Rohingya, Indonesia casting serious violations of certificates Field
Arakan News Agency While visiting Indonesia for Rohingya Muslims director of RMC and ANA Mr. Salah Shakoor said Rohingya Muslims has described very serious violations and crime against humanity are exposed upon them in the state of Arakan in Myanmar, during interviews with refugees who have arrived in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Salah further added that […]
Afghanistan joins calls for end to Rohingya persecution
Arakan News Agency Afghan government joins countries calling for international action to support Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority The Afghan government has joined calls for an end to persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority. The country’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged the United Nations and international community take immediate measures to protect Rohingya “who are tortured […]
Closed for business: Asia’s human smugglers go to ground
Arakan News Agency The rickety internet huts have fallen silent in the crowded camps of displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, no one comes anymore to bargain for the release of loved ones being held for ransom in Thailand and Malaysia. “Before, every day at least 10 to 15 people would come here to negotiate […]
Bradford activists to protest Burma persecution of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency A protest is to take place in Bradford later this month to highlight the plight of the Rohingya people. Hundreds are expected to gather in City Park, calling on the international community to aid the Rohingya, a stateless Muslim ethnic group living primarily in Rakhine State in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, who are not […]
Myanmar begins repatriating 150 boat people
Arakan News Agency Authorities and Buddhist nationalists argue most of those found on people smuggling boats are from Bangladesh… Myanmar began Monday to repatriate 150 people found abandoned on a people smuggling boat off its shores, local media reported, amid an ongoing tussle with Bangladesh over the nationality of hundreds of others held by Myanmar […]
Global Rohingya Center member in Ullama Committee Indonesia conference
Arakan News Agency Ullama Committee Indonesia held a conference on 8th June 2015. Attendees included high government officials and humanitarian activists from all over the world. The Global Rohingya Center senior member Engineer Mohammad Younus Hassan was also present in the conference, and the conference’s top priority topic was about oppressed Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar. […]
Malala Says Burma’s Rohingya Muslims ‘Deserve Citizenship’
Arakan News Agency “They deserve to be treated like we all deserve to be treated—with dignity and respect” Activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is standing with the Rohingya people of Burma and calling on world leaders to demand an end to their persecution. “I call on the leaders of Myanmar and the […]
OIC failed to play due role to protect Rohingyas: Musharraf
Arakan News Agency All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Chief and former president, Pervez Musharraf, has said that it is unfortunate that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has become functionless and has failed completely in protecting the rights of Muslims being victimised across the globe. In an interview on Sunday, Pervez Musharraf said that the […]
Hundreds Hold Rallies across Pakistan in Support of Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency Hundreds of people in Pakistan staged protests across the country in support of the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar. printPrint People from all walks of life, including those from different religious organizations, took to the streets on Sunday, calling on the Pakistani government to help protect the Rohingya Muslims being mistreated […]
Allow UNHCR access to Belantik detention centre, urges lawmaker
Arakan News Agency DAP lawmaker Charles Santiago has asked the government not to delay allowing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) immediate access to the Belantik detention centre in Kedah. The centre is the temporary home for the 1,158 Bangladeshis and Rohingya refugees left stranded in Langkawi recently. “UNHCR will separate and process […]
Rohingya Muslims: Not A Worthwhile Cause For A Nobel Peace Laureate?
Arakan News Agency Think Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and you will automatically think of Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi emerged from a decades-long term in prison as a symbol of courage, bravery, honesty and democratic principles — Bono even wrote a song about her. Suu Kyi is an active voice critical of the […]
Plight of Rohingyas ‘not subsiding’
Arakan News Agency A report says the plight of the Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar continues “apace” despite attempts by several Southeast Asian countries to address the issue under international pressure. An article published on the website of The Economist on Saturday said authorities from 18 Asian countries as well as representatives from Switzerland, the US […]
Nisar asks world to take notice of Rohingya genocide
Arakan News Agency Islamabad – A three-member committee including interior minister, advisor to prime minister on foreign affairs and national security and special assistant to PM on foreign affairs would meet today (Sunday) to suggest measures and relief efforts from Pakistan for Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar. The ministry of interior said this in a statement […]