Report: Condition ripe for Myanmar genocide
Arakan News Agency US Holocaust Memorial Museum warns of apartheid and mass-murder facing the Rohingya minority The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum staff believes that conditions are ripe for genocide in Myanmar, also known as Burma, following a trip there in March. Staff from the museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide investigated threats […]
Citizenship, ethnicity and electioneering in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has had a shaky few years of reform. As many commentators have indicated, the process has, at times, seemed to go backwards. That assessment sells short the significant changes the country has made in recent years, yet it highlights the key issues holding the complex process back. At the heart of […]
Traffickers blame Rohingyas in Thailand
Arakan News Agency Human traffickers based in the refugee camps of Bangladesh have expressed rage and disappointment at the interception and arrest of human traffickers in Bangkok. The criminals now blame the ‘ungrateful’ people in Bangkok. They say that people like Anwar and Mofiz have been great community leaders who have been doing their holy […]
Calls for international probe into Rohingya graves in Thailand
Arakan News Agency HRW says instead of just sticking Muslim Rohingya in lockups, country’s ruling junta should provide them with safety, protection. International organizations are attempting to pressure the Thai government into authorizing an independent investigation with United Nations assistance into the discovery of what are suspected to be mass Rohingya graves at a human […]
Government to release census data at end of May, says official
Arakan News Agency Data from last year’s census will be published toward the end of May, an official told The Myanmar Times yesterday. U Myint Kyaing, director general of the Department of Population in the Ministry of Immigration and Population, said the release would be marked with a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw, though no […]
Graves of suspected Myanmar Rohingya found at Thai-Malaysia border camp
Arakan News Agency The discovery of more than 30 bodies in a human trafficking camp should prompt Thai authorities to authorize an independent, United Nations-assisted investigation, commit to publish its findings, and bring those responsible to justice, including any government officials involved, Human Rights Watch said today. The UN and others, including the United States, […]
EU EXTENDS ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST MYANMAR/BURMA
Arakan News Agency The EU has agreed to extend its sanctions regime against Myanmar/Burma until 30 April 2016. The sanctions impose an arms embargo on the country, with exceptions made for non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use, equipment for use in clearing mines, and protective or non-lethal clothing and equipment for […]
Myanmar’s marginalized Muslims earn country UN rebuke
Arakan News Agency With a half-century of military dictatorial skin to shed, Myanmar is only just beginning to emerge a democracy. As presidential elections approach, racial-religious conflict is on the rise and threaten to undermine reform efforts. Last week, the United Nations chastised Myanmar, also known as Burma, for neglecting the issue of citizenship for […]
More than 300,000 white cards returned: government
Arakan News Agency Rakhine State immigration officers have collected more than 300,000 white cards in the past four weeks, state immigration department director U Khin Soe told The Myanmar Times yesterday.… He said that figure represented half of all of the white-card holders in Rakhine. In February, the President’s Office announced that the cards, which […]
Cultural exhibition highlights the Rohingya Muslims in Sudan
Arakan News Agency Rohingya students participated in Sudan national cultural exhibition at the University of Rabat under the slogan of “the tragedy of Myanmar Muslims” to highlight the tragedy suffered by the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. It was opened by the Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Rabat Dr. Aisha Al Sufi. Al […]
Cambodia Reviews 4 Applications From Nauru Detainees
Arakan News Agency Cambodian officials said Tuesday that they were reviewing the applications of four refugees who had agreed to a controversial Australian resettlement plan. … The Interior Ministry in Phnom Penh said three Iranians and one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar were the first to apply to migrate to Cambodia from an Australian-run detention camp […]
India calls on UN not to rap Myanmar over rights
Arakan News Agency India has asked UN members to drop the annual ritual of passing a resolution on Myanmar’s human rights situation saying that the gesture would encourage the reforms underway there, reports India.com on April 26. … Speaking April 24 at a meeting of the Partnership Group for Peace, Development and Democracy in Myanmar, […]
US ‘concern’ over western Myanmar insurgent clashes
Arakan News Agency Yangon (AFP) – The United States on Monday voiced alarm over rare clashes between the Myanmar military and insurgents in Rakhine state believed to have caused hundreds of civilians to flee their homes.… Unrest between the military and Arakan Army (AA) — a group that hails from Rakhine but has previously focused […]