Rohingya Refugees Seek to Return Home to Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Rohingya Muslims who have sought refuge in Bangladesh say they are desperate to stop living as refugees and return to their homeland in Myanmar. “The Rohingyas have been seeking temporary shelter in Bangladesh only to save their lives from a genocide-like situation in Myanmar. For most of us, life as refugees is […]
Review Myanmar’s ASEAN membership, urges Malaysia minister
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s membership of ASEAN must be reviewed because of its “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim minority, a senior Malaysian minister warned Wednesday, November 30. Khairy Jamaluddin said the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ principle of non-interference in member states’ domestic affairs was void in the context of such violence. Myanmar’s […]
Rohingya girls sleeping in the forest to escape from the Myanmar army
Arakan News Agency With the increasing cases of repression and violation of human rights committed by the State of Myanmar against Muslim Rohingya in Arakan, young girls preferred escaping from villages due to the fear of rape by sinful Myanmar army individuals. A video documenting the flight of a group of young Rohingya Muslim girls, […]
Elderly Rohingya arrested without any reason and then tortured him then left him .. see the video for his story
Arakan News Agency The elderly Rohingya was arrested with 10 others at the hands of the Myanmar military without charge and tortured them, and then release of nine of them. According to the video clip in which elderly Rohingya appeared after being released directly by the government army arrested on 25 of November, and later […]
Myanmar ‘s army changes mosques to “barracks”
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s army laid siege since last Thursday morning in the village of Salifrang in Maungdaw of Arakan cordoned from all sides, and used mosques for military barracks. A reporter of Arakan News Agency said that the army has taken a number of mosques, as “military barracks” and implementation of the raid and […]
Political Parties Seek Myanmar Security Council’s Intervention in Arakan Crisis
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s former ruling party and 12 other political parties have called for a meeting of the country’s National Defense and Security Council over the government’s handling of the crisis in the northern part of Arakan state, where security forces who have locked down the area are accused of committing rights abuses against […]
Malaysian Prime Minister to attend rally condemning Arakan violence
Arakan News Agency Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will take part in a rare rally to protest the ongoing crackdown in Arakan, an official from his office said Tuesday. The gathering, which will take place in an yet-to-be announced location on Sunday, will involve politicians, NGOs and “all concerned with the issue” the official told […]
Petition with the High Court seeking its directives on
Arakan News Agency A Supreme Court lawyer filed a petition with the High Court seeking its directives on the government to let oppressed Rohingyas in. Advocate Abu Yahia Dulal filed the petition requesting to the High Court to order the authorities concerned of the government to temporarily open the Bangladesh-Myanmar border so Rohingya Muslims can […]
U.N. warns Myanmar govt reputation at stake over Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency The reputation of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in Myanmar is at stake amid international concerns over how it is dealing with violence in the country’s divided northwest, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday. The conflict in Myanmar’s Arakan State has sent hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing across the border […]
Myanmar Rohingya abuse may be ‘crimes against humanity’: UN
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s Rohingya may be victims of crimes against humanity, the UN’s rights agency said, as former UN chief Kofi Annan arrived in the country for a visit that will include a trip to northern Arakan. The army has carried out a bloody crackdown in the western state and thousands of the Muslim […]
Safeguarding women and girls affected by the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Arakan News Agency UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling for urgent safeguarding of the health and protection of women and girls in Myanmar’s Arakan State. All women in Arakan, including all ethnic and religious minorities, must be given access to healthcare and other essential services without discrimination, and they must be protected from […]
Military Chief mentions a potential military takeover amid ongoing clashes
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s military chief general Min Aung Hlaing discussed the provisions for a state of emergency and a potential military takeover of the country, amid an ongoing military conflict in northern Shan State and threats from Muslim rebels in the west Burma. It was the second time this month that the army chief […]
Myanmar to examine Allegations of Abuse Against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar government is to set up a “national level committee” to investigate conditions and allegations of abuses amid international pressure from rising violence and a humanitarian crisis in northern Arakan state. Myanmar’s state counselor and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has faced growing criticism for failing to tackle the violence, […]