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Dhaka on 6th December and planned a Long March towards Myanmar on 18th of December. Spokesman of Islami Andolan Bangladesh said in the statement that Muslim world should be […]
BNP Secretary General criticises Rohingya push back policy
Arakan News Agency BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir criticized the Bangladesh government for Rohingya push back policy saying it does not understand the people’s pulse. He also called upon the government to take diplomatic steps for pressurizing Myanmar on this issue and ensure sheltering Rohingyas in Bangladesh temporarily. Fakhrul also condemned the role […]
Myanmar Rohingyas last stop is Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency As they desperately try to escape the mayhem, touts prey on their insecurities and force them to fish out much of their savings to provide boats. Bangladesh border guards have been stopping these Rohingya boats, their officials claiming to have pushed back 86 such boats in recent weeks. Azza Begum, who lived […]
Even Rohingya children are not spared
Arakan News Agency Dozen Rohingya people including babies/children were killed as the Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) opened fire on Rohingyas on boats trying to flee to Bangladesh as they can’t withstand the atrocities upon them by Myanmar military any longer on Sunday (Dec 4) at night. More than 15 Rohingya people were killed and […]
Concern Towards Rohingya Not About Interfering But About Humanity – Ahmad Zahid
Arakan News Agency The concern towards the oppressed Rohingyas in Myanmar is not about Malaysia interfering in the country’s affairs, but it is based on humanitarian grounds, said Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The deputy prime minister stressed that the concern was on the basis of universalism shown by the leaders and people of […]