International Criminal Court asks Bangladesh for input on Rohingya jurisdiction
Arakan News Agency The International Criminal Court has asked Bangladesh to weigh in as the court considers a request by the ICC prosecutor for jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked the court last month to rule on whether it had jurisdiction over alleged deportations of […]
Activists launch ‘Justice for Rohingya’ campaign in London
Arakan News Agency LONDON: A legal campaign launched to initiate prosecution of Myanmar officials behind alleged crimes against humanity. Activists and lawyers in the UK have launched a campaign to seek to prosecute perpetrators of alleged war crimes against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority. The Justice for Rohingya Minority (JFRM) was launched at a ceremony at Amnesty […]
UN urges Myanmar to punish perpetrators of Rohingya attacks
Arakan News Agency The U.N. Security Council is urging Myanmar’s government to fulfill its commitment to hold perpetrators of violence against Rohingya Muslims accountable and to address the root causes that led about 700,000 members of the ethnic minority to flee to Bangladesh. But its press statement Wednesday made no mention of Tuesday’s appeal by […]
Monsoon threat looms for Rohingya camps
Arakan News Agency Aid agencies face a “narrowing window” to prepare Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh for life-threatening floods in the approaching monsoon season, the aid coordinating group said this week. More than 16,000 refugees, many living in shacks clinging to steep, denuded hills, have been moved to safer areas, the Inter Sector Coordination […]
OIC To Assume ‘Stronger Role’ In Rohingya Crisis
Arakan News Agency The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed regret for not “responding immediately” to the Rohingya Crisis, along with vowing to take a “strong” role in dealing with the situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh. The OIC has also said it will create a committee on accountability for crimes against Rohingya. The Rohingya […]
India, Myanmar sign seven agreements as Swaraj meets Suu Kyi
Arakan News Agency India and Myanmar on Friday signed seven agreements including one on land border crossing as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed with the top leadership here issues related to peace and security and developments in the Arakan State from where thousands of Rohingya Muslims had fled to Bangladesh after violence last year. […]
Unicef gets fresh $2.6 million aid for Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) and Unicef have teamed up to provide more protection for nearly 42,000 children, adolescents and young women in the Cox’s Bazar. The ECHO has provided $2.6 million to Unicef to ensure that children, adolescents and young women can live in a safe and protective environment […]
US provides $44 mn additional humanitarian assistance for Rohingya
Arakan News Agency The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $44 million in humanitarian assistance to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees and others affected by violence and conflict in Myanmar. This brings the US contribution to the crisis response in Myanmar and Bangladesh to more […]
US pushes for UN resolution on Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency US envoy Nikki Haley called Monday for the United Nations Security Council to take rapid action on the Rohingya crisis, which has seen over 700,000 people driven from their homes in Myanmar. “The active involvement of the Security Council is essential to bring an end to the Rohingya crisis,” Haley said. “We […]
BAFTA award for Sky News’ coverage of Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency BAFTA has recognised Sky News for filming the first independent evidence of the Rohingya crisis from Myanmar’s Arakan State. Sky News has won a BAFTA for its news coverage of the Rohingya crisis. The broadcaster filmed the first independent evidence from Myanmar’s Arakan State, which laid bare the shocking deprivation and desperation […]
Indians rally to help Rohingya refugee fire victims
Arakan News Agency After the flames ripped through the ramshackle huts of Madanpur Khader, in south east New Delhi, Meeran Haider was among locals who scrambled to help the Rohingya refugees who lived there. “When we learned about the discrimination and suffering they have endured, we felt that it is our duty to help them,” […]
Fatal elephant attacks on Rohingya refugees push Bangladesh to act
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh has pledged to step up its response to a series of deadly elephant attacks at a refugee camp housing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees after a 12-year-old boy was trampled to death. Shamsu Uddin died instantly when an elephant attacked him after he had fallen asleep while guarding paddy fields […]
HRW: UNSC should refer Myanmar to ICC over Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Myanmar authorities convicted soldiers in only one case in Rakhine State for abuses after August 25, and sentenced seven soldiers in April to 10 years in prison for their role in the massacre of 10 Rohingya in the village of In Din. The UN Security Council should immediately refer the situation in […]