The European Rohingya Council calls on the international community to bring justice to the Rohingya Muslims
Arakan News Agency The European Rohingya Council (ERC) called on the international community to bring justice to the Rohingya Muslims in Arakan, Myanmar. The final statement of the conference organized by the European Council of Rohingya in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday called on the international community to achieve justice in order to […]
When Facebook becomes ‘the beast’: Myanmar activists say social media aids genocide
Arakan News Agency As tens of millions of Americans come to grips with revelations that data from Facebook may have been used to sway the 2016 presidential election, on the other side of the world, rights groups say hatemongers have taken advantage of the social network to widely disseminate inflammatory, anti-Muslim speech in Myanmar. The […]
OIC Foreign Ministers to visit Rohingya camps
Arakan News Agency The Bangladeshi government has planned to arrange a visit to the makeshift Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district sheltering Rohingyas from Myanmar for the heads of delegations and international organizations who will take part in the upcoming OIC ministerial meeting here in May. The 45th Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the […]
Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees returns must be safe, voluntary and dignified
Arakan News Agency Amnesty International’s Secretary General meets Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Amnesty International called on the government of Bangladesh to uphold its commitment that Rohingya refugees are only returned in conditions that are safe, voluntary and dignified. In a meeting with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, acknowledged […]
Nikki Haley likely to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar
Arakan News Agency Nikki Haley, the United States permanent representative to the United Nations, is expected to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar as part of a delegation of the United Nations Security Council to assess allegations of ethnic cleansing and genocide against minority Rohingya community in Arakan of Myanmar. The UN was working with […]
Myanmar to accept inspections over Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Myanmar says it plans to accept inspections by the United Nations Security Council over Rohingya minority people. The UN estimates that more than 670,000 Rohingya, an ethnic minority in Myanmar, fled to Bangladesh after fighting broke out last year between Rohingya militants and Myanmar security forces in the western state of Rakhine. […]
Myanmar agrees to UN Security Council visit
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has agreed to a visit by the UN Security Council after months of resistance, but it remains unclear whether ambassadors will be allowed to go to Arakan state, the body’s president said on Monday. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have been driven out of Arakan state and are living in crowded refugee camps in […]
Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency A recent analysis published by The Guardian newspaper said that Facebook blew up hate speech in the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar last year, condemning the social network for creating “chaos” in the country. Evidence of the spike emerged after the platform was accused of playing a key role in the spread of […]
Turkish students organize aid campaign for Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Secondary and high school students from Turkey have raised money to build six houses for rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. A total of 600 students in the Aegean Izmir province organized the aid campaign — initiated by Turkish Deniz Feneri Association — to support Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district. The houses would […]
Bob Rae, Canadian special envoy to Myanmar, to release report on Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Bob Rae, Canada’s special envoy on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, will release a report outlining what he recommends the government do about the humanitarian and security conflict. In a tweet Monday morning, Rae – who was formerly the premier of Ontario and a Liberal MP – announced he will present his recommendations […]
First Myanmar minister to visit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh after latest exodus
Arakan News Agency A Myanmar minister will be flying into Bangladesh to see Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar camps on April 11, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said. Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Win Myat Aye would be the first of any ministers from that country to visit the camps after the Aug 25 […]
Thais help boat with presumed Rohingya refugees back to sea
Arakan News Agency A boat with 56 people claiming to be Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar was helped back to sea by Thai fishermen and navy craft after being damaged in a storm and stopping temporarily Sunday in southern Thailand. Adisorn Chormai, a local official in Thailand’s Krabi province, told The Associated Press that those […]
“Venerable W” by Barbet Schroeder on violence in Burma projected for the first time in an Arab country
Arakan News Agency ANNABA-The documentary “The Venerable W” by director Barbet Schroeder on violence against the Muslim minority in Burma (Rohingya) was screened Saturday in Annaba, for the first time in an Arab country in the presence of the director in the framework of the Annaba of the Mediterranean film. Franco-Swiss production of the year […]