Buddhist aid workers face backlash for helping Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency Soe Aung works for an international aid agency in his hometown of Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar’s Arakan State. It’s a good job, but he isn’t eager to discuss it in a public setting or outside his close circle of friends and family. That’s because his agency helps Rohingya Muslims. “I stay […]
An Elderly Rohingya man was shot dead by Army
Arakan News Agency An elderly Rohingya was shot dead by Myanmar Army on 13th of November in northern Maungdaw, in the village of Dar Gyi Sar (Gozibil). The victim was in his late 60s, his name was Abdul Hakim. He is the latest victim of Myanmar Army’s genocidal campaign against Rohingya Muslims.
Rohingyas were burned to ashes by Myanmar Army
Arakan News Agency Rohingya bodies were found in state of ashes today in Maungdaw city of Arakan state of Myanmar, the victims were completely burned inside their homes on Sunday by Myanmar Army. This comes a day after the bloody and violent events witnessed in northern city of Maungdaw where Myanmar forces launched air assault […]
Concerns of destruction of Rohingya villages in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency An international rights group expressed concern Sunday over satellite imagery showing widespread fire-related destruction in predominantly ethnic Rohingya Muslim villages in Myanmar’s Arakan State, amid military operations launched after last month’s fatal attacks on police. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Myanmar authorities to promptly establish a United Nations-assisted investigation “as a […]
A Rohingya man was killed and three others wounded by police firing in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya was killed and three others were wounded by police firing, on the afternoon of Saturday in the village of Puakali, Arakan state of western Myanmar. Agency correspondent reported that police opened fired on a group of unarmed Rohingya gathered to perform afternoon prayers in a mosque in the village, two […]
Myanmar army fires on Rohingya villages in Arakan region
Arakan News Agency The government of Myanmar (Burma) has admitted firing on villages occupied by the Rohingya Muslim minority with helicopter gunships. There are reports of villages burning in the northern region of Arakan. Photos released by Human Rights Watch seem to show charred villages, with the group reporting 430 burnt buildings. The satellite photos […]
Buddhists hail Trump victory
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s Buddhist nationalists have hailed Donald Trump’s electoral triumph as a victory over “Islamic terrorism” after he pledged to ban all Muslims from entering the US and compile a database of Muslim in the country. In Myanmar, which is gripped by religious tensions in Arakan State, fundamentalist anti-Muslims praised Trump. Extremist monk […]
Burma: Massive Destruction in Rohingya Villages
Arakan News Agency Satellite Images Show 430 Burned Buildings; UN-Aided Inquiry Needed High-definition satellite imagery shows widespread fire-related destruction in ethnic Rohingya villages in Burma’s Arakan State, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should immediately invite the United Nations to assist in investigating reported destruction of villages in the area. “New satellite images […]
Hefajat protests Rohingya persecution
Arakan News Agency The qawmi madrasa-based organisation Hefajat Islam urged the government and the international community to put pressure on the Myanmar administration so that it stops persecuting the minority Rohingya Muslims in its Arakab state. “We are not asking the government to declare war against Myanmar but to create diplomatic pressure for the recent […]
Myanmar aid curbs hit children in Muslim-majority region: U.N.
Arakan News Agency Unrest in Myanmar’s northwest is taking a “terrible toll” on children, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said and called for full humanitarian access to the Muslim-majority north of Rakhine state. Tens of thousands of people have been cut off from food and other aid normally provided by international agencies since deadly attacks […]
Myanmar paper bans Arakan reports
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar Times, the country’s oldest independent English-language daily, stopped covering the crisis after one of its senior staff, Fiona McGregor, was fired over an article alleging troops gang-raped Rohingya women. A leading English-language newspaper in Myanmar has suspended its reporting on restive Arakan state, according to an internal memo, as pressure […]
Indonesia: Rohingya begin slow journey to US
Arakan News Agency 17 Rohingya from initial group of 102 begin slow process of being transferred from temporary shelters in Aceh to US A group of Rohingya who have been living in Indonesia since a May 2015 anti-trafficking crackdown have begun the process of moving to the United States. The Head of Lhokseumawe immigration office […]
Myanmar’s Rohingya brace for more attacks in Arakan
Arakan News Agency With a new government plan to arm Rakhine Buddhist civilians, Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar fear the worst. As the sun creeps towards its midday peak, Soe Myat Naing’s house grows insufferably hot. Despite the stifling air, he dare not leave the safety of his oven walls and sits with unease, waiting for […]