Bangladesh Golfer Skips Myanmar Open Over Rohingya Crisis
Arakan News Agency Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman on Wednesday pulled out of the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open, citing his support for Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled a military crackdown in the mainly Buddhist country Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman on Wednesday pulled out of the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open, citing his support for Rohingya Muslim refugees who […]
Burmese man in exile in Boulder County speaks out on Rohingya ‘genocide’
Arakan News Agency When U Kyaw Win traveled to Bangladesh at the end of November, he was afforded the opportunity to speak with a Rohingya man who recently fled across the Naf River from his home in Myanmar and was living in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. U Kyaw had traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh, […]
Jordanian doctor tells painful story about rape of Rohingya
Arakan News Agency A Jordanian doctor narrated painful details about the rape of a Muslim woman from Rohingya by a group of Buddhists in Myanmar as part of the attacks on the Muslim minority on the border with Bangladesh. “The strangest case and the worst case he treated was when six Buddhists assaulted a Muslim […]
Can UN make a difference?
Arakan News Agency The resolution passed by UN General Assembly on Sunday asking Myanmar to end a military campaign against Rohingyas and ensure the return of all refugees and grant full citizenship rights to them offered afresh some flowery words for the world’s most persecuted community. But it holds little hope for them as the […]
Myanmar says U.S. sanctions against general based on ‘unreliable accusations’
Arakan News Agency Myanmar “feels sad” over a U.S. decision to sanction a military general, a government spokesman said, after Washington linked the commander last week to abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority. “This targeted sanction is based on unreliable accusations without evidence, as we have repeatedly said, so we feel sad for that,” Zaw […]
Sanctions on Burmese Military Leader Must Be Expanded to Others Responsible for Crimes against the Rohingya
Arakan News Agency “As the leading global Jewish human rights organization, which has been supporting advocates for the human rights of ethnic minorities in Burma since 2002, AJWS welcomes the U.S. State Department’s announcement today that it is imposing sanctions on one of the Burmese military leaders responsible for the horrific violence against the Rohingya […]
Myanmar Blacklists a U.N. Rights Investigator as Genocide Accusations Intensify
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has barred an independent U.N. rights investigator and withdrawn any government cooperation for the rest of her tenure, prompting further indictments of the country’s backsliding on human rights. Observers say the move reflects a possible deepening of a bunker mentality as the country is besieged by international criticism over what the […]
Rohingya crisis: Myanmar general hit by US sanctions
Arakan News Agency The US has sanctioned a Myanmar general accused of leading an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya people. Maung Maung Soe is among a host of world figures blacklisted by the US over human rights and corruption allegations. The crisis in Myanmar has seen more than 650,000 Rohingya flee for neighbouring Bangladesh […]
Globe writer wins Amnesty media award for coverage of Rohingya refugees
Arakan News Agency The Globe and Mail’s Asia correspondent, Nathan Vander Klippe, has won an Amnesty International Canada media award for his coverage of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar. Mr. Vander Klippe’s September reporting from Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh provided an on-the-ground account of what the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has called a […]
Rohingya survivors: Myanmar’s army slaughtered men, children
Arakan News Agency For six hours he hid in an upstairs room, listening to the crackle of gunfire and the screams of people being slaughtered outside his Myanmar home. With every footstep that drew near, every cry that pierced the air, 52-year-old Bodru Duza braced for the soldiers to find him, to kill him like […]
China urges others to avoid ‘complicating’ Rohingya conflict
Arakan News Agency Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed last month that some Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh could start returning on about January 21th China urged other governments today to “constructively help” Myanmar and Bangladesh resolve the fate of Rohingya Muslims “instead of complicating the issue” after Myanmar blocked a visit by UN human rights official. […]
President of the European Rohingya Council says: Nothing positive in the agreement on the Return of Refugees
Arakan News Agency President of the European Rohingya Council, Dr. Hla Kyaw, criticized the agreement between the Myanmar and Bengali governments on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. In an interview with Anadolu, Kyaw highlighted the actions of the Myanmar government and army to erase any evidence of the Rohingya’s connection to their […]
Assistant Director of Arakan Rohingya Union ARU in Bangladesh: The return of the refugees is an urgent requirement for the international community
Arakan News Agency The Assistant Director of the Federation of Rohingya Arakan ARU Abdullah Maruf said that the return of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Arakan is a very important and necessary requirement in accordance with the conditions set by the Security Council that is to, the return of refugees safe and sustainable, dignified and […]