Indonesian fishermen rescue Rohingya in seas off Aceh
Arakan News Agency Indonesian fishermen rescued 76 Rohingya Muslims stranded off the coast of Aceh on Friday, authorities said, in the latest attempt by members of the persecuted ethnic group to flee Myanmar by sea. The police chief of Bireuen regency in Aceh on the island of Sumatra, Riza Yulianto, said the group of eight […]
Rohingya lawyer urges UN to refer Myanmar to ICC for crimes
Arakan News Agency A lawyer from Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority who focuses on the trauma, mass rape and trafficking of its girls and women urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court for “horrific crimes” against the Rohingya and other ethnic groups. Razia Sultana, who has been working […]
Bangladesh calls for pressure on Myanmar over Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday it was necessary to exert greater international pressure on Myanmar to repatriate Rohingya refugees to their homes. “The international community should increase pressure on Myanmar to regain its people and ensure their security,” she said in a speech in London. UN officials say some […]
UN official: A sharp deterioration in the humanitarian situation of Rohingya in the last 3 months
Arakan News Agency The UN humanitarian secretary-general and Emergency Relief Coordinator Orsula Mueller on Tuesday warned that the humanitarian situation of Rohingya Muslims has deteriorated sharply over the past few months. The United Nations official, speaking to reporters at UN headquarters in New York, estimated the number of internally displaced persons to be around 10,000 […]
Rohingya on the G7 agenda in Toronto
Arakan News Agency The Canadian government has decided to expand the agenda of the upcoming G7 foreign ministers’ meeting to include the fate of the Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar towards Bangladesh. The issue was added to the issues of international security of concern to the Group of Seven, especially those associated with Syria, Ukraine […]
British, Canadian Foreign Ministers Call for Strict Response to Rohingya Crisis
Arakan News Agency The foreign ministers of the UK and Canada on Tuesday called for greater support from the international community to address the Rohingya refugee crisis. Speaking on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the plight of the Rohingya will not be forgotten. […]
“Rohingya” .. Conflict in Myanmar and tensions in Bangladesh!
Arakan News Agency In addition to the rigidity of the migration route, the Bangladeshi authorities have delayed in the opening the border to allow them to enter, after fleeing Myanmar, as a result of violence against them by the government last year, Rohingya represented a Muslim majority in a predominantly Buddhist country, 700,000 people fled […]
The Government of Myanmar
Arakan News Agency After increasing international pressure following the publication of testimonies and documents proving genocide against the Rohingya Muslims, the Government of Myanmar sought to polish its image to the world by claiming that it had brought a Muslim family back to its territory and broadcast pictures of the family. However, UN sources questioned […]
Washington Post: Myanmar returns the Rohingya to their villages and denies them citizenship
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has accepted what appears to be the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape military-led violence against the minority group, even though the United Nations says it’s not yet safe for them to return home. A government statement said Saturday that five members […]
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh: Army of Myanmar changes the names of the Rohingya villages in Arakan
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Saturday that the Myanmar army was changing the names of the Rohingya Muslim villages in the western province of Arakan, which would harm their return to their homes. In a press statement in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Ali said Myanmar’s Foreign Minister and State […]
Guterres welcomes the visit of the Security Council delegation to Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, welcomed the planned visit of the Security Council delegation to Myanmar later this month. “Mr. Guterres welcomes the visit of the Security Council delegation to Myanmar and Iraq from April 26 to May 2,” the spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, told reporters at […]
Myanmar repatriates first Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency Myanmar on Saturday repatriated the first five of nearly 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh after a brutal military crackdown was launched in August, dubbed ethnic cleansing by the UN. “Five family members who fled their homes were returned to relatives’ houses in Maungdaw town [in Myanmar’s Arakan state] via […]
UN, Bangladesh Sign MoU on Rohingya Repatriation
Arakan News Agency Bangladesh and the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) signed a memorandum of understanding Friday that establishes a framework of bilateral cooperation for the voluntary, safe and dignified repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, United Nations officials said. The memorandum (MoU), signed in Geneva by U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and Bangladeshi […]