Many Rohingya subjected to ‘brutal sexual assault’ by Myanmar forces – UN
Arakan News Agency Many of the almost 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar were subjected to acts of sexual violence by the country’s armed forces, according to a new report by the UN secretary general, António Guterres. Guterres’s report, which will be discussed by the UN security council on Monday, said international medical staff and […]
Myanmar military put on UN blacklist for sexual violence against Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency A new UN report puts Myanmar’s armed forces on a UN blacklist of government and rebel groups “credibly suspected” of carrying out rapes and other acts of sexual violence in conflict for the first time. An advance copy of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ report to the Security Council, obtained on Saturday by The […]
Myanmar: ICC has no jurisdiction to probe Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the country and hence cannot try it over allegations that hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas were deported to neighbouring Bangladesh. In a statement, the Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor — headed by the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Tories urge Trudeau to hold Myanmar responsible for Rohingya genocide
Arakan News Agency The Conservative opposition is calling on the government to use all political and diplomatic measures to hold those, including Myanmar’s government, responsible for the genocide of Rohingya people. Conservative MP David Sweet issued a statement Thursday in response to Bob Rae’s final report on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar. Prime Minister Justin […]
Philippine President Duterte apologises to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi over Rohingya ‘genocide’ remark
Arakan News Agency Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised to Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday (April 13) for saying genocide was taking place in her country, saying his remark was a satirical barb at the West for not taking in Rohingya Muslims. The United Nations and rights groups say nearly 700,000 mostly Muslim […]
OIC Secretary-General discusses the Rohingya issue with Canada’s Envoy
Arakan News Agency The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, received in his office yesterday the Canadian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the Special Envoy of Canada to the Organization Mr. Massoud Hussain and discussed the Rohingya crisis and its developments. During the meeting, the two sides […]
Facebook founder: What is happening to the Rohingya is a tragedy for which we hired dozens to review the content
Arakan News Agency The founder of Facebook Zuckerberg said that what is happening in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims because of the hate speech is a terrible tragedy need to do more. This came during a hearing in the US Congress in response to a question by a US senator to Facebook founder about his […]
How the families of 10 massacred Rohingya fled Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Rehana Khatun dreamed her husband came home. He appeared without warning in their village in western Myanmar, outside their handsome wooden house shaded by mango trees. “He didn’t say anything,” she said. “He was only there for a few seconds, and then he was gone.” Then Rehana Khatun woke up. She woke […]
War crimes prosecutor seeks jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
Arakan News Agency The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked it to rule on whether it has jurisdiction over the deportations of Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, a possible crime against humanity, according to a filing published on Monday. A ruling affirming jurisdiction could pave the way for Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda […]
Burmese Buddhists pen open letter calling for Rohingya peace
Arakan News Agency A GROUP of 72 Burmese people from Buddhist backgrounds have released an open letter denouncing violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslims, a rare expression of dissent amidst what has been deemed by the UN as ethnic cleansing. Coordinated by the organisation Saddha: Buddhists for Peace, the open letter was signed by many […]
The Wall Street Journal: Although hope has faded, Rohingyas are searching for the missing
Arakan News Agency The story of the children who lost their parents, one of them or their relatives, and their children, Is the talk of Rohingya in refugee camps. About seven months after the Myanmar army launched its campaign against the villages of Rohingya, about 700,000 people have fled to Bangladesh, and tens of thousands […]
An international call to prevent the recurrence of Rwanda’s tragedy against Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the Prevention of Genocide, called for urgent action to prevent tragedies similar to those in Rwanda in 1994, in particular the right of Rohingya in Myanmar. Last month, Adama Dieng said that crimes amounting to genocide were committed against the […]
Director General of ARU stresses the importance of Rohingya rights with the return of refugees
Arakan News Agency The Director General of Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU), Professor Wakaruddin bin Masihuddin, stressed the importance of restoring the rights of the Rohingya Muslims and returning them to their homes in the state of Arakan and expediting it. He was speaking at a UN meeting in New York last Thursday, during which he […]