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 […]
Now Buddhist groups seeking to fabricate a new crisis in Arakan State
Arakan News Agency Buddhist extremist groups trying to create chaos in Arakan State west of Myanmar in areas inhabited by minority Rohingya through the launch night attacks and accusing innocent Rohingyas supporting rebel groups and pitting the police and the army to force on them, these moves come after a spate of threats by Buddhists […]
Myanmar sends troops into Muslim-majority region after deadly attacks
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has stepped up security in a Muslim-majority region near its border with Bangladesh, officials said on Monday, as authorities hunt for attackers who killed at least nine police officers. Officials believe that members of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority launched three separate attacks in the early hours of Sunday, in which […]
Rohingya killings in Myanmar also others injured
Arakan News Agency Killing of at least five Rohingya Muslims and three others wounded in the latest case of violence taking place in the state of Arakan in Myanmar since Saturday night. A reporter of ANA said The security forces of Myanmar is supported by other units of government troops and extremist Buddhists raided several […]
Urgent: the spread of intensive army in Arakan and news of a new Buddhist movements
Arakan News Agency There are reports issued by correspondents from the state of Arakan western of Myanmar this morning of heavy deployment of the army in a number of vital areas as reported by sources that there are suspicious movements by Buddhist militias that seek to create a new crisis with the minority Rohingya, Arakan […]
Renewed violence in Arakan killed 9 innocent Muslims
Arakan News Agency On Monday morning violence occurred in the city Maungdaw of Arakan state in Myanmar that killed a number of Muslim victims from Rohingya minority. A reporter of Arakan news agency reported that army troops with Buddhist extremists walked around the city looking for rebels which attacked military posts on Sunday Morning in […]
Fresh Violence Developed inside Arakan
Arakan News Agency Fresh Violence developed inside Arakan between BGP and Rebel groups and innocent Rohingya civilians are in cross fire. Reports indicates at least couple of Rohingyas are shot and wounded in the violence which took place in several Rohingya populated villages like Kawarbil, Nagkhura, Magyi Chaung, Fakirah Bazaar and Kodan Kauk at around […]
Ghostly group blamed for Myanmar policeman’s death
Arakan News Agency 9 police dead after attackers storm 3 stations around Rakhine in areas predominantly occupied by Rohingya Muslim population Authorities have imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in areas close to Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh after armed men raided police station outposts, officials said Sunday. At least nine policemen and eight militants died after attackers […]
Members of the Muslim Council to discuss the issue of “Muslims of Myanmar”.
Arakan News Agency Mufti Abdul Salam bin Munir Ahmed took part on Wednesday in the meeting of Muslim Council with a report on the issue of Muslims in Myanmar. The meeting was chaired by Sheikh of Al-Azhar, and President of the Council, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, in the Bahraini capital Manama. The meeting is scheduled to […]