Malaysia cancels two football matches with Myanmar over Rohingya crackdown
Arakan News Agency Muslim-majority Malaysia has been increasingly critical of Myanmar’s handling of violence in northern Arakan state that has sent hundreds of people fleeing across the border to Bangladesh, amid allegations of abuses by security forces. The violence is the most serious bloodshed in Arakan since communal clashes in 2012 that killed hundreds. Referring […]
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi seeks economic help on Singapore trip
Arakan News Agency Puts problems at home on back burner to appeal to senior Singapore business leaders to help Myanmar become more prosperous Myanmar state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi put problems at home on the back burner Wednesday to appeal to senior business leaders in Singapore to help Myanmar become more prosperous than the […]
Myanmar state media alludes to Rohingya Muslims as ‘human fleas’
Arakan News Agency Myanmar is beset by “human fleas.” So says the nation’s most widely known state newspaper, now operating under the democratically elected government helmed by Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. This “morally bad” group of people are “loathe for their stench and for sucking our blood,” says the Global New Light […]
At least 10,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh: UN
Arakan News Agency At least 10,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks after fleeing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, the United Nations said today. An estimated 30,000 Rohingya, a Muslim minority living mostly in Myanmar, have been forced to leave their homes since a bloody crackdown by the army in the western state of […]
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 […]