A Rohingya refugee miraculously escapes from the Myanmar
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya refugee survived an interrogated death after fired by the Myanmar forces hit her as she fled the border area she had taken refuge in. The gun fired by Myanmar troops, hit the briefcase she was carrying and burned her clothes. The Myanmar authorities have stepped up their security forces near […]
EU renews ‘full support’ to Bangladesh for Rohingya crisis resolution
Arakan News Agency The European Union has reaffirmed its full support to Bangladesh for the resolution of the decades-old Rohingya crisis with Myanmar that took an appalling turn in August last year when the Burmese military began ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Rakhine State. Over 700,000 Rohingyas have taken shelter in Bangladesh since then shooting the number […]
Facebook says page of firebrand anti-Rohingya Myanmar monk removed
Arakan News Agency Facebook has removed the page of a Myanmar monk once dubbed the “Buddhist Bin Laden” for his incendiary posts about Muslims, the company confirmed, as it faces pressure to clamp down on hate speech. Wirathu, a prominent face of Myanmar’s Buddhist ultra-nationalist movement, had amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on the […]
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 […]