Myanmar Buddhist extremists holds meetings against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Agency correspondent reported that an extremist Buddhist groups recently has been holding public meetings dominated by a racial nature; with the aim to state of anti Rohingya presence in Arakan State. The correspondent added that one of these meetings was attended by more than 300 Buddhist people, adding that the discussions during […]
Myanmar authorities fined six Rohingya children on fabricated charges
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities have imposed heavy fines on the six Rohingya children in the town of Merullah Southern Maungdaw city, according to the correspondent of the agency, adding that the authorities had detained the six children for several hours on fabricated charges of theft from inside a government warehouses before being released in […]
Why the US Shouldn’t Have Lifted Sanctions on Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Heading into 2016, Myanmar was on pace to truly become the democratic Cinderella story of our time. After half a century of despotic military rule, it seemed as though dramatic reforms were taking place on a daily basis, from the signing of the first national ceasefire agreement in October 2015 to the […]
Myanmar authorities detained 8 Rohingyas under torture in order to blackmail
Arakan News Agency Several days ago Myanmar authorities detained eight Rohingyas in Nagfura neighborhood with fabricated charges of communicating with a banned organization, the agency correspondent said, adding that the eight detainees – are from Maungdaw also subjected to the most severe types of torture at the hands of the authorities. The correspondent said that […]
Night raids against Rohingya houses carried out by Myanmar’s security forces
Arakan News Agency Rohingyas from Boli Bazaar neighborhood of northern city of Maungdaw in Arakan State were exposed to operations of breaking into their homes by a subsidiary of the security forces of Myanmar. Agency correspondent reported that the incursions that affect dozens of Rohingya homes are often executed after midnight in an arbitrary manner, […]
Despite the rough situations the light of happiness reached Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Despite their minority status, despite the hate speech and inciting of racial discrimination against them, yet the Muslims in Myanmar are keen, like other Muslims around the world to have their festival Joyous, to commence the day after the Eid prayers which are made in small gatherings away from the fanatics and […]
Myanmar State Counselor Calls on ASEAN For Support in Resolving Rakhine Crisis
Arakan News Agency Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday asked member states of a regional economic and security organization for “constructive support” in resolving the crisis in the country’s troubled western Rakhine state. Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto national leader, is trying to drum up regional support for an advisory […]
Christian organisation calls for halt to plans to demolish mosques
Arakan News Agency Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW),in a statement on 27 September, called on the Rakhine State Government to halt plans to demolish more than 3,000 buildings associated with the Rohingya population on the pretext that they have been built illegally. This includes 12 mosques and 35 madrasas in the Muslim-majority townships of Maungdaw and […]
Two Turkish associations has distributed sacrificial meat for thousands of Muslims in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Distributed by Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), and the Association of “Tashi charity,” collaborated with 2464’s share of the sacrificial meat to the Myanmar Muslims, led by residents in the state of “Arakan”. Speaking to Anadolu, the individual responsible for Myanmar, Mujahid, Demir said, “My colleagues went to Myanmar and spent the […]
Suu Kyi seeks Hasina’s assistance to solve Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency The PM told Suu Kyi that the Rohingya crisis should be solved by the two countries together Myanmar has asked for the assistance of Bangladesh government to settle the much-talked Rohingya crisis. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi discussed the matter during a meeting in […]
Dalai Lama condemns attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency World-renowned Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama condemned Thursday attacks against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma, describing them as acts of “some mischievous individuals who do not represent Buddhism.” “When I first heard that some Burmese Buddhists were harming Muslims in Burma, I was in Washington,” he told the European Parliament’s […]
Relief projects for the Rohingya by Hayat Foundation in the Eid al Adha
Arakan News Agency Hayat Foundation has implemented humanitarian relief aid for Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State of Myanmar, in coordination with some Rohingya activists there on this Eid ul Adha. The foundation’s director Abdul Aziz bin Mirdah said the first project was the distribution of sacrificial meat targeted to a number of neighborhoods in Maungdaw […]
3 thousand houses in Arakan ‘illegal construction’ to be demolished to the grounds
Arakan News Agency Myanmar ‘s Arakan State Security and Border Relations Minister Tin Lwin, said “illegal” construction of the mosques and other illegal buildings will face destruction and demolition. Linn, said in a meeting with a group of residents in Sittwe, that the local government would soon make an official statement about the demolition plan […]