Bangladesh finds violence in Arakan state ‘disturbing’ but promises to help
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh has condemned the recent violence in the Arakan state, expressing it to be “disturbing” but has promised to assist Myanmar in this “time of need”. Bangladesh foreign ministry said it had taken note of the “coordinated attacks” on the Border Guard Police posts in Arakan state on Oct 10 and the […]
Is Japan leaving the Rohingya out in the cold?
Arakan News Agency As violence flares around the world’s largest group of stateless people in Myanmar, an exile is pleading with Tokyo to come to their aid It all began when Zaw Min Htut learned he was on a list. Back then, however, he had a different name: Luk Man Hakim. For three years he […]
New U.N. Effort to Protect Refugees Not Seen as Helping Vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons
Arakan News Agency The United Nations’ newest effort to address large-scale refugee flows and migration, adopted last month in New York, has left out at least one highly vulnerable group—internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Southeast Asia, say disappointed human rights experts and activists. The adoption of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants on […]
World body for Muslim Scholars condemns attacks on Rohingya in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The international Organization for Muslims scholars condemned the attacks by government forces in Myanmar on Rohingya civilians in Arakan State such as besieging villages and killing innocent people. The organization called on Myanmar government for an end to these campaigns and to abide by international conventions, to protect the rights of religious […]
OIC calls for a full investigation about the outbreak of violence in Arakan province
Arakan News Agency Organization of Islamic Cooperation called for a full investigation into the outbreak of violence witnessed by the Arakan region after rebel attacks on the border facilities in Myanmar on Oct. 9, which led to death of many security personnel and rebels. The organization demanded the identification of the perpetrators in order to […]
Religious hatred in Myanmar test Suu Kyi’s fortitude
Arakan News Agency More than 200 people have died this month in clashes between Myanmar authorities and the Muslim Rohingya minority as State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi grapples with the flaring religious tensions in the country’s western Rakhine State. An armed group claiming to be Rohingya attacked a police office in Maungdaw township Sunday, […]
Myanmar Says it Will Handle Rakhine Attacks ‘Fairly’ Once Culprits Are Found
Arakan News Agency Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday said the government will handle the turbulent situation in the country’s western Rakhine state fairly and according to the rule of law following violent raids on border guard posts earlier this week and ensuing clashes between security forces and armed men. “We are […]
Police in Langkawi on alert for Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Following information received, police in Langkawi are on alert for some 200 Rohingyas allegedly arriving in boats to land at an island off the Kedah coast. Langkawi district police chief Supt Che Ghazali Che Awang said they were prepared for the possibility of them trying to make landfall. He however said they […]
Myanmar: Protect Civilians in Rakhine State, Investigate Fatal Shootings
Arakan News Agency Extrajudicial Killings and Abuses Undercut Security in Rakhine State (YANGON, October 12, 2016)—The government of Myanmar should protect civilians and respect human rights in responding to recent deadly attacks against police by unknown assailants near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, Fortify Rights said today. According to eyewitnesses, Myanmar Army soldiers allegedly killed several unarmed […]
Myanmar buries slain police in restive Rakhine as troops pour in
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s border guard on Tuesday buried nine officers killed in mysterious raids in the western state of Rakhine, as the military tightened control over a region long scarred by violence between Buddhists and Muslims. Uniformed officers carried the wooden coffins draped with national flags through rain and thick mud before laying them […]
The Rohingya Are At The Brink Of Mass Genocide
Arakan News Agency I have written numerous newspaper pieces on the fate of the Rohingya in recent years, and even published a book on this, “the most oppressed people in the world”, this summer. Yet for all they have endured for the last decades, and especially in the last few years, the scariest part of […]
UN urges restraint in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after violence
Arakan News Agency UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special adviser on Myanmar called on civilians in troubled Rakhine state on Tuesday to exercise maximum restraint and refrain from responding to recent fighting that led to the deaths of security personnel as well as civilians. Vijay Nambiar expressed concern at violent attacks by unidentified individuals and […]
Myanmar soldiers kill at least 4 in hunt for border attackers
Arakan News Agency Violence, the most deadly in northern Rakhine State since communal clashes in 2012, represents a key challenge for the government of democracy figure Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar soldiers have killed at least four men during a sweep of Muslim villages following deadly attacks on police posts along the northwestern border with […]