Buddhist extremists slaughtered another innocent Rohingya man
Arakan News Agency Buddhist extremists brutally slaughtered yet another innocent Rohingya man in Rathedaung Township on the night Monday, the local correspondent reported.… The victim was identified as Yaqub (son of) Gulaal Hussein from ‘Nyaung Pin Gyi’ village also known as Muzair. He was attacked by three Buddhist miscreants while he went for fishing to […]
Ranong revealed as longtime hub for the trafficking of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency THE dense mangrove forest on both sides of the road through the Laem Son National Park leading to Bang Ben Bay is indeed intriguing. With 15 islands having beaches, coral reefs, mangrove swamps, and a rainforest jungle, the national park in Ranong and Phang Nga not only attracts adventurous tourists but offers […]
Siraj slams rights groups for silence on Rohingya persecution
Arakan News Agency Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Siraj-ul-Haq Sunday said that Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are being subjected to worst brutalities.… Addressing a rally in Islamabad, Siraj said the rights groups and the entire world are acting as silent spectator over the atrocities perpetrated against Muslims in Myanmar. “Even Chengez Khan did not commit so many atrocities […]
Malaysia must be firm, put pressure on Myanmar over Rohingya issue: Mahathir
Arakan News Agency Malaysia should be firm and put pressure on Myanmar in tackling the issue of human trafficking and influx of ethnic Rohingya refugees into the country, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.… He said that as the current Asean chair, Malaysia should bring the issue to the Asean level as the […]
Bangladesh plan to relocate Rohingya to ‘uninhabitable’ remote island raises concerns
Arakan News Agency HATIYA, Bangladesh (AFP) – The remote Bangladeshi island of Thengar Char disappears completely under several feet of water at high tide, and has no roads or flood defences. But that has not stopped the government from proposing to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in the south-eastern district of Cox’s […]
In Myanmar’s election year, radical Buddhism heightens tension
Arakan News Agency MEIKTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) – When religious violence erupted in Meiktila in central Myanmar two years ago, local politician Win Htein spoke up for the minority Muslims who bore its deadly brunt. Many of his fellow Buddhists have never forgiven him. At least 44 people were killed in March 2013 after a rampage […]
Suspected trafficking kingpins handed to Malaysia
Arakan News Agency Thailand has handed over the suspected leaders of several human-trafficking syndicates to Malaysia, according to a report.… Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as saying Monday that authorities were now compiling detailed information on cases and investigating the suspected “kingpins” before they launch any prosecutions. “We thank […]
UN’s silence condemnable as Rohingya Muslims get murdered: Fazl
Arakan News Agency ISLAMABAD: – Jamiat Ulema Islam – Fazl (JUI-F) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman has on Sunday said that the Rohingya Muslims are being killed in Myanmar mercilessly yet the United Nations (UN) and the Human Rights organizations are silent. He said that UN’s silence in this regard was condemnable, reported Dunya News.… Talking […]
Dim the destination allure for boat people
Arakan News Agency THE response to the perennial problem of human trafficking from Myanmar and Bangladesh is, at best, peripheral and, at worst, futile or sporadic and trivial. While members of Asean as well as many other regional powers with clout over Myanmar have been keen to do business with the military junta in Myanmar, […]
Buddhists protest against Myanmar helping Rohingya stranded at sea
Arakan News Agency Buddhist hardliners backed by monks protested in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state on Monday against help being offered to desperate migrants found adrift on boats in the Bay of Bengal.… Tens of thousands of Rohingya – one of the world’s most persecuted minorities – have fled Rakhine in recent years, headed for Malaysia […]
Tensions high in Maungdaw ahead of Sunday protests
Arakan News Agency Tensions are running high in Maungdaw town ahead of a planned anti Muslim protest rally on Sunday.… Rohingya Muslims in Maungdaw are living in fear as gangs of Rakhine youth and Buddhists monks are vandalising property and cursing Muslims in abusive language. At least three Rohingya Muslims has been severely injured after […]
Malaysia opposition wants anti-trafficking bill updated
Arakan News Agency Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail says bill needs further clarity and strength by incorporating latest discovery of graves Malaysia’s opposition pact has urged the federal government to withdraw a proposed bill to amend anti-human trafficking laws in the country, saying Thursday that it needs further clarity and strength by incorporating the latest […]
Demolition of Rohingya settlements begins
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh has started demolishing illegal Rohingya settlements in forests surrounding the southeastern tourist city of Cox’s Bazar, officials said yesterday.… “We began the drive on June 4 when we demolished 51 dwellings illegally set up by Rohingyas and would continue the eviction and demolition of illegal structures scattered in the forest,” Cox’s […]