Kolkata protests for Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency Indian Muslims and Rohingya refugees protested in Kolkata against the ongoing genocide in Arakan.… Representatives from the Rohingya Youth Union organised these protests on Wednesday. Organisers say at least more than a thousand Muslims from Kolkata turned up in the protests. The protesters requested Muslims all over the world to stand united […]
Japan unveils US$3.5m aid for Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Japan announced Saturday it will provide US$3.5 million (432 million yen) in emergency grant aid to support mainly Rohingya migrants from Myanmar left adrift at sea, as the plight of the thousands of “boat people” draws international attention.… “With regard to nonregular immigrants, including women and children trying to cross the Indian […]
Persecution of Rohingya and Rohingya Human Right issues in Myanmar continue to receive wide coverage at the UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva
Arakan News Agency Director General of Arakan Rohingya Union addresses the OIC Ambassadorial Special Session Geneva, Switzerland. United Nations Human Rights Council continued to provide coverage on persecution of Rohingya ethnic minority and Rohingya Human Right issues in Myanmar on the second and third day of the HRC sessions. On the second day, June 16th, […]
Norway lauds Malaysia’s handling of Rohingya issue
Arakan News Agency Norway has praised Malaysia and Indonesia over their handling of the Rohingya refugee problem which is now a hot issue among ASEAN countries. … Malaysia’s Dewan Negara deputy president Datuk Doris Sophia Brodi said Norway had also promised to use its influence to convince the United Nations (UN) and Myanmar to seek […]
Myanmar: Rohingya comments show Mahathir ‘out of touch’
Arakan News Agency Deputy foreign minister says 89-year-old former Malaysian PM’s views that country should be kicked out of ASEAN for ‘genocide’ might be down to his age Myanmar has slammed former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for suggesting that the country should be kicked out of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN for its treatment […]
OIC adopts Pakistan’s proposals on Rohingya’s discrimination
Arakan News Agency Pakistan received full support in an OIC meeting at the UN on Monday where Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi proposed taking the plight of Rohingya Muslim to the UN Secretary General. Speaking at an OIC Ambassadorial-level meeting on the Rohingya Muslims, here, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative proposed that a delegation of the OIC countries should […]
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 […]