Sri Lanka Conference condemns the ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency The participants in the international conference «Muslims and the prospects for coexistence» held by the Muslim World League in cooperation with the Sri Lanka’s Islamic Center condemned ethnic cleansing suffered by Muslims in Myanmar, and called on its government to recognize their rights, and to protect them and their mosques and villages, […]
Thai court sentences man to 35 years in Rohingya trafficking case
Arakan News Agency A Thai court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for trafficking ethnic Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, in a high-profile case that led to the discovery of jungle camps, mass graves and an international trafficking ring. On Jan. 11, 2015, police intercepted five vehicles at a checkpoint in Hua […]
Rights group calls on Myanmar to investigate Rohingya woman’s death
Arakan News Agency Residents of conflict-plagued ethnic minority regions and human rights workers have for years accused Myanmar troops of rights abuses including rape Human rights advocates have called on Myanmar to investigate the death of a young woman from the country’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, who died this month after being found naked and […]
UN chief calls on Myanmar to respect human rights, ahead of his visit to Southeast Asian country
Arakan News Agency United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Myanmar’s new leadership to pay “full respect” to human rights in the Southeast Asian country. “The new leadership must now overcome discrimination, ensure equality and promote inclusive development for all, with full respect for human rights,” Ban said on Monday on the eve […]
Denied work, Rohingya trapped in limbo in Malaysia
Arakan News Agency The first time he tried to escape a tough existence in his village in western Myanmar in 2004, Junaid Zafar was thrown in jail for five years. Like many other Rohingya Muslims, Zafar was seeking to flee poverty and persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and he did not wait long after being released […]
Thailand to extradite trafficking suspects to Malaysia
Arakan News Agency Thailand has agreed to a formal request to extradite 10 nationals to Malaysia where they will face charges of human trafficking along the two countries’ border. Many of those trafficked were Rohingya Muslims, temporarily held at camps in Malaysia in 2015 while officials attempted a clampdown on trafficking in Thailand. Malaysia’s Deputy […]
Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong begins
Arakan News Agency Peace talks between Myanmar’s government and warring ethnic minorities started today in a bid to end decades of conflict that have claimed thousands of lives and kept the country mired in poverty. A sea of colour filled the vast conference hall in the capital Naypyidaw as delegations from Myanmar’s myriad ethnic groups […]
Ban Ki-moon tells Myanmar world concerned about Rohingya
Arakan News Agency U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Myanmar on Tuesday that the world is very concerned about the tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been living for more than four years in camps in northern Rakhine state after fleeing violence from the Buddhist majority. “They deserve hope,” Ban said at a […]
A US official is optimistic about the new government in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Ambassador of the United States for religious freedom Mr. David Saperstein expressed optimism that the new government in Myanmar is committed to democracy and the deployment of human rights despite the fact that Myanmar is still on the list of the world’s most repressive religious minorities. Saperstein was speaking to reporters on […]
Myanmar police involved in blackmailing Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency Rohingyas in Maungdaw city of Arakan state of Myanmar are facing arbitrariness of the police while dealing with them and imposed fines on trumped-up charges, the ANA correspondent reported. One of the local on condition of anonymity said: “if one of us try to pass in front of the police headquarters, we […]
International Political Forum: Muslims in Myanmar are bump in the human throat
Arakan News Agency The international political forum denounced the world’s silence on the tragedy of the Muslims in Myanmar, even though they are exposed to all types of wars, genocide, ethnic cleansing and removal of religious rights on daily basis, according to a statement issued by the Forum on Sunday. The Chairman of the Forum, […]
Myanmar authorities prevented Rohingyas from teaching their children the Quran and the principles of the Islam religion
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities recently proceeded to prevent Rohingya from teaching their children the Quran and the principles of the Islamic religion, a step described by local observers as serious in the long term on the future of the Islamic presence in Arakan State. Agency correspondent reported that authorities had summoned dozens of Rohingya […]
Suu Kyi attacked for foreign inclusion in Rakhine body
Arakan News Agency Ex-government, nationalists claim Rakhine State – home to country’s Rohingya Muslims – national issue, not international Myanmar’s former ruling party has said it will closely monitor a newly-formed commission set up to advise the government on resolving conflicts in western Rakhine state. On Friday, the Union Daily — owned by the ex-general […]