Waqar Uddin: welcome to show the joy of the feast in order to boost morale
Arakan News Agency Congratulated by the Director General of the Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU) Professor Waqar Uddin to the Rohingya people both in Arakan and abroad on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, calling on all to thank Almighty for the completion of grace success of the fasting month of Ramadan, and said: “We all Rohingya […]
Hollywood Superstar, Refugee Envoy Angelina Jolie Makes Burma Visit
Arakan News Agency RANGOON — Hollywood movie star Angelina Jolie arrived in Naypyidaw on Wednesday morning in her capacity as a special UN envoy for refugee issues, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs source.… “She arrived to Naypyidaw this morning, and will stay there for one day,” said an official who was among the […]
Global Rohingya Center (GRC) congratulates Arab and Islamic nation on Eid al-Fitr
Arakan News Agency The Global Rohingya Center (GRC) congratulated Arab and Islamic nations on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. It prays to the Almighty for blessing of the good solutions and peace for everyone.… The head of the center Abdullah Maruf said in a statement on this happy occasion: “I congratulate the Muslim world on […]
Pakistan’s Rohingya tears stoke India’s fears
Arakan News Agency NEW DELHI: With Pakistan recently sponsoring a UN resolution expressing “serious concern” over the “plight” of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state of Myanmar, India is worried that Pakistan-based jehadi outfits like Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) will be further emboldened to radicalize the community and train its members for carrying out terrorist […]
30 more human trafficking victims buried today
Arakan News Agency The remains of 30 human trafficking victims believed to be Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, found at Bukit Wang Burma, Wang Kelian last month, were buried at a cemetery in Kampung Tualang today.… Kedah Islamic Religious Department (JAIK) director Datuk Noh Dahya said 28 of the victims were men who were buried en […]
FIF makes shelters for 600 Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Jemaat-ud-Dawa charity Falah Insanit Foundation (FIF) Chairman Abdul Hafiz has said that FIF has established shelters for Rohingya refugees at the cost of Rs20 million to accommodate over 600 migrants where free food and medicinal assistance was provided to them.… He expressed these views while addressing newsmen here on Saturday. He said […]
Bangladesh might exile Rohingya refugees to remote island that the tide covers
Arakan News Agency Mohammed Islam is a Rohingya Muslim who has lived in a refugee camp in Bangladesh since he was nine, after his family fled religious tension in his home country of Myanmar. His life is one of uncertainty coupled with despair, which has deepened in recent weeks because of a Bangladesh government proposal […]
US highlights rights abuses in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The United States on Thursday voiced concern about “significant human rights problems” in Myanmar, shining a light notably on persistent abuses against the minority Rohingya Muslims.… “Human rights abuses in Rakhine State remained a severely troubling counterpoint to the broader trend of progress since 2011, including the 2012 release of political prisoners, […]
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi is simply being pragmatic
Arakan News Agency As a human rights icon, former prisoner of conscience and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds a position of moral authority in her country and beyond. Understandably, her near silence at the plight of Rohingya Muslims and lack of public mention of jailed Chinese […]
Boat used to smuggle Rohingya to Langkawi owned by local man, say police
Arakan News Agency One of the two boats used to smuggle more than 1,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Langkawi last month, was owned by a local man, said Kedah police chief Datuk Zamri Yahya.… “It (the boat) is registered in the name of a Malaysian who is now under police custody.” He, […]
ARU Director General Appeals to the President for Special Session on Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Geneva. Delegations of Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Arakan Rohingya Union meets with the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Joachim Rücker at Palais des Nations in Geneva. The delegations were led by the Head of the Permanent Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the United Nations in […]
US willing to take limited number of Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency Pressure is mounting on the US to take leadership in resolving the humanitarian crisis created by innumerable Rohingyas illegally fleeing from Myanmar to escape continued political oppression there. Congressman Joseph Crowley, chairman of the Bangladesh caucus in the US Congress, told Prothom Alo, he welcomed the US initiative to rehabilitate Rohingya refugees […]
Meet Bangladesh’s people smugglers
Arakan News Agency Torture, rape, corruption, and ransom demands – the horror experienced by migrants has been allowed to flourish for decades, according to a source inside the Southeast Asian trafficking industry.… Each year thousands of Rohingya refugees flee from Myanmar to camps at Cox’s Bazar across the border in Bangladesh. Seeking to continue their […]