Nobel laureates blame Suu Kyi over Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Three Nobel Peace laureates have accused Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the nation’s military of genocide over their role in violence which forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. The laureates, who are on a trip to Bangladesh to visit the sprawling refugee camps where the […]
Thailand decorates Myanmar’s army chief amid Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Thailand awarded Myanmar’s army chief a royal decoration on Friday amid allegations of crimes by Myanmar security forces against Rohingya Muslims that have prompted international condemnation. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar’s Arakan state and crossed into Bangladesh since last August, when attacks on security posts by insurgents triggered a military crackdown […]
Myanmar army chief honoured by Thailand despite Rohingya crisis
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s army chief received a royal decoration from Thailand on Friday, despite accusations his security forces have carried out ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in northern Arakan state. Global condemnation has rained down on Myanmar since August 25 when a military crackdown on Rohingya prompted an exodus of nearly 700,000 of the […]
16 arrested in Myanmar for killing Rohingya
Arakan News Agency Mr Johnson said he spoke to de facto Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi about the situation – but cast doubt that she understood “the full horror” of what had happened. The Foreign Secretary urged the Nobel Peace Prize victor to show “leadership” in response to the humanitarian situation in the country, […]
Clinton honors Rohingya activist for her human rights struggle
Arakan News Agency Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has honored a Rohingya activist as a fighter for human rights and women’s rights in her country. At a speech ceremony on Monday when Clinton visited the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Clinton presented a prize to three women, Nadia Murad, a […]
Calls Grow for Independent Probe of Myanmar Mass Graves Claims
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar government’s rebuttal of an Associated Press report documenting mass graves in a village in northern Arakan State has again highlighted the need for an independent investigation committee to be allowed access to the restive region, human rights groups say. On February 2, AP published a report alleging a massacre had […]
Amnesty International claims fresh evidence of ongoing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency The Amnesty International has claimed that the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar is continuing as the security forces’ devastating campaign against the Rohingya population in northern Arakan State is far from over. The international rights group on Wednesday claimed it published “new evidence of ongoing violations that have forced hundreds more people to […]
Massacre in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in Myanmar’s restive Arakan state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by Myanmar police. Bound together, the 10 Rohingya Muslim captives watched their Buddhist […]
A new massive influx of Rohingya from Arakan towards Bangladesh
Arakan News Agency Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families have left their homes in a new wave of exodus from Arakan to Bangladesh. The videos, obtained by the Arakan news agency, showed dozens of families fleeing to Bangladesh carrying some light baggage. According to reporters’ estimates, the number of those who went out is about 500, […]
Mynamar soldiers ‘burning Rohingya Muslim’s faces off with acid’ to ‘hide genocide’
Arakan News Agency Evidence of a previously undocumented attack in August emerged on Thursday with one UN expert declaring it showed the “hallmarks of genocide”. Witnesses claim that in Arakan state, Myanmar, attackers of the minority and much persecuted Muslim community deliberately used acid to burn off the faces of the dead. UN special envoy […]
BROUK is calling on Malaysia to ask Myanmar to allow an independent investigation team to enter Arakan
Arakan News Agency The chairman of Burmese Rohingya Organization UK called on Malaysia and ASEAN countries on Saturday to ask Myanmar to allow the independent international investigation team to enter Arakan state and inspect the conditions of the Rohingya minority there. “Malaysia should continue to demonstrate against the continued persecution of the Rohingya minority in […]
Myanmar reports to the Security Council: This month is “not the right time” for the visit
Arakan News Agency The UN Security Council said Thursday that the Myanmar government had informed the council that this month was “not the right time” for the visit by a delegation from the council to its territory for a closer look at the Rohingya refugee crisis. Kuwait’s UN ambassador Mansour al-Otaibi, whose country holds the […]
Myanmar forms 596 factions of Buddhist militias in Arakan
Arakan News Agency Myanmar’s Deputy Minister of Home Affairs said the army had formed at least 596 Buddhist militia groups in Arakan province, only 30 of them in the conflict-torn city of Maungdaw in Arakan province and had seen violence against Rohingya Muslims. According to the Irrawaddy, He said the army is providing firearms training […]