Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) sends back six boats carrying Rohingyas on the Naf River
Arakan News Agency Officials said that the boats, spotted during patrols at several points on the river in Teknaf Upazila on Sunday, were carrying at least 60 people. As many 416 Rohingyas have been pushed back in to Myanmar between Nov 1 and 27, says the BGB. Cox’s Bazar-based BGB 34 Battalion chief Lt Col […]
Devastating photographs of a famished baby shame the world
Arakan News Agency The refugees arrive with horrific stories of rape, murder and persecution at the hands of their home country’s military. Often with just the clothes they are wearing, whole families are pouring over the border into Bangladesh, saying the authorities in Myanmar are forcing them from their homes and communities. Myanmar (formerly known […]
Myanmar Buddhist began training militias
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities began to train young people from ethnic “Rakhine” Buddhists for the formation of the militias responsible for the defense of Buddhists in the troubled areas of Arakan State, attacking those what they call the Muslim militants. The move came amid security unrest in Maungdaw city of Arakan state, where the […]
‘They raped us one by one,’ says Rohingya woman who fled Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The violence has forced thousands to flee, prompting a UN official to accuse Myanmar of carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the Muslim minority The brutal gang rape that Habiba and her sister endured is a story that is becoming depressingly familiar among the thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh to escape […]
“Not only a contravention of human rights, but also inhuman” Majlis Amal Islami Malaysia (MAIM) chairman
Arakan News Agency Majlis Amal Islami Malaysia (MAIM) chairman Dr Yusri Mohamad yesterday said the Myanmar government’s failure to act on the alleged massacre of the Rohingya was deplorable. “The actions (against) and the bad treatment (towards the Rohingya) are not only a contravention of human rights, but also inhuman because innocent people, including women, […]
Other countries should also give refuge to Rohingyas: Bangladesh Envoy
Arakan News Agency The Envoy said the Rohingya problem arose because Myanmar consistently calls them as Bangladeshi. Bangladesh Saturday said it has given shelter to Rohingya refugees from Myanmar but other countries should also come forward and give shelter to them. Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Mr. Syed Muazzem Ali also said that his country […]
Kelantan Pas condemns cruelty upon Rohingya community
Arakan News Agency Kelantan Pas has condemned the cruel treatment on Rohingya Muslims in the Arakan state of Myanmar and called on those who advocates human rights to assist the community. Its secretary Datuk Che Abdullah Mat Nawi said human rights groups should help the Rohingya Muslims by preventing such an incident from happening again. […]
Investigate Suu Kyi for the crime of genocide
Arakan News Agency Dictator Watch organization says Investigate Suu Kyi for the crime of genocide which is being perpetrated in Myanmar against the Rohingya ethnic group in Arakan state. Other crimes against humanity are also being perpetrated against other ethnic nationalities living in the country’s active war zones. The Myanmar regime’s ideological foundation is the […]
Massive Fire in Narwal; Three Rohingya Refugees Burnt to Death
Arakan News Agency Three Rohingya refugees died and six others got injured in a devastating fire that destroyed over 150 “Jhuggis” in Jammu, officials said. Ramesh Gupta, superintendent of Medical College Hospital, Jammu, said that three charred bodies were brought to the mortuary of the hospital during the night while six persons suffering critical burn […]
Protests in four cities over Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Thousands gather in Dhaka, KL, Jakarta and Bangkok to condemn ‘genocide’ in Myanmar Angry Muslim protesters took to the streets, from Jakarta to Dhaka, yesterday to denounce Myanmar over allegations of indiscriminate killing and rape in a military crackdown on the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. Around 5,000 Bangladeshi Muslims demonstrated in the […]
Thousands in Dhaka protest persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Thousands of Bangladeshis marched in the capital’s streets Friday to protest the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, one of several similar rallies in the region. Chanting “Stop killing Rohingya Muslims,” they marched in Dhaka as violence in Myanmar’s Arakan state escalated, forcing thousands to leave their homes. The protesters from several […]
Turkey expresses concerns over escalation in Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict
Arakan News Agency Turkey has expressed deep concern at a recent escalation in tensions in Myanmar’s western Arakan State, where at least 86 people have died in the last six weeks and hundreds have been arrested. In a statement released Friday, the foreign ministry referred to an ongoing situation that began Oct. 9 when the […]
Malaysia to summon Myanmar envoy on Rohingya as protests mount
Arakan News Agency Malaysia will summon Myanmar’s ambassador over the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in northwestern Arakan state, it said on Friday, as protesters across Southeast Asia demonstrated against the rising violence. The conflict in Arakan has sent hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to neighboring Bangladesh and poses a serious challenge to leader Aung San Suu […]