“Kurban” Islamic Cooperation stands with Myanmar Muslims
Arakan News Agency Many of Myanmar Muslims benefited from sacrifice project implemented by the humanitarian fund of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, to coincide with the Eid al-Adha. That came along with payment for hajj pilgrimage for thousands of Muslims from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central Africa, and Afghanistan. According to the Organization’s statement, the project […]
A Seminar was held to focus on Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency The International Movement for a Just World (JUST) is organizing a seminar focusing on the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar. Which entitled as World Beyond War: The Rohingya Refugee Crisis and its Implications on Security in the Asean region, the seminar will provide an opportunity to assess the issue. The speakers will […]
Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi Receives Award As Students Protest
Arakan News Agency The Harvard Foundation named Nobel laureate and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi its 2016 Humanitarian of the Year in a ceremony Saturday, while students from the Harvard Islamic Society stood outside to protest what they consider her silence toward the country’s persecuted Muslim minority. Suu Kyi, elected head of Myanmar’s government […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Urges U.S. Business Leaders to Invest in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi told U.S. business leaders on Thursday that the country’s pro-democracy government has undertaken several measures to create a more welcoming business environment, and that their investments will help the Southeast Asia nation with its transition to full democracy.N One of Aung San Suu Kyi’s goals […]
Rohingya Advocates presses Aung San Suu Kyi for Immediate Relief for Rohingya
Arakan News Agency When Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi meets President Barack Obama at the White House this week, activists will be watching to see how the pro-democracy icon will address the plight of the country’s ethnic Rohingya, whom human rights groups say are among the world’s most persecuted minority groups. Since ethnic and sectarian […]
Rohingyas future looms in uncertainty
Arakan News Agency The Rohingya are often described as one of the most persecuted communities in the world. A significant number of them are also living in India as refugees and asylum seekers. Most commuters who pass the Kalindi Kunj bridge in Delhi tend to generally notice only the metro construction. From a distance, the […]
Landmark major peace conference begins in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The four-day historical Panglong Conference gathered representatives of the government, parliament, military, invited political parties, ethnic armed and non-armed organisations and civil society. Suu Kyi hopes the peace talks will pave the way towards a federal system for Myanmar. Reform measures introduced by the Myanmar government since 2011 have indeed provided powerful […]
Hundreds protest in Myanmar over Suu Kyi’s panel on Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency Hundreds in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country’s Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, which has cast a pall over democratic reforms. The plight of the Rohingya has raised questions about Myanmar leader Aung San […]
Two Political Parties Object to Myanmar Government’s Rakhine Commission
Arakan News Agency The day before, the office of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi announced the appointment of former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan to chair the nine-member commission, which includes three international representatives, four Buddhist and Muslim members from Myanmar, and two Myanmar government representatives.But in a letter to the government on Thursday, […]
Political parties in Myanmar demands to continue the 1982 citizenship law
Arakan News Agency Political parties in Arakan state of Myanmar demands the government to continue the implementation of Citizenship law of 1982, especially due to the affairs of Rohingyas, which may determine their legal status in the country. Agency correspondent reported that these parties called on the government as Buddhists are dominant on government positions […]
Myanmar extends curfew in two cities densely populated with Muslim
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities extended the curfew in works in a number of towns north of Arakan State starting on Monday, according to local officials. According to the Myanmar Times, the authorities’ actions began in late at night in the town of Buthidaung and Maungdaw in areas that have experienced violence in 2012 between […]
An Algerian activist denounces Myanmar’s acts against Muslims
Arakan News Agency Algerian human rights activist Donia Massoud has denounced the media blackout practiced by the Government of Myanmar on Rohingya to hide crimes against Muslims in Arakan State. Massoud said in an interview with the New Youth newspaper: “In Arakan State there are restricted area or area which are prohibited to access by […]
Ashin Wirathu: The Quran is the reason for the spread of violence and extremism in the world
Arakan News Agency The Buddhist extremist monk “Ashin Wirathu” said in a local radio station in Myanmar that the teaching of the Quran is “the cause of the spread of violence and extremism around the world,” he added that: “In the world many terrorist incidents are from the followers of the Islamic religion, and they […]