Wan Junaidi to Myanmar: Stop oppressing Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Southeast Asia must send a “very strong message” to Myanmar to stop oppressing its Rohingya minority, who are part of a surge in boat people raising fears of a regional humanitarian crisis, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. Wan Junaidi said Southeast Asia’s growing refugee problem was due in […]
Royal Thai Navy Area 3 survey Andaman for Rohingya
Arakan News Agency PHUKET: — A team from the Phuket based Royal Thai Navy (RTN) Area 3 today (May 12) went on an aerial survey mission looking for Rohingya detention camps. The mission came following reports about Rohingya camps being located around the Andaman region. “Two days ago we received a report about six Rohingya […]
Rohingya teen recalls horror of boat trip to start new life
Arakan News Agency Muhammad Shorif, a 16-year-old Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar, dreamed of one day being a doctor. After fleeing a dismal upbringing in a refugee camp, he embarked on a dangerous sea voyage, only to find himself stranded on Indonesia’s farthest shores. The teenager had hoped to reach Malaysia where he would join his […]
Malaysia tells thousands of Rohingya refugees to ‘go back to your country’
Arakan News Agency Minister says his country is unwilling to accept boatloads of people fleeing poverty and persecution in Bangladesh and Burma Malaysia said on Wednesday it would no longer accept new arrivals of ethnic minority Rohingya fleeing persecution in Burma, as the UN refugee agency expressed surprise that south-east Asian nations were now turning […]
Burmese authorities confiscated Rohingya land and granted them to Buddhists
Arakan News Agency Rohingya activists in social networking sites claims of Buddhists are building houses on vacant land which were confiscated earlier from their Rohingya owners by the Burmese authorities in Arakan and later granted them to Buddhists without any financial gains. A number of activists reported that the Burmese authorities are aiming to do […]
Burmese authorities blackmailed Rohingyas and crutches them in the event of leaking news of persecution
Arakan News Agency Burmese authorities have imposed fines on the two Rohingya men in Arakan, the fines ranging between 60 to 70 thousand Burmese kyat the charges are under accusations of fixing their homes without official permission, reported to ANA adding that the concerned governmental authorities refuse to issue permits granted to Rohingya in many […]
A massive fire devoured more than 10 shops of Muslims in Arakan
Arakan News Agency An Arakan News Agency correspondent reports that last night a massive fire broke in ‘Maungdaw Bazaar” North West of Maungdaw in Central of Arakan Burma in mysterious circumstances and fire has already devoured more than 10 shops owned by Rohingya Muslims. Reports claims that the cause fire has involvement of some Buddhist […]
Activist: Rohingya at sea without food, water beg for rescue
Arakan News Agency LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — A ship carrying hundreds of Rohingya Muslims sent out a distress call asking to be rescued Tuesday, saying they were abandoned by their captain without fuel and have been without food or water for three days. Chris Lewa, director of the nonprofit Arakan Project, which has been monitoring […]
Malaysia to Push Back Rohingya Unless Boats Are Sinking
Arakan News Agency Abandoned at sea, thousands of Bangladeshis and members of Myanmar’s long-persecuted Rohingya Musilm minority appeared Tuesday to have no place to go after two Southeast Asian nations refused to offer refuge to boatloads of hungry men, women and children. Smugglers have fled wooden trawlers in recent days amid fear of a massive […]
Myanmar stability at risk if Rohingya issue not solved, warns UN
Arakan News Agency UNITED NATIONS: Stability in Myanmar’s most sensitive region can’t be achieved unless it addresses the issue of citizenship for minority Rohingya Muslims, the United Nations secretary-general warned its authorities Friday. Ban Ki-moon told a delegation from the Southeast Asian country that the UN has seen “already troubling signs of ethnic and religious […]
Hundreds of Indonesians held a demonstration in front of the US Consulate General
Arakan News Agency The demonstration was held for Rohingya minority Muslims native of Myanmar. In their speech, they asked the Government of Indonesia and the US to immediately halt crimes against humanity and violations of Human Rights to the ethnic. Riki A Panyalai action coordinator said, the Rohingya have been massacred and forced out of […]
Urgent: a massive fire devoured more than 10 shops of Muslims in Arakan
Arakan News Agency An Arakan News Agency correspondent reports that a while ago a massive fire broke in North West of Maungdaw in Central of Arakan Burma in mysterious circumstances and fire has already devoured more than 10 shops owned by Rohingya Muslims. Reports claims that the cause fire has involvement of some Buddhist extremist […]
Rohingya family’s dream of a better life dashed
Arakan News Agency All he wanted was a better future for his family, but now he is not even sure whether they will have a roof over their heads tomorrow. Mohamed Khalim Mubarak Shah, 23, was willing to bring his 20-year-old wife and three-year-old son to face the storm and danger, being starved and cramped […]